Staff Engineer - Full Stack Engineer(Identity and Access Management) at Elevance Health in Atlanta, GA

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Anticipated End Date: 2026-10-22 Position Title: Staff Engineer - Full Stack Engineer(Identity and Access Management) Job Description: Staff Engineer - Full Stack Engineer(Identity and Access Management) Locations: This role requires associates to be in-office 1-2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law. PLEASE NOTE: This position is not eligible for current or future VISA sponsorship. We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Full Stack Software Engineer to join our Identity and Access Management (IAM) Engineering team. This role is primarily focused on designing, developing, and delivering modern enterprise software applications, APIs, and cloud-native services that power our next-generation identity platform. The Staff Engineer - Full Stack Engineer(Identity and Access Management) will help build a unified identity platform that simplifies access management, supports enterprise-scale integrations, and enables emerging capabilities such as identity-centric controls for Agentic AI. This is a hands-on software engineering role, not an IAM administration, provisioning, or product configuration position. While knowledge of IAM concepts and technologies is valuable, we are primarily seeking engineers who enjoy designing and building scalable software solutions. You will maintain enterprise information security policies, technical standards, guidelines, procedures, and other elements of an infrastructure necessary to support information security in compliance with established company policies, regulatory requirements, and generally accepted information security controls. Responsible for the delivery of strategic network security, access control and secure transaction/messaging solutions. Ensures security solutions involving the use of technologies are well-conceived, designed and implemented in compliance with enterprise standards. How you will make an Impact: Design, develop, test, and maintain full-stack applications, backend services, and RESTful APIs supporting enterprise identity and access management capabilities. Build and enhance a unified identity platform that centralizes access management, simplifies governance, and supports scalable, secure enterprise integrations. Develop the IAM framework and platform for identity-centric control pane for Agentic AI Lead hands-on software development using Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and modern frontend frameworks such as React or Angular. Design and implement secure, scalable, cloud-native applications leveraging AWS services and modern architectural patterns. Develop and integrate authentication and authorization capabilities using industry-standard protocols such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and SAML. Leads or plans implementations for access management and network security technologies; Develops testing plans to ensure quality of implementation; Leads the investigation and reporting of data security events and incidents; Provides system and network architecture support for information and network security technologies; Maintains security incident response plans; Represents major upgrades and business system replacements in change control; Minimum Requirements: Requires BS/BA degree in Information Technology or related field of study and a minimum of 5 years experience in systems support, system administration, system engineering, system security, access management, network security, network communications, computer netwo