At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. We are looking for dedicated and motivated individuals who share our vision of transforming healthcare. As a Blue Cross associate, you are joining a culture that is built on values of succeeding together, finding a better way, and doing the right thing. If you are ready to make a difference, join us.
The Impact You Will HaveBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is looking for a Senior Software Developer to join our team to support IAM efforts and development.
The Senior Software Developer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining workflows that supports identity lifecycle and access management processes across the enterprise. This role partners closely with IAM engineers, security, and application teams to automate provisioning, deprovisioning, access changes, and governance workflows using modern development practices.
The ideal candidate has strong software development skills—particularly in JavaScript, SQL, and C#—and understands core IAM processes such as joiner/mover/leaver, access reviews, RBAC/ABAC, and privileged access. They may function as a lead or a mentor for other engineers and participate in or lead cross-functional initiatives and projects.
Your Responsibilities- Lead SSO integrations and Zero Trust identity enforcement
- Develops moderate to highly complex infrastructure interactions, such as architect JIT access, just-enough privilege, and identity lifecycle governance to ensure the security, stability, recoverability, and access to systems and information.
- Tracks industry trends and maintains knowledge of new technologies to better serve the enterprise architecture needs.
- Designs, implements, and manages Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platform to ensure secure and compliant access to applications and data
- Develops and documents the framework for integration and implementation for changes to technical standards.
- Build CI/CD identity automation and logging pipelines
- Engineer modern authentication (FIDO2, passwordless)
- Participates in the RFP process to evaluate and select vendor solutions.
- May have accountability for project execution and resource allocation.
- Conducts detailed analysis and study of customer requirements for new or existing projects to determine feasibility, cost and time required, and compatibility with current systems and hardware capabilities.
- Advises on enterprise-wide infrastructure systems growth requirements, capabilities, and constraints to ensure the long-term functionality and operation standards.
- Participates in or leads cross-functional initiatives on the development and implementation of enterprise-wide major installations, upgrades and process changes.
- Facilitates knowledge sharing by creating and maintaining detailed, comprehensive documentation and diagrams.
- Assists manager in facilitating resource allocation to ensure appropriate staffing levels.
- Performs systems support activities and may include required participation in an on-call rotation for support of systems outside of normal business hours.
- Shares feedback with the manager as requested or deemed appropriate, and may make recommendations for performance reviews.
- Assists manager in facilitating goal accomplishment by providing work direction to assigned employees and by monitoring the status of work on a daily basis.
- Oversees and evaluates the work of contractors and vendors to ensure quality services. Provides coaching or mentoring to junior engineers and lead complex deployments
- 5+ years of IAM engineering. All relevant experience including work, education, transferable skills, and military experience will be considered.
- Cloud Service Provider Certification (e.g., AWS Cloud Practitioner, Azure Fundamentals, etc.) – required within 1 year of employment
- Deep experience with modern authentication protocols
- Programming languages such as PowerShell, SQL and C#
- Advanced level knowledge of infrastructure design, implementation, administration, planning, developing.
- Advanced level knowledge of technical, business, and industry.
- Very strong oral and written communication and presentation skills.
- Very strong human relations skills to effectively interact with leadership and management, peers, business partners and vendors.
- Highly skilled at systems, creative, critical and analytical thinking, decision making and problem solving.
- Advanced or specialized understanding of the standards and deliverables to ensure integrity of the systems engineering process.
- Highly skilled at influencing and motivating individuals and teams.
- Certifications: AZ-500, SC-100, CISSP-ISSAP helpful
- Bachelor's Degree.
- Technical Certification Participation in user groups (ACM, IEEE).
- Advanced knowledge of automation best practices, including the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of automated workflows to enhance efficiency, reliability, and security across identity and access management processes.
- Experience building automations for IAM or IGA platforms (e.g., Entra ID, Okta, SailPoint, custom IAM solutions).
- Familiarity with Microsoft Graph, directory services (Active Directory), or cloud IAM.
- Experience with event‑driven or workflow automation.
Anchored in Connection
Our hybrid approach is designed to balance flexibility with meaningful in-person connection and collaboration. We come together in the office two days each week – most teams designate at least one anchor day to ensure team interaction. These in-person moments foster relationships, creativity, and alignment. The rest of the week you are empowered to work remote.
Compensation and Benefits$102,400.00 - $138,300.00 - $174,200.00 AnnualPay is based on several factors which vary based on position, including skills, ability, and knowledge the selected individual is bringing to the specific job.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package which may include:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Life insurance
401k
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
And more
To discover more about what we have to offer, please review our benefits page.
Equal Employment Opportunity StatementAt Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. Blue Cross of Minnesota is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains an Affirmative Action plan, as required by Minnesota law applicable to state contractors. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on any legally protected characteristic.
Individuals with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply, please contact us at: [email protected].
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is a taxable, nonprofit organization with a mission to make a healthy difference in people’s lives. Chartered in 1933 as Minnesota’s first health plan, we’ve promoted wider, more economical and timely availability of health services for the people of Minnesota for 80+ years.
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