Identity and Access Management Platform Senior Engineer

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? 

The Identity and Access Management Platform Senior Engineer will contribute to the engineering, development, and 24/7 support of identity and access management highly available solutions for Enterprise Identity and Access Assurance (IAA) platform on Microsoft EntraID. The successful candidate will work closely with other Ford teams (business teams, cyber security, applications teams, other technical teams) and our partners to ensure that Enterprise IAA is providing the secure, premium user experience required to deliver the Ford focus areas.  This position requires an individual with a continuous improvement mindset who is driven by the pursuit of operational excellence with the fortitude to build technical prowess to navigate the Enterprise IAM ecosystem, networking, security compliance, and software development.

What you'll do...

• Collaborate with the Technical Anchor to design, engineer, develop, deploy, and support new Enterprise Identity and Access Assurance software and platform features that adhere to Ford security, architecture, and IAM standards.
• Support delivery of tactical and strategic IAM solutions, including analysis, design, and implementation to improve security posture.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of IAM strategies and roadmap.
• Provide technical guidance and support to other team members.
• Develop and maintain metric dashboards and monitoring/alerting systems.
• Provide day-to-day operations of requests, incidents, and problems.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for team and integrating applications (e.g., architecture diagrams, API documentation, coding standards, operational processes, procedures, configurations, application onboarding tips, etc.)
• Use modern software development Agile methodologies to deliver high-quality software on time and on budget.
• Use modern software delivery pipelines to automate the deployment and testing of software and platform features.
• Maintain and update Ford custom policies using the Identity Experience Framework.
• Maintain and update UI (visual presentation of user journeys) in accordance with the Ford UI Design Team provided specifications.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code in C#, .NET Core, or other relevant languages that can integrate with Azure Graph APIs.

You'll have... 

• Bachelor's degree or a combination of education and experience
• 5+ years or more of experience with Microsoft Azure AD /EntraID
• 8+ years or more of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, App Services, API Management
  • Thorough understanding of IAM principles.
  • Self-starter, ability to take initiative.
  • Strong problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to work collaboratively to identify and solve problems with a globally dispersed and diverse team.
  • Dedication to delivering a secure, always-on identity platform.
  • Dedication to continuous improvement and operational excellence.
  • Strong verbal, interpersonal, and written skills with the ability to work directly with business owners and application teams for gathering information and troubleshooting.
  • Demonstrated ability to explain complex technical concepts to a variety of audiences (e.g., team members, business partners, senior management)
  • Ability to work under pressure, meet strict deadlines, challenge the status quo, and manage ambiguity.
  • Hands-on experience with KQL, PowerShell, C#, .NET Core, or other relevant languages.
  • Experience with federated identity protocols like SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect for implementing single sign-on (SSO) solutions.
  • Experience implementing Multi-Factor Authentication.
  • Hands-on experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and Dynatrace.
  • Experience with Web Application Firewalls.
  • Experience with Content Delivery Networks (CDN).
  • Experience working as a contributing member of a team leveraging Agile methodologies.
  • Continuous learner with natural curiosity to remain up to date with IAM capabilities, trends, and best practices, and apply them to improve the platform.
  • Ability to support 24/7 coverage (rotational on-call support).

Even better, you may have...

• Experience implementing Conditional Access is a plus.
• Industry recognized certifications a plus (e.g., AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)).
• Advanced degree in Information Assurance or related field a plus.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more

• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more

• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases

• Tuition assistance

• Established and active employee resource groups

• Paid time off for individual and team community service

• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day

• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time. 

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD

This position is a range of salary grade 8.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

SOUTHEAST MI RESIDENTS: Please note, this job is posted as remote unless the selected candidate lives within 50 miles of Dearborn, MI. In this case we request the candidate to be on-site 1-2 days a week.

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