diff --git a/docs/administration.rst b/docs/administration.rst
index 3f282369..3623f311 100644
--- a/docs/administration.rst
+++ b/docs/administration.rst
@@ -712,6 +712,33 @@ For more information about how to use social logins, see: `Satellizer <https://g
 
             PING_AUTH_ENDPOINT = "https://<yourpingserver>/oauth2/authorize"
 
+.. data:: PING_USER_MEMBERSHIP_URL
+    :noindex:
+
+        An optional additional endpoint to learn membership details post the user validation.
+
+        ::
+
+            PING_USER_MEMBERSHIP_URL = "https://<yourmembershipendpoint>"
+
+.. data:: PING_USER_MEMBERSHIP_TLS_PROVIDER
+    :noindex:
+
+        A custom TLS session provider plugin name
+
+        ::
+
+            PING_USER_MEMBERSHIP_TLS_PROVIDER = "slug-name"
+
+.. data:: PING_USER_MEMBERSHIP_SERVICE
+    :noindex:
+
+        Membership service name used by PING_USER_MEMBERSHIP_TLS_PROVIDER to create a session
+
+        ::
+
+            PING_USER_MEMBERSHIP_SERVICE = "yourmembershipservice"
+
 .. data:: OAUTH2_SECRET
     :noindex:
 
diff --git a/docs/developer/plugins/index.rst b/docs/developer/plugins/index.rst
index 7e1920f4..3834b0b9 100644
--- a/docs/developer/plugins/index.rst
+++ b/docs/developer/plugins/index.rst
@@ -285,6 +285,17 @@ The `ExportPlugin` object requires the implementation of one function::
     Support of various formats sometimes relies on external tools system calls. Always be mindful of sanitizing any input to these calls.
 
 
+Custom TLS Provider
+------
+
+Managing TLS at the enterprise scale could be hard and often organizations offer custom wrapper implementations. It could
+be ideal to use those while making calls to internal services. The `TLSPlugin` would help to achieve this. It requires the
+implementation of one function which creates a TLS session::
+
+     def session(self, server_application):
+        # return active session
+
+
 Testing
 =======
 
diff --git a/lemur/auth/views.py b/lemur/auth/views.py
index 6b8dd87f..83b67f6a 100644
--- a/lemur/auth/views.py
+++ b/lemur/auth/views.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
     :license: Apache, see LICENSE for more details.
 .. moduleauthor:: Kevin Glisson <kglisson@netflix.com>
 """
+import json
+
 import jwt
 import base64
 import requests
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ from lemur.roles import service as role_service
 from lemur.logs import service as log_service
 from lemur.auth.service import create_token, fetch_token_header, get_rsa_public_key
 from lemur.auth import ldap
-
+from lemur.plugins.base import plugins
 
 mod = Blueprint("auth", __name__)
 api = Api(mod)
@@ -138,6 +140,47 @@ def retrieve_user(user_api_url, access_token):
     return user, profile
 
 
+def retrieve_user_memberships(user_api_url, user_membership_api_url, access_token):
+    user, profile = retrieve_user(user_api_url, access_token)
+
+    if user_membership_api_url is None:
+        return user, profile
+    """
+    Potentially, below code can be made more generic i.e., plugin driven. Unaware of the usage of this
+    code across the community, current implementation is config driven. Without user_membership_api_url
+    configured, it is backward compatible.
+    """
+    tls_provider = plugins.get(current_app.config.get("PING_USER_MEMBERSHIP_TLS_PROVIDER"))
+
+    # put user id in url
+    user_membership_api_url = user_membership_api_url.replace("%user_id%", profile["userId"])
+
+    session = tls_provider.session(current_app.config.get("PING_USER_MEMBERSHIP_SERVICE"))
+    headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
+    data = {"relation": "DIRECT_ONLY", "groupFilter": {"type": "GOOGLE"}, "size": 500}
+    user_membership = {"email": profile["email"],
+                       "thumbnailPhotoUrl": profile["thumbnailPhotoUrl"],
+                       "googleGroups": []}
+    while True:
+        # retrieve information about the current user memberships
+        r = session.post(user_membership_api_url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=headers)
+
+        if r.status_code == 200:
+            response = r.json()
+            membership_details = response["data"]
+            for membership in membership_details:
+                user_membership["googleGroups"].append(membership["membership"]["name"])
+
+            if "nextPageToken" in response and response["nextPageToken"]:
+                data["nextPageToken"] = response["nextPageToken"]
+            else:
+                break
+        else:
+            current_app.logger.error(f"Response Code:{r.status_code} {r.text}")
+            break
+    return user, user_membership
+
+
 def create_user_roles(profile):
     """Creates new roles based on profile information.
 
@@ -156,7 +199,7 @@ def create_user_roles(profile):
                     description="This is a google group based role created by Lemur",
                     third_party=True,
                 )
-            if not role.third_party:
+            if (group != 'admin') and (not role.third_party):
                 role = role_service.set_third_party(role.id, third_party_status=True)
             roles.append(role)
     else:
@@ -375,7 +418,6 @@ class Ping(Resource):
 
         # you can either discover these dynamically or simply configure them
         access_token_url = current_app.config.get("PING_ACCESS_TOKEN_URL")
-        user_api_url = current_app.config.get("PING_USER_API_URL")
 
         secret = current_app.config.get("PING_SECRET")
 
@@ -391,7 +433,12 @@ class Ping(Resource):
         error_code = validate_id_token(id_token, args["clientId"], jwks_url)
         if error_code:
             return error_code
-        user, profile = retrieve_user(user_api_url, access_token)
+
+        user, profile = retrieve_user_memberships(
+            current_app.config.get("PING_USER_API_URL"),
+            current_app.config.get("PING_USER_MEMBERSHIP_URL"),
+            access_token
+        )
         roles = create_user_roles(profile)
         update_user(user, profile, roles)
 
diff --git a/lemur/plugins/bases/__init__.py b/lemur/plugins/bases/__init__.py
index 9ce6289b..71ee2eb3 100644
--- a/lemur/plugins/bases/__init__.py
+++ b/lemur/plugins/bases/__init__.py
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ from .issuer import IssuerPlugin  # noqa
 from .source import SourcePlugin  # noqa
 from .notification import NotificationPlugin, ExpirationNotificationPlugin  # noqa
 from .export import ExportPlugin  # noqa
+from .tls import TLSPlugin  # noqa
diff --git a/lemur/plugins/bases/tls.py b/lemur/plugins/bases/tls.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..509ecd62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lemur/plugins/bases/tls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+"""
+.. module: lemur.plugins.bases.tls
+    :platform: Unix
+    :copyright: (c) 2021 by Netflix Inc., see AUTHORS for more
+    :license: Apache, see LICENSE for more details.
+
+.. moduleauthor:: Sayali Charhate <scharhate@netflix.com>
+"""
+from lemur.plugins.base import Plugin
+
+
+class TLSPlugin(Plugin):
+    """
+    This is the base class from which all supported
+    tls session providers will inherit from.
+    """
+    type = "tls"
+
+    def session(self, server_application):
+        raise NotImplementedError