Director - Cyber Security / Agentic AI - IAM Engineering
About The Position
The Director, Cybersecurity IAM Engineering leads the strategy, architecture, delivery, and operation of enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) platforms and services. The role manages a team of engineers responsible for identity governance and access lifecycle management, partnering with cybersecurity, infrastructure, application development, risk, compliance, and business teams to provide secure, scalable, and user-friendly access across the organization. The leader defines and executes the enterprise IAM roadmap, with a specific focus on transforming IAM controls and processes using Agentic AI. The role oversees IAM engineering across identity governance and administration, directory services, and API and agentic identity management; advances modernization through Zero Trust, adaptive access controls, and cloud identity services; and ensures platforms are resilient, secure, compliant, and increasingly automated. The position also develops IAM talent and communicates strategy, risks, metrics, and program progress to senior management. It partners with security teams on identity controls, compliance, audit remediation, and incident response involving authentication or access control.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 8 years of experience in Identity & Access Management, Cybersecurity, or Infrastructure Engineering.
- At least 3 years of people leadership experience managing technical teams.
- Deep understanding of IAM concepts, including authentication, authorization, federation, identity governance, and privileged access management.
- Strong understanding of cloud security and identity services across AWS, Azure, and GCP; Active Directory; RACF; and authorization structures used within applications.
- Experience leading large-scale IAM transformations and modernization initiatives.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with DevSecOps, API security, and identity automation.
- CISSP, CISM, CIAM, CCSP, or equivalent certifications.
- Experience implementing Zero Trust security architectures.
- Knowledge of regulatory frameworks such as SOX, PCI-DSS, NIST, ISO 27001, and GDPR.
- Experience leading deployment of Agentic AI solutions for Information Security processes and controls.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of IAM engineers and technical specialists; establish goals, performance expectations, and career development plans; and recruit and retain IAM talent.
- Foster accountability, innovation, operational excellence, and continuous learning.
- Define and execute the enterprise IAM roadmap aligned with business and security objectives, with a focus on transforming IAM controls and processes using Agentic AI.
- Drive modernization initiatives, including Zero Trust, adaptive access controls, and cloud identity services.
- Establish IAM reference architectures and engineering best practices, and evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends.
- Oversee design, implementation, and support of IAM platforms, including Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), directory services (Active Directory, Entra ID, LDAP), and API and agentic identity management.
- Ensure IAM solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, compliant, and leverage Agentic AI technology.
- Drive automation and Infrastructure-as-Code practices to improve efficiency and reduce risk.
- Partner with Cybersecurity teams to implement strong identity controls and access governance.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal security policies; lead remediation of identity-related audit findings and security risks.
- Support incident response and investigations involving authentication or access control issues.
- Collaborate with executive leadership, security teams, application owners, and business stakeholders.
- Communicate IAM strategy, risks, metrics, and program progress to senior management.
- Influence enterprise-wide adoption of identity standards and best practices.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
