Cloud Security Engineer, Specialist

Responsibilities :

• Design and implement enterprise identity solutions leveraging Okta Workforce Identity Cloud.
• Lead application onboarding using SAML OIDC/OAuth SCIM provisioning federation and lifecycle management.

• Define authentication MFA and access management patterns that improve security and user experience.

• Partner with cloud and platform engineering teams to integrate identity controls across enterprise platforms and cloud environments.
• Develop automation solutions using Okta APIs scripting workflows and CI/CD pipelines to improve scalability and reduce manual effort.

• Automate operational processes platform governance controls application onboarding activities and compliance reporting.

• Drive platform engineering best practices including GitHub-based CI/CD deployment models testing strategies release management and configuration standardization.

• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and capabilities to improve scalability reliability security and operational effectiveness.
• Own platform resiliency initiatives include disaster recovery planning service continuity testing monitoring observability and operational readiness reviews.

• Participate in production support and critical incident response while driving permanent engineering solutions that eliminate recurring operational issues.

• Lead root cause analysis activities and implement preventative controls to improve platform stability.

• Establish and maintain monitoring alerting and operational dashboards that provide visibility into platform health and key performance indicators.
• Support audit readiness through controls governance practices documentation and evidence management.

• Manage production changes platform upgrades vulnerability remediation and operational support.

• Evaluate and adopt new capabilities that strengthen security reliability and efficiency.
• Serve as a technical leader and trusted advisor for enterprise identity and modern authentication services.

• Lead complex initiatives across cybersecurity cloud infrastructure and application teams.

• Influence architecture decisions engineering standards and platform roadmaps through strong technical expertise and stakeholder engagement.

• Mentor engineers promote knowledge sharing and strengthen team capability through coaching and technical guidance.

• Drive measurable improvements in automation onboarding velocity platform resiliency audit readiness and operational effectiveness.
• Provides expert-level IT technical leadership that accelerates application onboarding through automation and engineering excellence.

• Improves platform reliability resiliency and security posture.

• Drives adoption of modern identity capabilities and best practices.

• Develop team capability through mentoring and technical leadership.

• Reduces operational risk while improving audit readiness and service quality.

Qualifications:

• 10 years of broad experience working on large-scale systems or services Cloud Security Engineering Identity Platform Engineering Identity and Access Management or related disciplines.
• Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Extensive hands-on experience with Okta Workforce Identity Cloud AWS.

• Preferred At least 2 current Okta certifications (e.g. Okta Certified Professional Administrator Consultant Developer)
• Expert level experience with:
  • SAML 2.0 OIDC/OAuth 2.0 SCIM
  • Okta APIs MFA Sign-On Policies/Patterns
  • Identity lifecycle management and federation design
  • CI/CD pipelines GitHub-based development delivery and Python or similar scripting languages
  • Splunk/syslog analysis ability to troubleshoot complex authentication issues
  • AWS services including Lambda and Secrets Manager
  • Incident management root cause analysis and production support
• Technical leadership and strategic thinking

• Mentoring and talent development

• Cross-functional collaboration

• Executive and stakeholder communication

• Driving outcomes through ambiguity

• Incident leadership and operational excellence

• Continuous improvement and production change leadership
• Preferred experience with Infrastructure as Code and Policy as Code e.g. Terraform

• Preferred experience with FastPass & Device Assurance

• Preferred experience with Directory services

Special Factors

Sponsorship

About Vanguard

At Vanguard we dont just have a missionwere on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning collaboration and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.

Required Experience:

IC