IAM / Automation Lead

Covetrus•Pennsylvania (US) 1 - Remote 100%, PA

7d•$86,300 - $123,300•Remote

About The Position

As the IAM / Automation Lead, you will own the strategy, operations, and roadmap for enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM) — protecting our workforce, applications, and data by ensuring the right people have the right access at the right time. This is a high-impact, senior level role reporting to the Senior Director of IT. You will serve as the organization’s subject-matter expert and technical lead for enterprise IAM, partnering closely with IT, HR, Legal, and Compliance, and driving continuous maturity of our identity posture across cloud and on-premises environments. The role carries a heavy focus on automation and self-service — reducing manual operations, improving the end-user experience, and strengthening our cybersecurity posture while delivering cost savings.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field; equivalent professional experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
8+ years of progressive experience in information security or information technology, including 4+ years focused specifically on Identity and Access Management (IAM), with a demonstrated track record of applying automation and engineering discipline to reduce risk and manual effort
3+ years serving as a senior or lead technical contributor on an IAM function or program within a mid-to-large enterprise environment (5,000+ employees), with direct accountability for security outcomes and operational metrics
Hands-on engineering experience designing, building, and operating enterprise IAM automation — including workflow engines, API/SCIM-based provisioning pipelines, and self-service access solutions that eliminate manual, ticket-based processes
Experience integrating joiner/mover/leaver (JML) automation with an HRIS platform (e.g., Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, or similar) to drive straight-through processing and eliminate manual provisioning touchpoints
Experience automating access certification/recertification campaigns at enterprise scale, reducing audit preparation time and manual reviewer effort
Experience supporting compliance and security audits (SOX, SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or equivalent), with a focus on building repeatable, automated evidence-collection and control-monitoring processes
Experience managing PAM programs and vault platforms (e.g., CyberArk, BeyondTrust, Delinea) in production, including automating credential rotation, session monitoring, and just-in-time access to shrink the enterprise attack surface
Demonstrated success building data-driven business cases that translate automation and tooling consolidation into measurable cost savings and licensing efficiencies
Strong engineering mindset: able to design, script, and deploy automated identity workflows (SCIM, LDAP, REST/API connectors) rather than relying on manual or ticket-driven processes
Proven ability to identify high-friction, manual IAM operations and re-architect them into scalable, self-service, automated solutions
Skilled in building automated provisioning, de-provisioning, and entitlement review pipelines across SaaS, cloud, and on-prem systems
Comfortable working across scripting/automation tooling (e.g., PowerShell, Python, workflow orchestration platforms) to extend platform capabilities beyond out-of-the-box functionality
Deep working knowledge of authentication and federation protocols (SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, Kerberos, LDAP/LDAPS) and how they underpin a secure identity fabric
Strong grasp of Zero Trust architecture, conditional access, and least-privilege enforcement as engineering requirements, not just policy statements
Ability to harden IAM/PAM environments against credential theft, privilege escalation, and lateral movement, and to translate threat intelligence into control improvements
Skilled in defining and tracking security KPIs (orphaned accounts, privilege sprawl, stale entitlements, MFA/phishing-resistant authentication coverage) to continuously mature the identity security posture
Track record of measurably reducing manual operations, ticket volume, and mean-time-to-provision through automation and process redesign
Strong bias toward eliminating toil: consistently looks for ways to remove human touchpoints from repeatable IAM processes without compromising control
Ability to design for scale and resilience, ensuring automated processes hold up across M&A integrations, org changes, and growth
Skilled in building dashboards/metrics that give leadership real-time visibility into program health and operational throughput
Ability to build and present data-driven financial business cases for tooling consolidation, license optimization, and platform rationalization
Skilled in quantifying the ROI of automation initiatives (labor hours saved, ticket deflection, reduced audit remediation costs)
Strong vendor and contract management acumen, able to negotiate and manage IAM licensing to avoid overspend and redundant tooling
Ability to serve as a technical mentor, instilling automation-first and security-first engineering practices in junior engineers and analysts
Strong cross-functional collaboration with IT, HR, Legal, Compliance, Cyber, and Procurement to align automation initiatives with business and audit requirements
Effective communicator, able to translate technical automation and security work into business impact and cost-savings narratives for executive leadership

Nice To Haves

Relevant industry certifications preferred (e.g., CISSP, CIAM, SC-300, Okta Certified Professional, or equivalent)

Responsibilities

Serve as the North American Center of Excellence (COE) lead for IAM, partnering with global COE counterparts to align standards, tooling, and best practices — ensuring IAM responsibilities and services are delivered consistently on a global basis
Serve as the technical lead for IAM integration on current and future mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures (M&A)
Lead the design, implementation, and operations of IAM programs including SSO, MFA, PAM, IGA, and directory services
Deliver measurable cost savings and operational efficiencies by leading product evaluations, tools consolidations, and IAM initiatives back by data-driven financial business cases
Enforce compliance with IAM policies and standards; Create procedures aligned to NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, SOX, and other applicable frameworks
Own user lifecycle management: joiner/mover/leaver (JML) execution, access provisioning, role engineering, and automated de-provisioning
Drive automation and self-service capabilities across the IAM function — including automated access requests, approvals, and provisioning — to reduce manual operations and improve the end-user service experience
Partner with End User Services and the Service Desk to identify and automate away manual, ticket-based access requests, replacing them with self-service and automated workflows
Deliver automated entitlement and permission reviews across SaaS, cloud, and on-prem applications
Mature Privileged Access Management (PAM) adoption, including vault adoption, session monitoring, and just-in-time (JIT) access
Partner with Cyber and Network Operations on global user controls, including Zero Trust and SSO group management — leading identity-centric network access controls and conditional access policy development
Build and maintain integrations between IAM platforms, HR systems (HCM), ticketing systems, and downstream applications via SCIM, LDAP, and API connectors
Define KPIs and metrics for access hygiene, orphaned accounts, and privilege sprawl; report SLA performance and program health to leadership quarterly
Partner across teams to advance the IAM roadmap, and support IAM vendor relationships, licensing, and contract renewals in collaboration with Cyber and Procurement
Serve as a technical mentor to IAM engineers and analysts, sharing best practices in design, implementation, and troubleshooting
Support audits (SOX, SOC 2, ISO 27001) with evidence of quarterly access reviews, control narratives, and remediation tracking
Drive IAM roadmap planning with a 12–18 month horizon, balancing security uplift with employee experience