Senior Security Engineer IS - Identity and Access Management, Remote

Providence Health & Services is a comprehensive healthcare organization providing medical, health, and social services. The company is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable Identity and Access Management solutions across hybrid environments while advancing Zero Trust and cloud-based identity models. The role also focuses on identity automation, access governance, threat monitoring, regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and cross-functional security collaboration.

Responsibilities:

• Designing, engineering, implementing, and supporting enterprise-scale identity solutions across hybrid environments (on-premises and cloud)
• Maintain awareness of new security and identity trends, research, evaluate, design, and recommend technical security solutions for the enterprise
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable IAM solutions across hybrid environments, while driving modernization toward Zero Trust and cloud-based identity models
• Engineering automated identity processes, strengthening access governance and privileged access controls, and integrating AI-enabled capabilities to enhance security and operational efficiency
• Partners closely with cross-functional teams to assess and mitigate identity-related risks, implements monitoring and automated response for identity threats, and contributes to technology evaluation and innovation
• Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements, supports audit readiness, and establishes standards and best practices to continuously improve enterprise identity security
• Flexibility to work a rotational on-call schedule to support system availability, troubleshoot critical issues, and ensure continuity of IT operations outside of standard business hours
• Flexible and available to work weekends and holidays as scheduled, based on departmental needs and operational requirements

Requirements:

• • Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering
• • 5 years Related experience; 5-8 years preferred
• • Experience collaborating on security solution designs for the TCP/IP protocol suite, LAN/WAN technologies, switching, routing, VoIP and Telephony technologies, firewalls and VPN, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), vulnerability assessment and patch management tools
• • Functional experience designing security controls and countermeasures for operating systems, databases, applications, Web services, user devices, and wireless networks
• • Flexibility to work a rotational on-call schedule to support system availability, troubleshoot critical issues, and ensure continuity of IT operations outside of standard business hours
• • Flexible and available to work weekends and holidays as scheduled, based on departmental needs and operational requirements
• • Oregon
• • Washington
• • California
• • 6+ or more years of Identity and Access Management experience
• • Experience supporting an enterprise environment with over 10,000+ accounts
• • Experience working in a Healthcare environment
• • Upon Hire: CISSP, CIAM, Identity or Security related certification or equivalent
• • Familiarity with regulatory and compliance frameworks (e.g., HIPAA, NIST, ISO)
• • Proven experience designing and supporting IAM solutions in hybrid Active Directory and cloud environments (e.g., Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD)
• • Strong understanding of Zero Trust principles, least privilege access, and identity governance
• • Hands-on experience with authentication protocols and standards (e.g., SAML, OAuth, OIDC, Kerberos, LDAP)
• • Strong experience with automation and scripting, particularly PowerShell, Python and Microsoft Graph API
• • Experience building automated identity workflows using Azure Logic Apps, Power Automate, or similar orchestration tools
• • Experience leveraging AI-assisted tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Security Copilot, Claude Code) to accelerate automation and security operations
• • Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams including infrastructure, application, and security teams
• • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment
• • Continuous learning mindset with a focus on staying current with identity and security trends
• • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex identity issues
• • Ability to evaluate new technologies and translate business requirements into secure technical solutions
• • Effective communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders