Senior IAM Engineer

About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

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.

Blue Cross Blue Shield MN is looking for a Senior Identity and Access Management Engineer to join our team! The Senior IAM Engineer is a technical expert who is responsible for leading identity architecture and enforcement initiatives enterprise‑wide. They will work with multiple platforms, operating systems, servers, and applications across the organization and ensure their security, stability, recoverability, and accessibility. They also analyze and evaluate customer requirements, plan and test systems, and document the framework and standards for integration and implementation.

They may function as a lead or a mentor for other engineers and participate in or lead cross‑functional initiatives and projects.

• Lead SSO integrations and Zero Trust identity enforcement.
• Develop 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.
• Track industry trends and maintain knowledge of new technologies to better serve the enterprise architecture needs.
• Design, implement, and manage Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platform to ensure secure and compliant access to applications and data.
• Develop and document the framework for integration and implementation for changes to technical standards.
• Build CI/CD identity automation and logging pipelines.
• Engineer modern authentication (FIDO2, passwordless).
• Participate in the RFP process to evaluate and select vendor solutions.
• May have accountability for project execution and resource allocation.
• Conduct 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.
• Advise on enterprise‑wide infrastructure systems growth requirements, capabilities, and constraints to ensure the long‑term functionality and operation standards.
• Participate in or lead cross‑functional initiatives on the development and implementation of enterprise‑wide major installations, upgrades and process changes.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing by creating and maintaining detailed, comprehensive documentation and diagrams.
• Assist manager in facilitating resource allocation to ensure appropriate staffing levels.
• Perform systems support activities and may include required participation in an on‑call rotation for support of systems outside of normal business hours.
• Share feedback with the manager as requested or deemed appropriate, and may make recommendations for performance reviews.
• Assist manager in facilitating goal accomplishment by providing work direction to assigned employees and by monitoring the status of work on a daily basis.
• Oversee and evaluate the work of contractors and vendors to ensure quality services. Provide 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 Power Shell, 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…