About the Role
This role involves owning the architecture and strategy for IAM security, guiding engineering efforts, and collaborating across teams to enforce secure access practices at scale.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and deployment of IAM security frameworks
- Design secure authentication and authorization systems
- Evaluate and integrate identity protocols and standards
- Collaborate with engineering teams to embed security into IAM solutions
- Define policies for access management and identity lifecycle
- Troubleshoot complex IAM-related security issues
- Support compliance with security certifications and audits
- Drive automation in identity provisioning and access control
- Mentor engineers on IAM best practices and security principles
- Stay current with emerging IAM threats and technologies
- Participate in incident response related to identity breaches
- Ensure secure integration of third-party identity providers
- Develop monitoring strategies for suspicious access patterns
- Lead cross-functional initiatives to improve IAM resilience
- Advocate for zero-trust models in access design
- Contribute to secure cloud identity architectures
- Review code and configurations for IAM security risks
- Establish metrics to measure IAM security effectiveness
- Guide selection of IAM tools and vendors
- Promote identity governance across business units
- Support single sign-on and multi-factor authentication systems
- Improve scalability and reliability of identity platforms
- Align IAM practices with regulatory requirements
- Facilitate secure user identity federation across domains
- Drive adoption of modern authentication standards
Nice to Have
- Advanced degree in cybersecurity or related discipline
- Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CIAM
- Hands-on experience with Ping Identity or Okta
- Knowledge of identity orchestration platforms
- Experience in large-scale SaaS environments
- Prior work in remote-first organizations
- Contributions to open-source IAM projects
- Public speaking or conference participation in security domains
Compensation
Competitive salary and benefits package
Work Arrangement
Remote
Team
Part of the global security engineering team focused on identity and access management
Why This Role Matters
Identity security is central to protecting critical assets and user data. This role shapes how access is granted, monitored, and revoked across a global platform.
What to Expect
You will lead strategic IAM initiatives, work with cutting-edge technologies, and influence security practices across the organization.
May be available for qualified candidates
