Senior Identity Engineer

Taxwell

$120K — $145K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in implementing enterprise IAM solutions
  • Expert in Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Okta, AWS IAM, and Azure identity services
  • Proficient in SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM
  • Deep understanding of Zero Trust principles and cloud security best practices
  • Experience securing identities for AI applications and SaaS integrations
  • Knowledgeable in Infrastructure as Code and automation tools like PowerShell or Python
  • Strong communication skills for stakeholder engagement

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain IAM solutions across major platforms like Microsoft 365 and AWS
  • Lead the operational support of authentication, authorization, and identity management services
  • Develop identity standards and best practices aligned with Zero Trust principles
  • Implement secure identity integrations for cloud and API services
  • Create identity controls for AI platforms and manage secure identity governance
  • Collaborate with teams to integrate identity into enterprise solutions
  • Evaluate new IAM technologies and conduct security benchmarking

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours and remote work opportunities
  • Professional development and training programs
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Retirement savings plan with employer matching
  • Generous leave policies including vacation and personal days
Full Job Description
Senior Identity Engineer

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Identity Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and ongoing engineering of the organization's identity and access management (IAM) capabilities. This role combines hands-on engineering with solution architecture, ensuring secure, scalable, and modern identity services across cloud and SaaS platforms.


Key Responsibilities
  • Design, implement, and maintain enterprise IAM solutions across Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, AWS, Azure, and SaaS applications.

  • Lead the design, engineering, and operational support of identity services, including authentication, authorization, federation, SSO, MFA, lifecycle management, and privileged access.

  • Develop identity standards, reference architectures, and engineering best practices aligned with Zero Trust principles

  • Design and implement secure identity integrations for cloud platforms, applications, APIs, and third-party services.

  • Design and implement identity controls for AI platforms and services, including secure authentication, authorization, workload identities, API security, and access governance for enterprise AI solutions.

  • Partner with security and engineering teams to implement identity controls for AI agents, copilots, machine identities, and service accounts while supporting Zero Trust principles and least-privilege access.

  • Engineer and support identity governance capabilities, including Joiner-Mover-Leaver processes, access reviews, role-based access control (RBAC), and privileged identity management.

  • Partner with infrastructure, cloud, application, and security teams to integrate identity into enterprise solutions and cloud architectures.

  • Support identity-related security initiatives, incident response, and continuous improvement activities.

  • Evaluate new IAM technologies and proof-of-concept and security benchmarking of identity technologies.


Required Experience
  • 7+ years of experience designing and implementing enterprise IAM solutions.

  • Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Okta, AWS IAM, and Azure identity services.

  • Experience implementing SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM, and modern authentication protocols.

  • Strong understanding of Zero Trust, identity governance, privileged access management, and cloud security best practices.

  • Experience securing modern identity architectures for cloud, SaaS, APIs, and AI-enabled applications, including OAuth, OpenID Connect, workload identities, and machine-to-machine authentication.

  • Understanding identity security considerations for Generative AI and AI agents, including secure access to AI platforms, API authorization, secret management, and governance of AI service identities.

  • Experience integrating SaaS applications with enterprise identity providers.

  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code and Automation (PowerShell, Python, or similar) is preferred.

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to translate business requirements into secure identity solutions.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Relevant certifications such as Microsoft, Okta, AWS, Azure Identity & cloud security certifications.

  • Experience with identity governance and administration (IGA) platforms.

  • Experience supporting hybrid identity environments and large-scale cloud migrations.

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