Sr IAM Security Engineer

Job Description:

** Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.;
Sponsorship is not available for this position.
** This role can be Remote, Hybrid or Onsite We are looking for a Senior IAM Security Engineer to own, operate, and continuously improve our Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platform. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving complex identity challenges, leading production support efforts, designing scalable integrations, and improving identity governance capabilities across the enterprise. You will serve as the primary technical owner of our IGA platform implementation, ensuring reliable identity lifecycle management, access governance, and integration with enterprise systems including our ERP, Active Directory, Entra , and other critical business applications.

This role balances hands-on engineering, operational ownership, governance maturity, and technical leadership. Our IAM program is continuing to mature and expand. This role will play a critical part in improving platform reliability, reducing manual effort, strengthening governance controls, and enabling future identity initiatives and broader enterprise security capabilities.

Core Responsibilities:

Operate and Own IAM Services (Primary) Own day-to-day operation, support, and reliability of the IGA platform Troubleshoot and resolve provisioning, deprovisioning, reconciliation, and identity lifecycle failures across our ERP, Active Directory, Entra , and integrated applications Serve as the primary escalation point for IAM operational incidents and complex access issues Perform root cause analysis and implement long-term corrective actions to prevent recurring issues Monitor platform health, job execution, provisioning success rates, and service performance Develop and maintain operational runbooks, support documentation, and knowledge articles Participate in production support processes, change control, peer reviews, and CAB activities Engineer IAM Integrations and Platform Capabilities Design, build, enhance, and support IGA platform connectors, workflows, rules, policies, analytics, and certifications Develop and maintain integrations utilizing REST APIs, SOAP services, JDBC connections, and other enterprise integration methods Partner with application teams to onboard new applications and automate identity lifecycle processes Support ERP Cloud, Active Directory, Entra , and other enterprise identity integrations Lead testing, validation, deployment, and upgrade activities for IAM platform enhancements Ensure IAM solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise security requirements Advance Identity Governance Capabilities Support and improve Joiner, Mover, Leaver (JML) lifecycle processes Implement and maintain access request workflows, approval processes, and entitlement management Design, execute, and improve access certification campaigns and remediation activities Contribute to role-based and attribute-based access models (RBAC/ABAC) Support Segregation of Duties (SoD) controls, governance policies, and audit requirements Assist with identity correlation, reconciliation, entitlement cleanup, and governance optimization efforts Reduce Toil and Improve the Platform Identify manual processes and develop automation solutions to improve efficiency and reliability Improve platform observability, monitoring, reporting, and operational metrics Develop dashboards and reporting that provide insight into platform health and governance effectiveness Improve testing practices, deployment processes, and operational maturity Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on scalability, reliability, and user experience Provide Technical Leadership and Ownership Serve as the…