Senior Automation Engineer – Identity Governance

Senior Automation Engineer – Identity Governance

Hybrid – 4 Days Onsite Per Week (No Flexibility)

Employment Type:

4-Month Contract (Potential for Extension)

Compensation: $93/hour

We are seeking a Senior Automation Engineer with expertise in Identity Governance and enterprise automation to support large-scale identity compliance and remediation initiatives for our client.

This role will focus on designing and implementing automated, policy-driven solutions that improve identity hygiene, governance, and operational efficiency across complex directory environments.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience building automation frameworks within enterprise IAM ecosystems, with a focus on Active Directory, Entra , compliance enforcement, and self-healing remediation workflows.

Identity Governance & Automated Remediation

• Design and implement automation for identity governance and compliance remediation across enterprise directory services
• Build workflows to identify and remediate:
• Orphaned identities
• Misconfigurations
• Policy drift
• Automate lifecycle-based remediation processes, including:
• Timed account deletion workflows
• Identity cleanup and governance enforcement
• Eliminate manual and ticket-driven remediation activities through scalable automation

Identity Hygiene & Compliance Automation

• Develop automated controls for:
• Expiration notifications
• Identity security baseline enforcement
• Ensure continuous compliance monitoring throughout the identity lifecycle
• Support governance for both human and non-human identities

Privileged Access & Lifecycle Automation

• Partner with IAM and security teams to support:
• Least-privilege access models
• Just-in-time access workflows
• Privileged access remediation
• Automate identity lifecycle management and privilege cleanup processes

Monitoring & Self-Healing Automation

• Build automation pipelines integrating:
• Monitoring signals
• Directory health metrics
• Policy outcomes
• Support continuous Active Directory health monitoring and automated response mechanisms
• Contribute to self-healing identity governance solutions
• Design reusable automation frameworks and remediation patterns
• Support scalable governance solutions across multiple domains and tenants
• Help standardize enterprise directory services and automation practices

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
• Strong experience in identity governance, IAM automation, or directory services engineering
• Hands-on experience with:
• Active Directory
• Identity lifecycle management
• Experience building policy-driven remediation workflows and compliance automation
• Strong scripting and automation experience
• Understanding of privileged access management and identity security best practices
• Experience working within large enterprise or highly regulated environments
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills

• Experience implementing self-healing infrastructure or remediation automation
• Familiarity with Zero Standing Privilege or Just‑In‑Time access models
• Experience supporting multi-domain or multi-tenant environments
• Background working closely with IAM, Security, and Platform Engineering teams