Lowe's
Lead Engineer – Authentication & Access Management
Lowe's Charlotte Technology Hub 3505 · Flex · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or information security; 5+ years designing, engineering, or supporting enterprise authentication, identity, or access management platforms; 4+ years implementing authentication and authorization solutions; 5+ years troubleshooting complex issues.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Leads engineering and modernization of Lowe’s workforce authentication platform, delivering secure, reliable authentication and Single Sign-On across enterprise applications.
What you'll do
- Own platform architecture, lifecycle management, stability, incident response, and modernization.
- Design authentication integrations and advise application teams on secure identity patterns.
- Lead engineering standards, automation, architecture reviews, and mentorship.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years in software, platform, infrastructure engineering, or information security; 5+ years with enterprise authentication, identity, or access management platforms.
- 4+ years implementing authentication solutions using the stated identity protocols and technologies; 5+ years troubleshooting complex cross-system issues.
- Experience with mission-critical authentication platforms, reliability improvements, technical documentation, scripting, Linux or Unix, and REST APIs.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in a related field.
- 3+ years implementing or engineering ForgeRock Access Management (version 7.x or later preferred).
Tools
ForgeRock Access Management, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML 2.0, LDAP, TLS/SSL, JavaScript, Python
AI focus
Evaluate and implement authentication patterns for emerging AI services, intelligent agents, APIs, and machine identities.
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