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Lead Platform Engineer

Job ID 10129708 Location Burbank, California, United States / Orlando, Florida, United States / Seattle, Washington, United States Business The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) Date posted Sep. 24, 2025
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Job Summary:

Who We Are

At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.

The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. The Enterprise Technology organization drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.

Team Description

The Identity and Access Management (IAM) Engineering team is hiring talented contributors for innovative projects that will help power and secure our businesses and guest experiences. Leverage your solutions integrations knowledge, industry experience, and your passion for new technologies and platforms. You will be part of a diverse cross-functional team with ownership at the core of its DNA.

The IAM group's core mission is providing a Core IAM ecosystem of security services, platforms, and solutions in use across the company by cast members, employees, and partners within Disney’s business segments (DEE&T, DX, Studios) and corporate functions. Our vision is to provide advanced Identity and Access Management capabilities and services that are simple, seamless, and secure to protect our workforce, our data, and our brands.

What You Will Do

We are looking for a Lead Platform Engineer to join our Team!

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for the integration, implementation, and transformation of vendor-based Identity and Access Management (IAM) products and platforms that support cast members, and employees, and partners of Disney. 

  • Plans, validates, and executes on deliverables for technical integration and implementation of our IAM services in coordination with IAM domain architects, service managers/owners, software engineers, and our operations teams.

  • In collaboration with domain architects, defines / maintains all aspects of the platform engineering process including service / product technical evaluation process, lab testing, and service solution design.

  • Works closely with architects, service owners to ensure alignment with Enterprise Technology strategies, standards and policies. 

  • Contributes to the platform/solutions engineering efforts for vendor-provided Enterprise IAM products and services. This includes:  Active participant in IAM Transformation program and projects on a cross-functional team to progressively drive and execute on the lifecycle (adopt, evolve, retire/transform) of our IAM services at Disney

  • Evaluates capabilities of services / products and designs solutions/plans to deliver technology-current and business-aligned service offerings that evolve our cybersecurity defense, and embrace both best practices and common standards

  • Identifying and implementing changes to the environment that equip both application owners and end users with an awesome IAM experience

  • Collaborates closely with software engineering teams in support of their custom developed solutions and products that integrate with vendor platforms

  • Communicating, project tracking, and status reporting on efforts as a participant on project and service teams

  • Establishes close relationships with and provides oversight of vendor and supplier partners

  • Maintains strong knowledge of emerging technologies and trends

  • Develops scripts to aid in automation and operations of service offerings

  • Recommend and integrate solutions to increase effectiveness and efficiency of solution architecture and engineering to further enhance support capabilities, documentation and reporting.

Must Have

  • Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in IT / Enterprise Technology supporting identity and access, enterprise platforms

  • 5+ years of experience managing SailPoint at scale within a medium-to-large enterprise environment.

  • 5+ years of experience with implementing or maintaining large-scale identity and access management solutions, experienced in: Products/Vendors: SailPoint, SGNL, Okta, Active Directory, Entra ID

  • 3+ years providing technical leadership and oversight to other engineers

  • 3+ years’ experience in contributing to large, transformational IT initiatives 

  • 2+ years’ experience working with suppliers in an outsourced environment

  • Identity Lifecycle Management, HCM (e.g., SAP, Workday) and IAM Data Integration

  • Protocols/Standards such as SCIM, OAuth2, SAML, OIDC, LDAP

  • Experience automating access provisioning and deprovisioning

  • Familiarity with Zero Standing Access concepts and policy-based access management

  • Experience automating common operational tasks, web service/API integration, and deployment activities in scripting/programming languages (Python, JavaScript, PowerShell)

  • Understand security concerns within application (password hashing, SSL/TLS, encryption at rest, XSS, XSRF)

  • Expertise with Agile methodologies and delivering solutions through sprint planning activities

Nice To Have

  • Solid grasp with critical data handling such as SOX, PCI and PII, Safe Harbor

  • SailPoint Certification

  • SGNL Practitioner Certification

  • Professional certifications in other identity and access management platforms and products (Active Directory, Okta)

  • CISSP/Security Certifications

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Security, Computer Science, or Business related field or equivalent proven work experience

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The hiring range for this position in Burbank, California is $126,400 - $169,500 per year and in Seattle, WA is $132,500 - $177,600. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

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About The Walt Disney Company (Corporate):

At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company’s powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you’ll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (Corporate).

Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, visit the Disney candidate disability accommodations FAQs. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.

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