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About USAA
USAA (United Services Automobile Association) is a San Antonio-based Fortune 500 financial services company founded in 1922, dedicated to providing insurance, banking, and investment solutions exclusively to U.S. military members, veterans, and their families.
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The Lead Information Security Engineer - Authentication serves as a senior technical leader responsible for the architecture, engineering, and strategic direction of enterprise authentication and privileged access management capabilities. This role involves leading the design and modernization of workforce identity services, ensuring secure and scalable access solutions across the enterprise. Key responsibilities include designing, developing, coding, and testing complex cross-functional technical solutions, performing code reviews, and resolving production issues. The position requires hands-on expertise with Okta Workforce Identity Engine, Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, ADFS, SAML, OIDC, OAuth, MFA, and passwordless authentication. The engineer will establish authentication standards and engineering patterns within a Zero Trust environment, addressing complex identity provider implementations and federation architectures to solve critical security and compliance challenges across large application environments.
Lead the architecture, engineering, and strategic direction of enterprise authentication and privileged access management.
Design and modernize workforce identity services using platforms like Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, and Active Directory.
Implement authentication integrations using SAML, OIDC, OAuth, MFA, and passwordless authentication protocols.
Establish authentication standards, reference architectures, and technical roadmaps within a Zero Trust environment.
Design, develop, code, integrate, and test complex cross-functional technical solutions with a focus on security.
Resolve complex production issues and lead troubleshooting for end-to-end solutions spanning multiple systems.
Monitor and troubleshoot highly complex systems, tools, and vendor integrations.
Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers to foster a culture of continuous learning.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree or 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.
8 years of related experience in Security Engineering and/or Information Technology with a security focus.
Experience leading company-wide technology projects or initiatives.
Experience architecting and supporting enterprise authentication solutions using Okta Workforce Identity Engine, Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, and ADFS.
Experience designing and implementing authentication integrations using SAML, OIDC, OAuth, and other federation protocols.
Experience implementing MFA, adaptive authentication, risk-based access controls, passwordless authentication, and Zero Trust security principles.