Principal Engineer - Identity Access Management

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Your role: Principal Engineer - Identity Access Management

Elanco is seeking a highly skilled and experienced IAM Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership and architectural support for our enterprise hybrid identity architecture, authentication platforms, and workforce identity lifecycle management.

In this pivotal role, you will drive the technical execution of our Active Directory (AD), Microsoft Entra ID and JML platforms through transformation projects, ensuring solutions are robust, secure, and aligned with the overarching architectural vision set by the client-side Lead architect.

You will be instrumental in translating architectural blueprints into actionable designs and guiding engineering teams through complex implementations.

The role does not include direct people management; however, the Principal Engineer will be expected to provide technical leadership, mentoring and support for other Workplace engineers in the team.

Your Responsibilities:  
 

Technical Leadership


* Lead the end‑to‑end technical delivery of the directory transformation program, converting target‑state architecture into detailed engineering designs, implementation patterns, and deployment runbooks.


* Drive collaborative requirements gathering and joint design workshops with cross‑functional stakeholders to ensure identity solutions meet business, security, compliance, and operational needs.


* Serve as the technical authority throughout the project lifecycle, assessing business and security requirements, guiding technology selection, mentoring engineering teams, and incorporating feedback from security operations and platform teams.


* Define and validate technical requirements for Microsoft Entra ID and on‑premises directory integrations, partnering closely with information security, risk, infrastructure, architecture, and business units to ensure seamless interoperability.


* Execute complex platform changes, including directory consolidation, domain modernization, tenant optimization, divestitures, and merger‑related identity platform integrations.


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