Senior Identity Access Engineer

What you'll do

Key Responsibilities

Build and maintain identity lifecycle automations, including joiner/mover/leaver workflows and SCIM provisioning.

Own SSO and MFA integrations across enterprise SaaS applications.

Design and support integrations between HRIS, identity providers, and downstream systems.

Drive operational excellence for identity infrastructure through monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident response.

Partner with Security teams on conditional access policies, privileged access patterns, and identity governance controls.

Serve as a primary technical contributor for ITGC and SOX audit activities related to identity systems, including evidence collection, control walkthroughs, and remediation efforts.

Mentor junior engineers and contribute to identity engineering standards, tooling strategy, and automation best practices.

Must-Haves

6+ years of experience in Identity & Access Management (IAM), Identity Engineering, or related infrastructure/security engineering roles.

Strong hands-on experience with Okta Identity Engine, Microsoft Entra ID, and Active Directory-integrated environments.

Deep understanding of authentication and federation protocols including SCIM, SAML, OAuth, and OIDC.

Experience building API-driven automations and scripting solutions using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

Experience implementing and supporting SSO, MFA, and lifecycle provisioning workflows at enterprise scale.

Direct experience supporting ITGC/SOX audits and identity-related compliance controls.

Strong troubleshooting, systems integration, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Okta Certification

Nice-to-Haves

Experience integrating HRIS platforms such as Workday with identity systems.

Familiarity with conditional access frameworks, FIDO2, TOTP, and modern authentication/security controls.

Experience with observability, alerting, and operational monitoring for identity platforms.

Exposure to privileged access management (PAM) or zero trust initiatives.

Experience leveraging AI or workflow automation tooling to improve IT operations and identity workflows.

Prior experience mentoring engineers or contributing to identity architecture standards.

What Success Looks Like

Operates autonomously across complex identity and automation initiatives.

Improves scalability, reliability, and audit readiness across the identity ecosystem.

Contributes strategic input into identity tooling, governance, and automation direction.

Raises the technical maturity of identity operations through automation and engineering best practices.