AVP, Unix IAM Senior Engineer

Role Summary/Purpose:

The AVP, Unix IAM Senior Engineer will play a critical role in the engineering and delivery of solutions that enable the strategic modernization & transformation of Synchrony’s Unix Identity and Access Management platforms. This is a senior engineering position reporting into the Authentication & Security Services division within the broader IAM and InfoSec organization.  This role will work to understand the technology ecosystem and collaborate closely with cross functional stakeholders to deliver and operate solutions that drive critical governance & oversight of access for Synchrony systems.  Additionally, this individual will help support and advance the Authentication & Security Services strategy & roadmap for enabling the business.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Design, engineer, deploy, and document Unix Access and Identity Management solutions, with an emphasis on security, maintaining continuous adherence to technical excellence and solid design principles.

•  Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders and technical teams, including application architects & engineers, product teams, information security, and risk management functions.

• Assist in the development of the automations necessary to build, test, deploy, and maintain Unix Identity and Access Management solutions adhering to DevOps processes.

• Drive the operational excellence of Unix Identity and Access Management processes and technologies leveraging performance and availability metrics.

• Apply technical knowledge, industry experience, subject matter expertise, and insights to contribute to the development & execution of agile product features for Unix Identity and Access Management.

• Day-to-day management & maintenance of the Unix Identity and Access Management platform configuration required to support business requirements, application integrations, workloads, regulatory compliance, and all other platform efforts or deliverables.

• Collaborate with various groups and individuals to troubleshoot and resolve escalated production issues.

• Provide ongoing coaching and mentorship to junior team members to continuously improve the technical knowledge and continuous learning culture across the team.

• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

• 5 years of IT experience

• High degree of expertise in Unix and Linux, scripting and automating Unix and Linux, and familiarity and comfort working in Unix and Linux environments

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in the development & operational support of Unix Identity and Access Management platforms or equivalent Information Security experience.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience working with agile methodologies on a product team

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in automating deployments using DevOps & CI/CD best practices

• Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required

Desired Characteristics:

• 5+ years building mission critical technology and/or security within a large, highly-regulated enterprise.

• 3+ years of experience in an information security domain, with specialized subject matter expertise in Identity & Access Management, Infrastructure Security, or similar.

• Experience and familiarity with the Delenia Server Suite, Delenia Secret Server, and Active Directory Bridging using Centrify, Delenia, or similar.

• Experience with Directory resiliency and recovery architectures and solutions.

• Strong engineering and architecture skills; especially in information security

• Hands-on experience using DevOps technologies such as Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Ansible, and Chef  to automate the continuous delivery & deployment of technical solutions

• Hands-on experience working across various identity functions including Active Directory,  Entra ID Administration, Authentication, Authorization, Directory Services, Privilege Management, and Secrets Management

• Knowledge of the organization’s enterprise technology goals and objectives and core business/mission processes

• Strong communication and presentation skills

• Proven analytical mindset and data driven; Ability to identify patterns or correlations within data sets

• Critical attention to detail; Ability to coordinate multiple deliverables across multiple teams

• Knowledge of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data security standards 

• Knowledge of Payment Card Industry (PCI) data sec