Sr. SAM Developer

Sr. SAM Developer

Toronto, ON - Hybrid (4 Days WFO)

12 months

Must-Have

• Strong experience implementing and supporting IBM Security Access Manager (ISAM), including:

o WebSEAL configuration, junctions, ACLs, protected object space (POS)

o Authentication/authorization policies, session and cookie management

o Federation using SAML, OIDC, OAuth2

o Mapping rules / policy scripting (often JavaScript-based in federation flows)

• Solid Java development experience, preferably with:

o Spring / Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices concepts

o Authentication and authorization patterns in distributed systems

• Strong understanding of IAM fundamentals:

o SSO, MFA concepts, token-based auth, identity lifecycle basics

• Experience with Linux/Unix, troubleshooting, logs, and network fundamentals (HTTP/S, TLS, headers, cookies).

• Strong communication skills and ability to work across security, infrastructure, and application teams.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with IBM Security Verify Access (ISVA) (newer branding/evolution of ISAM)

• Experience with IBM Security Directory Server / LDAP tuning and troubleshooting

• Exposure to API gateways, WAF, reverse proxy patterns, and mTLS

• Containerization/Cloud knowledge: OpenShift/Kubernetes, Azure/AWS/GCP

• CI/CD tools: Jenkins/GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps, SonarQube, Nexus/Artifactory

• Banking/financial services domain experience and security/compliance familiarity (e.g., SOC2, PCI, PIPEDA).