IAM Engineer

Fully On‑site in Downtown Birmingham

Target Salary: $75k-$100k

Industry: Banking

The position will maintain the IAM technical standards and will implement IAM controls and processes based upon an understanding of the identity and authentication technology stacks. This role reports to the Director of Information Security and will assist in the architecture, implementation, and execution of a risk‑based IAM architecture to ensure strong authentication and authorization controls across various business‑critical systems.

• Develop and assist with permission changes, group membership updates, and access provisioning.
• Create, modify, and disable user accounts in Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and other systems.
• Support MFA, SSO, and related authentication workflows.

• Provide escalation support for all matters related to Identity Access Management operations.
• Ensure readiness for internal and external audit, including action plan to promptly resolve issues identified and ensure standard operating procedures are created and followed.
• Provide consultation and integration within the identity management authentication and authorization framework for new or existing applications.
• Perform routine maintenance tasks and update documentation as needed.

• Follow established IT policies, procedures, and security requirements.
• Serve as an advisor for policies/procedures and guidelines to data owners within the organization.
• Support security protection, compliance efforts, and audit‑related data collection.
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to data‑handling standards.

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or a related field preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years implementing and governing IAM cloud solutions, controls, and capabilities.
• Experience in implementing SSO and federation standards such as SAML and OpenID Connect, multi‑factor authentication (MFA) and privileged access management, password vault.
• High proficiency, experience and working knowledge of Active Directory, Entra  (Azure AD), OKTA, and connector frameworks, and other mainstream IAM products.

Salary range for the role is $75k–$100k. Eligible for discretionary bonuses and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan.