Sr. IT Systems Engineer

Palo Alto Networks

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Work type
On-site
Location
Reston, VADallas, TX
Salary
$93,000–$150,500 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

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About Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity company offering network security, cloud security, and endpoint protection solutions.

Palo Alto Networks currently has 30 open roles on FindRole.

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Palo Alto Networks seeks a Senior IT Systems Engineer specializing in Identity & Access Management to join their dynamic team in Reston, Virginia. This role involves maintaining and enhancing user identity and authentication services, including SSO and MFA, while collaborating with various internal teams to integrate these systems seamlessly. The ideal candidate will develop and enforce IAM policies, manage API-based microservices for customer and partner registration, and ensure service scalability and reliability. Key responsibilities include capacity planning, operational runbook creation, proactive monitoring, and incident management during on-call rotations. Candidates should have extensive experience with identity technologies like Okta or Azure AD, a deep understanding of SAML, OAuth, and SCIM standards, and strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go. This position requires US citizenship and hands-on expertise in directory services and cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS.

Skills

Okta Azure AD Ping Identity CyberArk SSO MFA SAML OAuth SCIM Python Bash Go GCP AWS Active Directory Privileged Access Management CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Implement and support SSO, MFA, and user access provisioning services.
  • Develop and maintain IAM policies, procedures, and standards.
  • Integrate SSO and user registration with IT and product teams.
  • Manage API-based microservices for customizing customer and partner registration.
  • Ensure scalability, capacity planning, redundancy, and resiliency of systems.
  • Monitor service performance to meet SLAs based on business requirements.
  • Design proactive monitoring, alerting, and self-healing mechanisms for services.

What we're looking for

  • US Citizenship required due to government contract involvement.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in managing and supporting identity & access technologies like Okta, Azure AD, Ping Identity.
  • Strong knowledge of SSO, MFA, user identity management, and standards such as SAML, OAuth, SCIM.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally across IT application, infrastructure, and product development teams.
  • Advanced technical writing skills for documentation.
  • Familiarity with directory services (preferably Active Directory) and privileged access management platforms.

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