Sr Manager, Cloud Identity
Date: Apr 7, 2026
Location: Chicago, IL, US, 60607
Company: McDonald's Corporation
Company Description:
McDonald’s growth strategy, Accelerating the Arches, encompasses all aspects of our business as the leading global omni-channel restaurant brand. As the consumer landscape shifts we are using our competitive advantages to further strengthen our brand. One of our core growth strategies is to Double Down on the 3Ds (Delivery, Digital and Drive Thru). McDonald’s will accelerate technology innovation so 65M+ customers a day will experience a fast, easy experience, whether at one of our 25,000 and growing Drive thrus, through McDelivery, dine-in or takeaway.
McDonald’s Global Technology is here to power tomorrow’s feel-good moments.
That’s why you’ll find us at the forefront of transformative technology, exploring new and innovative ways to serve our millions of customers and spread happiness one delicious Hot Fudge Sundae-dipped fry at a time. Using AI, robotics and emerging tech, we’re digitizing the Golden Arches. Combine that with our unparalleled global scale, and we’re reshaping all areas of the business, industry and every community that is home to a McDonald’s restaurant. We face complex tech challenges every day. But that’s where our diverse and talented teams come in. They’re made up of the best and brightest from all over the globe, and they thrive in the space where feel-good meets fast-paced.
Check out the McDonald’s Global Technology Technical Blog to learn how technology and our global team are directly enabling the Accelerating the Arches strategy.
Duties
As a Senior Manager – Cloud Identity, you will report to the Director of Identity Governance and Administration, and lead our enterprise cloud identity capabilities across multi-cloud and SaaS environments. As the leader of an IAM engineering team, you will be responsible for guiding the team in achieving functional expertise and delivering high-quality services for our identity and access platform. This is an exciting opportunity for you to play a critical role in transforming our global identity and access platform, working closely with our Product Managers, Technical Leads, and Architecture teams. This role blends people leadership, technical depth, and strategic execution, ensuring identity is an enabler of digital transformation while meeting security, compliance, and resiliency requirements.
- Lead and develop a team of cloud identity engineers, providing coaching, mentorship, and career development while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
- Own the technical direction and roadmap for cloud identity platforms, including identity lifecycle management, authentication, authorization, and privileged access in cloud and SaaS environments.
- Drive adoption of cloud-native identity services and zero trust principles across public cloud providers (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP).
- Partner with Product Managers and Architecture teams to align cloud identity capabilities with business and platform strategies.
- Establish and enforce engineering best practices, including secure coding, infrastructure as code, automated testing, and continuous delivery.
- Act as a thought leader and evangelist for DevSecOps, automation, and modern identity patterns (e.g., identity as a control plane).
- Define and track service health, reliability, security metrics, and operational KPIs for cloud identity services.
- Lead initiatives to improve resilience, scalability, and cost efficiency of identity platforms in cloud environments.
- Support enterprise initiatives by providing identity subject matter expertise for application migrations, cloud onboarding, and digital transformation programs.
- Build strong partnerships across security, infrastructure, compliance, and risk teams to ensure identity controls meet regulatory and internal standards.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated willingness and ability to live organizational values related to integrity, inclusion, collaboration, and accountability.
- 8+ years of experience in identity, access management, or cloud security engineering, with significant hands‑on experience in cloud platforms.
- 3+ years of experience leading and managing engineering teams, including performance management and career development.
- Deep understanding of cloud identity concepts, including workforce identity, application identity, service principals, managed identities, and API security.
- Strong knowledge of authentication and authorization protocols and standards such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, SCIM, and LDAP.
- Experience designing and operating identity solutions using one or more enterprise identity platforms (e.g., Entra ID/Azure AD, Okta, Ping, AWS IAM).
- Proficiency with modern software engineering practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automation, testing frameworks, and observability.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading cloud identity strategy in a large, complex, or highly regulated enterprise environment.
- Hands-on experience with multi‑cloud identity architectures and hybrid identity integrations.
- Knowledge of Zero Trust architectures and identity‑centric security models.
- Experience integrating identity platforms with SaaS applications and custom-developed cloud-native applications.
- Familiarity with compliance and regulatory requirements (e.g., SOX ) as they relate to identity and access controls.
Compensation
Bonus Eligible: Yes
Long - Term Incentive: Yes
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Salary Range
The expected salary range for this role is $167,366.00 - $209,207.00 per year
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors.
Additional Information:
Benefits eligible: This position offers health and welfare benefits, a 401(k) plan, adoption assistance program, educational assistance program, flexible ways of working, and time off policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and vacation/PTO). Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on job classification and length of employment.
Bonus eligible: This position is eligible for a bonus, calculated based on individual and company performance.
Long term Incentive eligible: This position is eligible for stock or other equity grants pursuant to McDonald’s long-term incentive plan.
McDonald’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our workforce. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone. McDonald’s provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities as part of the application or hiring process or to perform the essential functions of their job. If you need assistance accessing or reading this job posting or otherwise feel you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact mcdhrbenefits@us.mcd.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
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