Staff Security Engineer, IAM

Extensive IAM experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale solutions, with demonstrated time at a Staff or senior IC level

Expert-level Okta expertise including Identity Engine, advanced authentication policies, lifecycle workflows, and API automation

Strong infrastructure-as-code practice with Terraform/OpenTofu/Pulumi , including provider experience for SaaS identity platforms and a track record of migrating click-ops to code

Proficiency writing and shipping Python as a software engineer designed as modular, tested, code-reviewed, deployed as services (GCP Cloud Run or equivalent serverless runtime) and instrumented for failure

Cloud identity depth in GCP and/or AWS , including resource hierarchy and organization design, IAM policy models, workload identity federation, and preventive controls such as org policies, SCPs, and permission boundaries

Hands-on experience administering or governing enterprise AI platforms (Anthropic Claude preferred; OpenAI ChatGPT Enterprise, Google Gemini Enterprise, or similar acceptable), and awareness of AI-specific risks including prompt injection, MCP attack surface, agent identity, and data leakage

A working practice of building with AI tooling you use agentic tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) in your daily engineering work, iterate on your own workflows as capabilities shift, and can bring the rest of the team along. The tooling landscape changes monthly and identity is at the center of it; we want someone whose instincts stay current because they're a practitioner

Experience with IGA platforms like Lumos, ConductorOne, or similar, with a preference for managing them declaratively

Experience in regulated environments with knowledge of compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, SOC2, SOX), including change management, evidence collection, and audit support

Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being

Flexible Paid Time Off

Team Member Resource Groups

Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Growth and Development Fund

Parental Leave

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