Project Role: Security Architect

Project Role Description: Define the cloud security framework and architecture, ensuring it meets the business requirements and performance goals. Document the implementation of the cloud security controls and transition to cloud security-managed operations.

Must have skills: Ping Identity

Good to have skills: NA

Minimum 7.5 year(s) of experience is required

Educational Qualification: 15 years full time education

Summary:

We are looking for an Associate Manager Ping Identity to lead and support enterprise Access Management and Federation services using Ping Identity products. The role combines hands-on technical expertise, service delivery ownership, and team coordination, ensuring secure, scalable, and compliant IAM operations across on-prem and cloud environments.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Ping Identity Service Leadership
  -Lead day to day operations for Ping Identity platforms, including:
  -Ping Federate, Ping Access
  -Ping One (SSO, MFA)
  -Act as an escalation point for complex authentication, federation, and access issues.
  -Ensure platform availability, stability, and performance.
  -Access Management & Federation
  -Design and support SSO, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SAML integrations.
  -Manage authentication policies, MFA configurations, and adaptive access controls.
  -Support workforce and customer IAM use cases.
  -Service Delivery & Operations
  -Own IAM service delivery aligned with SLAs, OLAs, and operational KPIs.
  -Lead incident, problem, and change management for Ping services.
  -Coordinate with infrastructure, application, and cloud teams.
  -Team & Stakeholder Management
  -Guide and mentor a team of IAM engineers and analysts.
  -Support onboarding, training, and performance management.
  -Engage with business stakeholders, application owners, and security leadership.
  -Security, Risk & Compliance
  -Ensure IAM controls align with organizational security standards and policies.
  -Support audits, compliance reviews, and access certifications.
  -Maintain documentation, SOPs, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.
  -Continuous Improvement
  -Drive automation and optimization of Ping Identity operations.
  -Support platform upgrades, migrations, and cloud adoption.
  -Evaluate new Ping features and roadmap enhancements.

Professional & Technical Skills:

• 6 to 9 years of experience in IAM / Access Management.
• Strong hands-on experience with Ping Federate, Ping Access, and Ping One.
• Solid understanding of federation standards (SAML, OAuth, OIDC).
  -Experience in production IAM support and service delivery.
  -Experience integrating Ping with Entra ID, Sail Point, or Cyber Ark.
  -Exposure to CIAM implementations.
  -Knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS).
  -Ping Identity or IAM certifications.

Additional Information:

• The candidate should have minimum 10 plus years of experience in Ping Identity.
• This position is based at our Bengaluru office.
• A 15 years full time education is required.

15 years full time education

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