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Engineering Senior Manager jobs in Chicago are concentrated in the Loop, River North, and the Illinois Medical District, with strong demand across manufacturing, infrastructure, and technology sectors. Top employers right now include Invenergy, Amazon, and Kraft Heinz. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Recruiting for this role ends on 11/15/2026.
Position Summary
As an experienced PlainID professional at Deloitte Consulting, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality work products within defined timelines while providing technical leadership to the PlainID team. This role combines deep technical ownership with engineering expertise and governance.
Work you'll do
As a PlainID professional, you will:
- Configure and implement the PlainID Authorization Platform within client environments, including policy modelling and decision-point/information-point setup.
- Lead the technical discussions with Enterprise architects and IAM stake holders.
- Design fine-grained, attribute-based access policies (PBAC/ABAC) that translate business rules into technical controls, including row- and column-level data access restrictions where needed.
- Integrate PlainID with client identity providers (Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Ping Identity, ForgeRock), API gateways, microservices, and data platforms such as Snowflake or Big Query.
- Support the full policy lifecycle - authoring, testing, versioning, and deployment - using PlainID's visual policy modeling and policy-as-code capabilities.
- Run requirements sessions with client stakeholders to document current-state access patterns and design the target-state authorization model.
- Troubleshoot policy conflicts, integration issues, and authorization-decision errors across the client's technology stack.
- Support testing, validation, and go-live activities, including access-decision auditing and performance checks.
- Produce clear technical documentation - policy catalogs, integration diagrams, runbooks - for both the client and the internal delivery team.
- Partner with engagement leads and architects to keep delivery on track and surface risks early.
- Stay current on PlainID's platform roadmap, including emerging capabilities for AI agent and machine-identity authorization.
- Establish and maintain runbooks, SOPs, knowledge articles, and documentation standards for repeatable and governed support operations. Coordinate with client stakeholders, internal teams, and third-party vendors to resolve defects, manage dependencies, and improve service outcomes.
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Qualifications
Required :
- 4+ years of total experience, including strong hands-on experience in PlainID implementation.
- 3+ years with access control models - specifically PBAC - and how each maps to real enterprise use cases.
- 3+ years of experience integrating and supporting complex integrations and connectors for PIP integration.
- Must have strong knowledge of ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations, including SOX, GDPR, and ISO standards.
- Experience integrating with identity providers and standard protocols: OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, JWT.
- Comfort with policy-as-code concepts and reading/writing structured policy logic (e.g., Rego or similar rules-based languages).
- Working knowledge of APIs and microservices architectures, plus experience with at least one API gateway (Apigee, Kong, Azure API Management, or similar).
- Proven ownership of CAB/change governance, release management, and stake holder management.
- Advanced troubleshooting capability with strong knowledge of PlainID integration.
- Ability to travel 25-50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
- Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.
Preferred :
- Previous consulting or Big 4 experience preferred.
- Experience with RBAC, ABAC
- Strong documentation, reporting, and executive communication skills.
- Ability to manage vendor coordination
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $113,300 to $188,900.
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
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Engineering Senior Manager Jobs in Chicago: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a engineering senior manager job in Chicago?
Focus your search on Chicago's dominant hiring sectors: industrial manufacturing along the I-55 corridor, civil and infrastructure firms in the Loop, and technology companies in River North and Fulton Market. Employers here value P&L ownership, cross-functional leadership, and familiarity with large-scale project delivery. Candidates who can speak to managing distributed teams or navigating union labor environments tend to stand out in Chicago's engineering market specifically.
Which companies hire engineering senior managers in Chicago?
Chicago engineering senior manager roles are posted by Invenergy, Amazon, and Kraft Heinz and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. The local market includes a strong mix of legacy industrial manufacturers, infrastructure consultancies, and high-growth technology firms, many with regional or global headquarters in the city.
Are there remote engineering senior manager jobs in Chicago?
Yes, though availability depends heavily on the discipline. About 81% of engineering senior manager openings tied to Chicago are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with fully remote roles more common in software engineering management than in civil, manufacturing, or facilities engineering. In Chicago, hybrid arrangements are most prevalent among technology and enterprise software employers based in Fulton Market and the Loop.
How can I get a engineering senior manager job in Chicago with little or no experience?
The most realistic path is lateral progression through Chicago's manufacturing and infrastructure sectors, where engineering managers often advance from senior engineer or team lead roles within the same organization. Mid-size industrial companies along the northwest suburbs and consultancies working on city infrastructure contracts frequently promote from within. Building a record of leading cross-functional projects, even informally, and earning a PMP or relevant technical certification strengthens a Chicago-based candidacy considerably.
Which industries hire the most engineering senior managers in Chicago?
Chicago engineering senior manager roles concentrate in Consulting & Professional Services, Energy, and Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Chicago's position as a Midwest logistics hub, its deep manufacturing base, and its growing technology corridor in Fulton Market and River North collectively sustain consistent demand for engineering leadership across these sectors.
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