IAM/UAM Lead #3421

Genius Road•Austin, TX

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The IAM/UAM Lead provides technical and operational leadership for enterprise identity services, access governance, operational performance, and security compliance. The role oversees identity lifecycle management, application integrations, authentication services, audit readiness, and continuous improvement while leading staff and collaborating with cybersecurity, infrastructure, application, business, audit, and vendor teams. This is a 12-month contract based onsite in Austin, Texas, four days per week; candidates must already reside in the Austin area.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in IT, cybersecurity, computer science, or a related field.
8+ years of experience in IT, cybersecurity, enterprise infrastructure, or technology service delivery.
5+ years of direct experience in IAM/UAM, identity governance, or enterprise access management.
3+ years of experience leading technical teams, supervising staff, or directing cross-functional initiatives.
3+ years of experience with enterprise identity technologies such as Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, SSO, MFA, RBAC, or privileged access management.
2+ years of experience with identity governance, provisioning and deprovisioning, access reviews, role management, or application onboarding.
2+ years of experience supporting audits, compliance, security controls, risk remediation, or access certifications.
Strong knowledge of identity lifecycle management, authentication, authorization, least privilege, access governance, and separation of duties.
Experience with service management, incident resolution, escalation management, performance metrics, and process improvement.
Strong leadership, communication, analytical, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Must already reside in the Austin area for the onsite work arrangement.

Nice To Haves

Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, Security+, Microsoft identity certifications, SailPoint, ITIL, and/or PMP.
Experience in a regulated, public-sector, or critical-infrastructure environment is highly preferable.
Familiarity with SailPoint, Ping Identity, Microsoft Entra ID, ServiceNow, or comparable IAM platforms.

Responsibilities

Lead IAM/UAM operations, projects, modernization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Establish identity-management standards, operating procedures, service ownership, escalation paths, and control requirements.
Oversee identity lifecycle processes, including onboarding, transfers, access changes, periodic reviews, and offboarding.
Ensure access is properly authorized and aligned with least privilege, role-based access, and separation-of-duties requirements.
Oversee identity platforms and capabilities, including Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, SSO, MFA, identity governance, and privileged access.
Coordinate application onboarding, authentication design, role mapping, access workflows, testing, and operational support.
Manage service requests, incidents, escalations, backlogs, service levels, and operational performance.
Support audits, access reviews, security assessments, evidence collection, and remediation of control gaps.
Lead and mentor IAM/UAM staff and coordinate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, application, business, audit, and vendor teams.
Develop performance reporting and identify opportunities to automate workflows, reduce manual effort, and improve service quality.
Communicate operational risks, project status, resource needs, and recommended improvements to leadership.