Senior AWS IAM & Data EngineerJob Type: Permanent Full-Time
Hybrid Lafayette, LA | Knoxville, TN | Columbia, SC | Birmingham, AL
Position Overview We are seeking a
Senior AWS IAM & Data Engineer to support enterprise cloud identity services and AWS-based data and analytics capabilities within a large-scale financial services environment.
This role combines hands-on
AWS IAM Identity Center expertise with data engineering and reporting responsibilities using AWS services such as
Redshift, S3, Glue, Athena, and Lake Formation.
This is a senior-level, hands-on engineering role requiring strong expertise across both
AWS identity/access management and AWS data technologies.
Responsibilities - Configure and support AWS IAM Identity Center, including identity federation, permission sets, account assignments, account access, and enterprise identity integrations.
- Support AWS IAM capabilities including roles, policies, trust policies, permission boundaries, least-privilege access, cross-account access, and access troubleshooting.
- Develop and maintain AWS-based data ingestion, transformation, and reporting workflows.
- Build and support ETL/data pipelines using AWS services such as Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, and EventBridge.
- Work with AWS data technologies including Redshift, S3, Glue, Athena, and Lake Formation.
- Develop SQL queries for data analysis, validation, reporting, and troubleshooting data-quality issues.
- Automate cloud, IAM, and data workflows using Python and/or Shell scripting.
- Use Terraform or CloudFormation for AWS infrastructure and configuration automation.
- Troubleshoot complex identity, cloud, and data-related technical issues.
- Independently evaluate technical options and develop production-quality code and automation.
- Collaborate with security, cloud, data, and application engineering teams.
Required Qualifications - 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS IAM Identity Center, including:
- Permission Sets
- Account Assignments
- Account Access
- Identity Federation
- Enterprise Identity Integrations
- Strong hands-on knowledge of AWS IAM, including:
- IAM Roles
- IAM Policies
- Trust Policies
- Permission Boundaries
- Least-Privilege Access
- Cross-Account Access
- IAM Troubleshooting
- Hands-on experience with AWS data services including:
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon S3
- AWS Glue
- Amazon Athena
- AWS Lake Formation
- Experience developing and supporting ETL/data pipelines, data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration.
- Experience with AWS Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, or similar technologies.
- Strong SQL skills for querying, analyzing, validating, and troubleshooting datasets.
- Experience with Python and/or Shell scripting.
- Experience with Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Strong understanding of enterprise identity federation and AWS multi-account integration patterns.
- Ability to independently troubleshoot complex technical problems and build production-quality solutions.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred Experience - Experience working within financial services or another highly regulated enterprise environment.
Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field is required. #M1
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