Senior IAM Engineer M&A; Hybrid

Company Description

About Abb Vie

Abb Vie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, X and You Tube.

Join Abb Vie’s Information Security & Risk Management (ISRM) teamas a Senior Engineer, IAM Directory Services, where we empower our partners to succeed by delivering the knowledge, tools, and support needed toleveragedata and technology securely and effectively. As part of our Identity & Access Management (IAM) team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our enterprise-wide IAM strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business development groups throughout various stages of company relationships—whetherit isa research-sharing arrangement, full acquisition, or site divestiture.
• Support theinitialintegration of cross-company communication, followed by the migration of users to Abb Vie-managed devices, andsubsequentlyassistwith application transitions and the decommissioning of legacy environments
• Serve as the primary liaison between the Identity team and both technical and business stakeholders,operating at both strategic and operational levels to develop, coordinate, and implement secure identity designs.
• Provide advisory services to reduce risk and technical friction in these transactions. As a full-time employee, you will be a key contributor to Abb Vie’s long-term strategy and culture.
• Leadthe technical onboarding and identity integration of newlyacquiredentities, ensuring seamless access to Abb Vie systems and resources
• Designand implementidentity federation and trust models across multiple domains and forests to support secure collaboration
• Drivethe migration of users, devices, and applications from legacy environments to Abb Vie’s standardized platforms
• Developandmaintainautomation scripts and workflows to streamline identity provisioning and deprovisioning during Merger & Acquisition (M&A) transitions
• Maintain documentation and contributing to the continuous improvement of M&A identity playbooks and standards
• Serveas a subject matter expert in identity architecture during due diligence and post-merger integration phases

• Bachelor’s Degree with 6 years’ experience;
  Master’s Degree with 5 years’ experience;
  PhD with 0 years’ experience.
• Respective years of demonstrated experience in an information security role, ideally as a Security Engineer or Engineer
• Direct experience with M&A, divestitures, or multi-company collaborations
• Familiarity with a range of security tools and platforms (self-hosted and cloud)
• Proven experience with Cloud Identity Providers (e.g., Entra, Okta, or Ping One) supporting SAML, OIDC, and OAuth 2.0.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and collaboration tools (M365, GSuite, Slack) and integrations into Cloud Identity Providers
• Proficiency in Active Directory and related security constructs (domains, forests, trusts)
• Relevant certifications (e.g., SANS, AWS)
• Demonstrated ability to lead integration strategies and influence peers to achieve desired outcomes.
• In-depth knowledge of identity and access governance policies and standards, including least-privilege, access lifecycle management, and enterprise security policy frameworks.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities

Preferred:

• 5 yearsin an information security role, ideally as an Identity or Security Engineer
• Practical experience in security architecture (e.g., Cloud Security, App Sec, Network Security, Identity) and can speak to solutionsthey havedesigned and implemented.
• Relevant identity-focused certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified:
  Identity and Access Administrator, Okta Certified Professional/Consultant, or Ping Identity certifications).
• Familiar with industry standards such as NIST 800 and ISO 27001

• The compensation…