GCP IAM Lead

Role: GCP IAM Lead
Location - Plano, Texas (5 Days Onsite)
Duration: 8+ Months

Only W2

Role summary:
Own IAM design patterns and delivery for onboarding waves; lead engineers and drive secure-by-default identity at scale.
Key responsibilities

• Define IAM reference architectures (RBAC model, service account strategy, privileged access patterns).

• Establish Terraform standards for IAM (module patterns, safe binding strategies, drift controls).

• Lead design reviews, approve exceptions, and partner with security/compliance on control requirements.

• Manage delivery across multiple onboarding efforts (prioritization, timelines, dependency management).

• Define operational model: runbooks, access recertification inputs, metrics, and incident response playbooks.

Required qualifications

• Deep GCP IAM leadership experience in enterprise environments.

• Proven experience leading multi-team delivery and governing standards/exceptions.

• Strong Terraform/IaC governance and security-by-design mindset.
Success measures

• Repeatable IAM onboarding patterns adopted broadly; reduced onboarding cycle time; clean audit outcome