Company Background:
Genuine Parts Company (“GPC” or the “Company”), founded in 1928 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a leading specialty distributor engaged in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services. The Company operates a global portfolio of businesses with more than 10,000 locations across the world. GPC has approximately 50,000 global employees. The Company has operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, France, the U.K., Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and China.
Position Purpose:
Seeking world-class talent to join the world’s leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services operating 5,500+ locations and servicing more than 20,000 locations in the U.S and Canada. Specifically, this role will function as the Principal Engineer of a newly formed team of Engineers to build the next generation IAM Authentication platforms at GPC. Working with a highly talented team, you'll play a key role to build and run one of the world’s largest automotive and industrial replacement parts operations.
This is an engineering leadership role with responsibility for enabling IAM modernization, transformation and execution for GPC’s unified IAM platforms.
This individual must be a technologist & engineer at heart and be comfortable in enabling new technology and being hands on with the execution of the strategy. They must exhibit a deep understanding of modern technology stack and agile delivery models, demonstrated focus on customer experience, and must have a proven track record of modernizing technologies.
Close collaboration and alignment with business teams, application development teams and security will be required. As such, exceptional abilities in building and maintaining strong working relationships and organizational savvy will be required. High level communication and presentation skills are required. Ability to attract, retain, and develop engineering talent will be critical.
Responsibilities:
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Technical responsibility of architecture roadmap and vision of the various IAM domain and platforms
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You will be in charge of developing and executing our global enterprise IAM strategy, standards, and practices.
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As the Principal Engineer you will define the overall IAM Authentication strategy to elevate our identity and access management position, ensuring our firm remains at the cutting edge of security and access technologies aligned with business objects
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In your role in the Cyber leadership team will involve working with cross-functional stakeholders from product, architecture and engineering, design, cybersecurity, and operations teams to drive the overall transformation.
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Leading and shaping the firm's IAM strategy will be your primary responsibility
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Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including security, IT, and business units, to understand access requirements and develop solutions that meet business needs
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It is your responsibility to develop and implement plans to safeguard our firm's digital identities and restrict access to sensitive information
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Continuously review and improve access controls and processes to ensure compliance with industry regulations and standards
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Effective communication is essential for interacting with executives and teams across the firm and explaining complex IAM concepts in a transparent manner
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The responsibility is to oversee policies, manage risks, and ensure compliance with industry standards
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Your responsibility will be to provide strategic leadership in formulating and executing a comprehensive IAM strategy that is aligned with business objectives.
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Collaboration with Tech Ecosystem leadership and cross-functional teams is of utmost importance.
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Reviews business context for solutions to company challenges as well as defining the vision and requirements for the solution, recommending potential options, selecting the most optimal solution, and the development of a technical roadmap for the selected solutions.
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Initiate both group and one-on-one meetings with senior management in order to gain a clear understanding of business drivers and functional requirements.
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Lead design and architecture discussions for IT platforms engaging with other engineering teams across different domains and business units to ensure secure and scalable solutions.
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Provides oversight on delivery to ensure industry best practices, standards, automation, quality, timeliness, operational readiness, continuous improvement and cost-effective solutions.
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Provide technical leadership and guidance to staff / lead engineers and the technical team within a domain(s)
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Other duties as assigned.
Location:
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GPC has two work locations to choose from, Duluth or Atlanta office.
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We offer a Flexible Work Policy that permits eligible employees to work a hybrid remote schedule.
Desired Qualifications & Experiences:
- Degree in Computer Science or Engineering fields, or equivalent experience
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10 (12+ preferred) years’ experience developing, engineering, architecting, and leading identity and access management operations and technologies
- Experience with identity and access management platforms and best practices
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Experience in key IAM concepts and technologies (e.g. least privilege, privileged access, segregation of duties)
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Access controls, attribute based access controls, conditional access, authentication, authorization, federation, multi-factor authentication, user provisioning, user attestation, secrets management, zero trust, and user lifecycle workflows)
- Develop and execute strategies for managing customer identities, which include user registration, authentication, authorization, and user profile management
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Well-versed in IAM-related protocols such as SAML, WS-Federation, OpenID, OAuth, LDAP, SCIM, SOAP, REST, JSON, XML/HTML
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Experience developing and complying with policies, standards, and processes
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Excellent oral and written communication
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Analytical and problem-solving skills
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Comfortable with ambiguity and time spent outside of comfort zone acquiring new skills
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Technically creative and open-minded
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GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.