IAM Architect

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We are open in our roots and open in our approach, striving to be the most trusted open innovator in the World. Openness extends beyond our technology. Our vibrant community thrives on diversity and connectivity without borders.

IAM Architect

Job Description

At SUSE we are building a new generation infrastructure platform for our company. Our self-organized, agile team is searching for an experienced IAM (Identity & Asset Management) Architect to join that exciting journey.

Together with the team you will be working on designing, building and running state of the art infrastructure rooted in code and best practices of SRE and DevOps cultures with a big focus on Agile Values and Principles.

We are the team of passionate engineers and we are continuously learning and exploring new frontiers. Our passion is beyond open source, software and shiny infrastructure. We continuously self-improve, learn new technologies and help to build better products for our customers.

Focus Areas

• Develop, implement, deploy, and maintain identity and access management solutions and systems

• Troubleshoot, identify, and resolve technical identity and access management related issues

• Improve identity and access management solutions and systems for protection against evolving threats and efficiency

• Contribute to the strategy and approach to accelerate and optimize the onboarding, moving, and leaving processes

• Facilitate the implementation of new features on the identity platform

• Participates as a member of and leads cross-functional development teams. Performs analysis of cross-functional and complex business requirements. Designs complex cross-functional solutions. Provides mentoring and guidance.

• Designs, prepares, and executes improvements and validations. Sets team strategy and direction; represents team to senior management and client/customers. Develops innovative multi-team solutions to complex problems.

• Integrates technical expertise and business understanding to create superior solutions for the company and customers. Consults with team members and other organizations, customers, and vendors on complex issues. Mentors others in the technology community; may publish or otherwise engage professionally outside of the company.

Preferred Experience & Skills

• Comprehensive knowledge and experience with authentication standards and technologies such as SAML, OAuth, OpenID/OIDC

• Experience in the design, deployment, and maintenance of Secrets Management (Vault), PKI, GPG, and KMS solutions

• Hands-on knowledge of identity and access management best practices, procedures, and software solutions such as Okta, Univention, FreeIPA, Zitadel, authentik

• Experience with identity and access management technologies, including single sign-on (SSO), two-factor authentication, privileged access management, and the zero-trust security model

• Experience in standard methodologies regarding DevOps application implementations and deployment, including design patterns, release management, testing and deployment strategies

• Strong Customer/ Vendor Management.

• Scripting/development knowledge (Bash, Python, Go, or another modern language)

• Experience with Windows, Linux and Unix-like operating systems

• Experience with IaC/GitOps practices

Personal Attributes

We are looking for people who are energetic and passionate about building the systems, culture, and processes that will improve the resiliency, reliability, scaling, and performance of not only on-premises solutions.

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What We Offer 

We empower you to be bold, driving your career to create the future you want. We celebrate and reward your achievements.  

SUSE is a dynamic environment that is evolving rapidly, thus requiring agility, strong entrepreneurship and an open mind. 

This is a compelling opportunity for the right person to join us as we continue to scale and prosper.   

If you’re a big thinker, obsessed by execution and thrive in a dynamic environment in which you can tangibly create a lasting legacy, then please apply now!  

We give you the freedom to be yourself. You will work in a global community of unique individuals – like you – with different backgrounds, talents, skills and perspectives. A truly open community where everyone is welcome, has a voice and is encouraged to reach their full potential regardless of age, gender, race, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or any other characteristics.   

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