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Sanford Health · 15 hours ago

Senior Identity System Engineer

Fargo, ND

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$40/hr - $66/hr

3+ years exp

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. The Senior Identity Systems Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and securing enterprise identity and access management infrastructure, ensuring reliable authentication and authorization across hybrid environments. This role involves leading the architecture of identity solutions, driving modern authentication protocols, and mentoring junior engineers.

ChildrenEducationHealth Care

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Designing, implementing, and securing enterprise identity and access management infrastructure

Ensuring users, systems, and applications are authenticated, authorized, and protected in alignment with security standards, regulatory requirements, and business needs

Leading the architecture of domain topologies, forest structures, and global replication

Driving the adoption of modern authentication protocols such as Kerberos, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and SAML

Leading initiatives around just-in-time access, privileged session monitoring, and automated access governance

Integrating systems through API calls (REST, SOAP, JSON)

Managing enterprise PKI and certificate lifecycles

Enforcing security baselines via Group Policy

Ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks such as SOX, HIPAA, and GDPR

Mentoring junior engineers in best practices and fostering team knowledge growth

Ensuring that the organization's identity services remain secure, resilient, and aligned with modern zero trust principles and evolving business needs

Qualification

Active DirectoryEntra IDAuthentication protocolsPublic Key Infrastructure (PKI)Identity Governance Administration (IGA)Privileged Access Management (PAM)Information security standardsSecurity-first mindsetLeast-privilege enforcementCompliance knowledgeAutomation focusProblem-solving skillsTeam mentoringCross-functional collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree required, in lieu of education, leadership may consider an Associate's Degree plus 3 years of applicable experience in computer science or related field

Minimum of 3-4 years applicable work experience required

Supporting Active Directory, Domain Services, Hybrid Identities, & Entra ID

Implementing SSO/MFA workflows using SAML 2.0 and/or OIDC

Maintaining Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Supporting Identity Lifecycle & Access Governance workflows and technical integrations

Implementation of information security standards and procedures including HIPAA and PCI

Preferred

Security Certifications (CISSP, CISA, CISM, Security+, CEH, etc.) are highly desired

Benefits

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

A 401(k) retirement plan

Work/life balance benefits

A generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance

Company

Sanford Health

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Sanford is a healthcare company providing research, education and clinical care.

Founded in 1894

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.sanfordhealth.org

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