Job Description

Senior. Specialist, Platform Architect (CIAM) 

The Opportunity

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
• Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

 

Our Technology Centres focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company's’ IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

 

Role Overview

The Senior Specialist, Solution Architecture (CIAM Platform Architect) is responsible for the architecture, design, governance, and evolution of our company Customer Identity & Access Management platform, with a primary focus on PingOne. This role provides technical leadership for customer identity services supporting customer-facing applications, digital channels, eCommerce platforms, and strategic business initiatives across Animal Health. The CIAM platform is a key foundational capability supporting hundreds of customer-facing assets and global market rollouts

 

What will you do in this role

• Define and maintain CIAM architecture standards, patterns, and reference designs.
• Lead the design and implementation of PingOne-based identity solutions.
• Architect authentication, Single Sign-On (SSO), federation, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), authorization, and consent management capabilities.
• Partner with Solution Architects, Product Teams, Security, and Enterprise Identity teams to deliver scalable and secure identity solutions.
• Support application onboarding and integration with the CIAM platform.
• Drive platform modernization, technical governance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to CIAM engineers.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, privacy, and architecture standards.

 

What should you have:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Solution Architecture, Identity & Access Management, or Software Engineering.
• Deep expertise in PingOne, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, Federation, and API Security.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale CIAM-solutions.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, APIs, and modern application integration patterns.
• Strong stakeholder management and technical leadership skills.

 

🔹 Good to Have

• Ping One certifications.
• Experience with CIAM platforms supporting customer-facing digital ecosystems.
• Experience with Salesforce, eCommerce, CRM, and digital engagement platforms.
• Knowledge of GDPR, consent management, and identity governance.

 

Primary Skills.

• PingOne Advanced Services

• PingOne

• SSO / Sign On

• MFA / PingID

• Directory

• Authorize

• DaVinci

• Creating both Solution-Designs as well as (EA) ARB-ready artifacts
• Other Authentication & Authorization Solutions
• Hands-on Development/Engineering in the CIAM-space

 

Who we are

We are known as well-known org Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada. For more than a century, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

 

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

 

 

 

Additional location(s) Compensation Information:

Required Skills:

Access Management Software, Application Integrations, Application Programming Interface (API) Security, Authentication Protocols, Cloud Architectures, Cloud Deployment, Data Modeling, Design Applications, Information Technology Management, OAuth, OpenID Connect, Platform Design, Platform Management, Reference Architectures, Release Management, Requirements Management, Secure Authentication, Security Protocols, Single Sign-On (SSO), Software Application Design, Solution Architecture, System Designs, System Integration

Preferred Skills:

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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company.  No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. 

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

Domestic

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

N/a

Job Posting End Date:

10/22/2026

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