Principal Software Engineer

About Providence

Providence, one of the US’s largest not-for-profit healthcare systems, is committed to high quality, compassionate healthcare for all. Driven by the belief that health is a human right and the vision, ‘Health for a better world’, Providence and its 121,000 caregivers strive to provide everyone access to affordable quality care and services.

Providence has a network of 51 hospitals, 1,000+ care clinics, senior services, supportive housing, and other health and educational services in the US.

Providence India is bringing to fruition the transformational shift of the healthcare ecosystem to Health 2.0. The India center will have focused efforts around healthcare technology and innovation, and play a vital role in driving digital transformation of health systems for improved patient outcomes and experiences, caregiver efficiency, and running the business of Providence at scale.

Why Us?

• Best In-class Benefits
• Inclusive Leadership
• Reimagining Healthcare
• Competitive Pay
• Supportive Reporting Relation

Organization Background:

The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team defines and manages the digital identities, permissions, and access rights for users and non-human identities (NHIs). The scope spans the entire identity lifecycle—provisioning, authentication, authorization, access governance, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Single Sign-On (SSO) & MFA, policy enforcement, reporting and deprovisioning across on-premises, cloud, and SaaS systems.

What will you be responsible for?

• Architect, lead the development and implement secure, scalable, resilient and highly available Identity and Access Management solutions in hybrid identity environments (Entra ID + on prem Active Directory).
  • Automation of user/NHI provisioning, deprovisioning, and role-based access control (RBAC).
  • Authentication/authorization, including Active Directory, SSO, MFA, and SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM protocols
  • Build and maintain enterprise-grade integrations for IAM platforms/tools with IT/HR systems
• Own the reliability, security, and modernization of identity platforms that underpin enterprise access and Zero Trust security

What would your day look like?

• Partner with security architecture, infrastructure, application, and HR/IT teams to align IAM solutions with enterprise security strategy, compliance requirements, and business objectives.
• Work with Stakeholders, TPM and engineering team to understand business requirements. Design, build and maintain robust, scalable and reusable products and modules ensuring high availability, security and efficiency for enterprise-scale deployment.
  • Back-end Micro services/APIs using .Net/Go and database operations using SQL/No-SQL and Azure cloud services
  • User interfaces and front-end functionalities using React
  • Integration with internal/external systems.
  • Integrate Entra ID authentication and authorization with a broader Zero Trust architecture.

Who are we looking for?

• Must have 9-14 years of software engineering experience, with significant experience focusing on IAM domains
• Must have Skills:
  • Architecture & Design: Architecture and implementation of solutions that manage user identities and secure access.
  • Technical Proficiencies: Expertise in Web application, APIs, Microservices design and development using .Net or Go, React and databases such as SQL/No-SQL.
  • Protocols/Standards: Deep understanding of IAM protocols (SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM), directory services (Active Directory, LDAP), and Cloud-native security.
  • IAM Tools: Experience with platforms like SailPoint, IdentityIQ, Okta, Ping Identity, or Microsoft Active Directory/Entra ID
  • Technical Leadership: Proven experience in technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and setting architectural standards.
  • Infrastructure: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes & IaC
  • Experience with version control systems, such as Git, ADO and ability to work in an Agile/Scrum development environment.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science Engineering or similar

Providence’s vision to create ‘Health for a Better World’ aids us to provide a fair and equitable workplace for all in our employment, whether temporary, part-time or full time, and to promote individuality and diversity of thought and background, and acknowledge its role in the organization’s success. This makes us committed towards equal employment opportunities, regardless of race, religion or belief, color, ancestry, disability, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality, ethnic origin, pregnancy, or related needs, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, or any other category protected by applicable law. In furtherance to our mission in building a more inclusive and equitable environment, we shall, from time to time, undertake programs to assist, uplift and empower underrepresented groups including but not limited to Women, PWD (Persons with Disabilities), LGTBQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual or Queer), Veterans and others. We strive to address all forms of discrimination or harassment and provide a safe and confidential process to report any misconduct.

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