Senior Identity Services Engineer

Publicis Groupe - Saratoga, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Saratoga, CA

5,001-10,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Identity Services Engineer at Epsilon is responsible for leading the design, development, and implementation of Single Sign-On (SSO) services for both internal and client-facing platforms. This role involves assessing and resolving issues related to SSO services, developing automated functions for SSO integrations, and ensuring the security and efficiency of identity services. The engineer will also stay updated on emerging threats and capabilities that could impact the business, contributing to the overall transformation of Epsilon's digital infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and implementation of Single Sign-On services for our workforce and our products.
• Assess, triage, and lead resolution or prevention of degraded SSO services.
• Develop scripts & automated functions that provision SSO integrations.
• Evaluate business impact and risk exposure based on level of access granted and make improvement recommendations.
• Make service recommendations and develop improvements in automated efficiency.
• Integrate applications into SSO using various methods such as SAML, OIDC, and SCIM.
• Educate & enable operations to triage & identify root cause when degradations occur.
• Stay educated and aware of emerging threats and new capabilities or changes that might positively or negatively disrupt the business.

Requirements

• 3+ years Single Sign-On expertise - preferably with Okta, Auth0, Ping, or Azure Entra.
• Deep understanding of SAML, OIDC, and Oauth 2.0 protocols.
• Experience administering directory services such as Windows and Azure AD.
• Expert knowledge assessing requirements and proposing best practice designs that integrate with complex applications.
• Proficient experience with Python, and additionally automation & orchestration like Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent.
• Expert knowledge to assess an end-user or application degradation and leading the resolution back to healthy state.
• Experience with public cloud identity access services.
• Strong written and oral communication skills across varying levels of the organization.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Focus on employee growth and wellbeing
• Work-life harmony initiatives
• Diversity and inclusion programs