Citi’s Chief Information Security Office - Identity and Access Management (IAM) Authentication Services team is looking for an experienced Single Sign-On (SSO) and Directory Services Engineer to join their team in Pune. 

As a senior engineer, you will be responsible for the build and integration of multi-regional SSO and Directory services, driving infrastructure migration, performing platform maintenance, and coordinating tech refresh projects. You will be reporting to the Global lead and be part of a global team of Authentication Services engineers.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in SSO and Directory Server technologies, excellent problem-solving skills, and experience with migration and deployment projects. Candidate should be a self-starter and should be able to work in a well-defined team structure as well as independently with minimal supervision. Candidate should have a good command of English and possess strong oral and written business communication skills. Candidate should be a fast-learner and should be able to work well under pressure and competing priorities. 
 

Responsibilities:

• Build and deploy solutions to provide User authentication, SSO, federation, Role-Based and Attribute-Based Access Control.
• Manage infrastructure migration projects, including planning, execution, and testing.
• Coordinate tech refresh projects, including planning, execution, and testing.
• Identify and resolve issues, engaging in Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless build and integration.
• Develop and maintain documentation of infrastructure and processes under your responsibility.
• Function as an Infrastructure Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the security infrastructure under your responsibility
• Coordinate with Operations teams to perform post-deployment testing of solutions in individual environments.
• Engage with strategic vendors, external to the organization, to investigate problems and understand product functionality, influence enhancements and roadmap as required to meet organizational goals.
• Lead initiatives to develop/enhance tools for improving system monitoring and simplifying platform maintenance.
• Risk and Compliance – Partner closely with other infrastructure teams to build systemic process that help maintain Citi’s system desired state and enforce compliance.
• Document resolutions in Knowledge base tools.

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Scheduled weekend support on a rotation-basis and occasional extended-hour shifts expected.

Mandatory Skills:

• 10+ years of experience implementing, operating, and maintaining Access Management solutions supporting Single Sign-On (SSO).
• Experience in authentication and authorization standards such as SAML, WS-Fed, OAuth, OpenID/OpenID Connect, One-time passcodes, PKI, Derived credentials, FIDO, PBAC, RBAC.
• 5+ years working in a Linux-based environment (RHEL, Ubuntu) that includes being conversant in terminal commands, developing shell scripts and setting up schedulers (Cron, Autosys)
• Experience in managing projects, leading operational process change and improvement and delivering infrastructure technologies products and services.
• Experience in financial services or large complex and/or global environment preferred.
• Consistently demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication with ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Proven analytical, diagnostic, and multitasking skills with focus on execution and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to both work independently and partner with virtual teams in a high-pressure matrix environment.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of various parts of a project/initiative with tight deadlines or unexpected changes in expectation/ requirements.

Desired Skills:

• Understanding of Zero Trust & Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) technologies.
• Experience in containerization technologies such as Docker and container orchestration with Kubernetes
• Experience with one or more of Enterprise application servers such as IBM WebSphere/WebLogic, Apache Tomcat/HTTP Server
• Familiarity with one or more directory services (e.g., Oracle LDAP, AD LDAP, Novell)
• Experience with production network infrastructure such as Firewalls, DNS, Software/Hardware Load balancers, Proxies
• Experience in Analytical/Monitoring tools such a