.The platform will be built on top of the best-of-breed identity management projects and delivered as Charmed Operators using Juju, Canonical's operator lifecycle management solution.
The identity and access management platform will provide:- **Authentication server **acting as standalone SAML and OpenID identity provider- **Identity brokerage **integrating leading 3rd party public and enterprise identity providers- **User federation** with enterprise LDAP servers and Active Directory tenants- **Management GUI and APIs** enabling simple administration of users, roles and integrationsThis is an exciting opportunity for a technical software engineering leader who is passionate about open source and identity.
The role of this team is to build the future of identity and access management for Canonical products and services.As an engineering manager, you must also have excellent judgement about people - their motivations, abilities, developmental needs and prospects for success.Engineering at Canonical requires hands-on code contribution and review, as well as architectural leadership.
You will need to demonstrate insight into performance and quality engineering practices and ensure your team embraces effective disciplines on both fronts.
You will need to be comfortable holding contributors accountable for work ethic and results.
You must also have an understanding of security practices and principles and the impact that engineering choices have on product security.We expect teams to deliver well-documented products and work with design professionals to shape the product experience.
You should relish the opportunity to shape and direct and develop an engineering team that is happy and brilliant, and produces a product that will be a pleasure to use and to evolve.For this role you must have deep, proven experience with Python and preferably some experience with Go.
Experience with IAM tools and protocols is a must.
This role is centred around driving a team that delivers high quality software, not just the integration of existing solutions.What you'll do- Lead a team of engineers to ship software that automates open source identity solutions, integrating established standards and protocols, like SAML, OpenID, Oauth, PKI, LDAP- Build an integration layer for popular enterprise and cloud identity providers (e.G.
Okta, Azure Active Directory, AWS Cognito, etc