Cyber Security Engineer
Job in
Austin, Travis County, Texas, 78716, USA
Listed on 2026-10-15
Listing for:
Red Sky Consulting
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-15
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity, Systems Engineer, Information Security & Data Protection
Job Description & How to Apply Below
The Senior Identity Security Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and operating the organization's identity and access security solutions. This role owns authentication, authorization, identity governance, privileged access, and Zero Trust identity controls that protect users, applications, and enterprise data.
Working closely with Security Engineering, Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, HR Systems, and Application teams, this engineer develops scalable identity solutions that automate access, enforce least privilege, and improve the organization's security posture.
Key Responsibilities Identity Engineering- Design and implement enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions.
- Engineer authentication and authorization architectures using SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, SCIM, and modern authentication standards.
- Design and maintain Conditional Access policies and adaptive authentication controls.
- Implement and maintain MFA, passwordless authentication, and phishing-resistant authentication technologies.
- Engineer lifecycle automation for Joiner, Mover, and Leaver processes.
- Design and implement Identity Governance Administration (IGA) capabilities.
- Develop role-based access control (RBAC) and entitlement models.
- Automate access reviews, certifications, and segregation-of-duty controls.
- Develop integrations between HR systems, directories, SaaS platforms, and business applications.
- Implement identity-centric Zero Trust controls.
- Integrate identity posture with Zscaler ZPA where appropriate.
- Design least-privilege access models across cloud and on-premises environments.
- Develop Power Shell, Python, Graph API, REST API, and SCIM automation.
- Build identity provisioning and reporting workflows.
- Develop operational dashboards and compliance reporting.
- Provide identity architecture guidance for new applications.
- Partner with application owners to integrate enterprise identity standards.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field.
- 6+ years of Identity Engineering or Security Engineering experience.
- Experience with Entra , Active Directory, or similar identity platforms.
- Experience implementing IAM and Identity Governance solutions.
- Experience with Conditional Access, MFA, SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, SCIM.
- Experience with Power Shell and Microsoft Graph.
- Experience integrating SaaS applications using enterprise SSO.
- Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture.
- Experience with NIST, CIS Controls, and identity security best practices.
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