Senior Security Engineer

📋 Job Overview

As a Senior Security Engineer at HealthVerity, you will serve as the technical owner for the company's Identity and Access Management program. You will define, implement, and evolve identity services that secure workforce and customer access across HealthVerity's platforms and products.

🏢 About HealthVerity

HealthVerity is the leader in privacy-protected real-world data exchange, transforming how healthcare and life sciences organizations connect and analyze disparate patient data. By enabling access to the industry’s largest RWD ecosystem, HealthVerity supports critical applications in clinical development, commercial strategy, regulatory decision-making, and public health. To learn more about HealthVerity, visit healthverity.com.

🎯 The Role

You will own critical identity technologies including Active Directory, Okta, Auth0, and AWS Cognito, ensuring secure authentication, authorization, provisioning, and lifecycle management for employees, customers, partners, and applications. Working closely with Security, IT, Engineering, and Product teams, you will build scalable identity services that support HealthVerity's growth while meeting healthcare security and compliance requirements.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, engineering, and operation of HealthVerity's Identity and Access Management platforms across workforce and customer environments.
• Design, implement, and support enterprise Active Directory services and identity infrastructure.
• Design and implement scalable identity architectures using Active Directory, Okta, Auth0, AWS Cognito, and related technologies.
• Develop and maintain identity federation solutions leveraging SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SCIM, LDAP, and Kerberos.
• Manage and enhance workforce identity services including Active Directory, Entra ID, and Okta.
• Support and enhance customer identity platforms including Auth0 and AWS Cognito.
• Develop and maintain the IAM roadmap aligned to business growth, security requirements, and regulatory obligations.
• Develop identity-focused security monitoring, alerting, and response playbooks.
• Assist in implementing and maintaining Zero Trust security principles.
• Partner with Security, IT, Engineering, Product, and Compliance teams on strategic initiatives.

📌 Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management, Identity Security, Security Engineering, or related disciplines.
• Expert-level experience with Active Directory administration, architecture, and security.
• Hands-on experience with customer identity platforms such as Auth0, AWS Cognito, Ping Identity, ForgeRock, or similar solutions.
• Strong experience administering and engineering Okta environments.
• Strong understanding of SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SCIM, LDAP, and Kerberos.
• Experience implementing SSO, MFA, Conditional Access, and Privileged Access Management (PAM).
• Strong understanding of cloud identity and AWS security services.
• Experience supporting HIPAA, SOC 2, HITRUST, FedRAMP, or similar compliance frameworks.
• Experience with Python, PowerShell, Terraform, or similar automation technologies.

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Experience with Entra ID, Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), and Zero Trust architectures preferred.
• Healthcare industry experience is a plus.

🎁 Benefits

Compensation: competitive base salary & annual bonus opportunity (for non-commissioned roles)
Benefits: We offer health, dental, and vision coverage starting on day 1. We also offer a 401(k) plan and an equity program, with new hire equity grants beginning at the Director level and above.
Flexible location: Remote workdays and 3 days a week of in-office collaboration for team members in the Philadelphia area. Check location requirements with the recruiting team.
Generous PTO: Take time off as needed, targeted at 4 weeks per year, including vacation, personal and sick time, plus paid parental leave.
Parental Leave: 12 weeks paid leave for childbearing, surrogacy, and adoption; 6 weeks for non-childbearing parents.
Comprehensive and individualized onboarding: mentorship program, departmental talks, and a library of resources are available beginning day 1 for each new team member to minimize the stress of starting a new job.
Professional development: biweekly 1:1s, hands-on leadership that is goal-and growth-oriented for each team member, and an annual budget to support professional development pursuits.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

All qualified job applicants will be given consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected].