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Senior IT Engineer, Identity and Access Management
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About this role
Role overview
Improve how identity and access are managed across a remote organization. This senior IT engineering role leads identity and access management initiatives, strengthens identity-provider operations, and builds automation and infrastructure-as-code practices that make secure access easier to use, deploy, and audit.
Responsibilities
- Operate and improve an identity provider, including tenant configuration, access policies, lifecycle management, and complex identity troubleshooting. - Lead initiatives from planning through rollout, such as role-based access control, access reviews, and automated onboarding and offboarding. - Build safeguards that make identity changes safer to deploy and easier to audit. - Design and maintain application integrations using SAML, OIDC, SCIM, and APIs. - Simplify employee access requests and lifecycle processes while working with IT, security, and device infrastructure partners. - Apply scripting, infrastructure-as-code, and AI-assisted workflows to improve IT operations and team efficiency.
Requirements
- Substantial experience in a technical IT role, such as IT engineering or systems administration. - Production experience administering Okta or a comparable identity provider. - Practical knowledge of SAML, OIDC, and SCIM for application integrations. - Experience building API integrations or automation with Python, Bash, or similar scripting tools. - Familiarity with infrastructure or configuration as code and Git workflows, including pull requests and code review. - Experience applying AI to team workflows and coordinating delivery, risks, stakeholders, and organizational change.
Nice to have
Experience managing an identity provider with Terraform, using enterprise password-management or device-trust tools, or supporting SOC 2, SOX, or ISO 27001 audits.
Benefits and work setup
The role is remote within the United States or Canada. The source lists health benefits, parental leave top-ups, paid time off, retirement matching, equity for many employees, paid volunteer days, and a remote-first environment. Some travel for team gatherings or industry events is expected.