Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Tennessee

EIT Engineering Team Lead

US-AnywhereRemote in Chattanooga, TN
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong experience with identity and federation platforms (PingIdentity or similar)
  • Deep understanding of authentication protocols (SAML, OAuth, OIDC)
  • Proven leadership and mentoring skills in an engineering setting
  • Experience with large-scale SSO integrations and identity ecosystems
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

  • Manage day-to-day operations of the engineering team
  • Assign and review projects, ensuring accuracy and progress
  • Conduct staff performance assessments and promote professional development
  • Motivate team members to maximize contributions and collaboration
  • Ensure compliance with policies and budget allocations
  • Track and manage project details, serving as the technical expert

Benefits

  • Fully remote position
  • Opportunity to lead and mentor a team
  • Engagement with peers across architecture, security, and application development
  • Focus on secure and scalable identity services in a regulated environment
  • Participation in on-call rotation to support critical systems
Full Job Description

The Authentication Engineering team is seeking an experienced Engineering Team Lead to drive the evolution of enterprise authentication and federation experiences across the organization.

The role is responsible for leading a team of engineers focused on designing, building, and scaling authentication solutions that support numerous partner/external-facing applications. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical skills in federation technologies and identity protocols, along with the ability to lead and mentor engineers in delivering solutions.

As a hands-on technical product owner, you will partner closely with architecture, infrastructure, security, and application development teams to mature and standardize authentication capabilities, expand federation standards, and improve user access experiences.This role is critical to ensuring secure, resilient, and scalable identity services that support the organization’s broader technology and business objectives, while maintaining operational excellence in a highly regulated environment.

This is a fully remote role that combines technical leadership, architecture, and hands-on engineering, with responsibility for guiding the team’s technical direction and delivery.

Required Experience:

  • Strong experience with identity and federation platforms (PingIdentity suite or similar applications)

  • Deep understanding of authentication and federation protocols (SAML, OAuth, OIDC)

  • Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams while remaining hands-on with technical solutions

  • Experience designing and supporting large-scale SSO integrations and identity ecosystems

Note:

  • Sponsorship is not available for this role.

  • Participation in an on-call rotation is required to support critical authentication platforms.

Job Responsibilities

  • Manages the day-to-day operations of a team with a focus on the maintenance and development of systems and supervising system modifications.
  • Assigns, monitors, and reviews progress and accuracy of work. Provides staff management oversight including hiring, promoting, or making recommendations for staff. Conducts performance reviews and assessments, manages performance, engages in skills assessment, and promotes professional development of staff.
  • Directs, motivates, and develops staff, maximizing their individual contribution, professional growth, and ability to function effectively with their colleagues as a team.
  • Ensures adherence to policies, plans, objectives, budgets and staffing allocations.
  • Manages and tracks team-level project details and serves as the technical subject matter expert and provides leadership during periods of transition.
  • Employees may be required to participate in a weekly on-call rotation.

Job Qualifications

 

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in a Computer Sciences related field or equivalent work experience.

Experience

  • 5 year - Experience with information technology concepts, application development and/or enterprise system maintenance methodology, terminology, and standards required
  • 5 years – Systems maintenance and/or programming experience required 
  • 3 year - Expert working knowledge of at least one programming language and/or one enterprise system in use at BCBST

 

Skills\Certifications

  • Knowledge of information technology concepts, methodology, terminology, and standards.
  • Proven Skill to develop and/or maintain an enterprise IT system
  • Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in one or more enterprise IT systems
  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
  • Microsoft Office and email skills are required
  • Adaptive to high pace and changing environment.
  • Must be able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical co-workers.
  • Must be willing to adjust schedule to plan and perform maintenance and upgrades outside of business hours and be part of an on-call rotation.

Number of Openings Available

1

Worker Type:

Employee

Company:

BCBST BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc.

About Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Tennessee

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is a non-profit health insurance company that provides coverage to more than 3.5 million people. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee offers a variety of health insurance plans, including individual and family plans, Medicare plans, and employer-sponsored plans. The company is committed to improving the health and well-being of its members and the communities it serves.
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