Senior IAM Systems Engineer, Automation & Platform Enablement (Global Security)

RBC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior IAM Systems Engineer, Automation & Platform Enablement (Global Security) is responsible for designing and delivering shared automation, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code capabilities that accelerate delivery across all IAM engineering teams. Sitting within Platform Enablement Engineering, this role builds the developer experience, automation patterns, and operational tooling that every IAM platform consumes—from authentication and authorization to Privileged Access management, Identity Governance and Administration, and Global Directory Services. DevOps engineering is the multiplier across IAM. As the organization scales identity capabilities and adopts GitOps and Terraform-based onboarding for major platforms, the quality of shared DevOps tooling directly determines delivery speed, operational reliability, and engineering experience. You will shape the engineering foundation that every IAM team relies on. We seek a highly skilled engineer with strong hands-on experience, and the ability to work across multiple teams to introduce scalable automation patterns. In this regulated banking environment, you'll design and implement automation, build standardized and reusable IAM pipelines, and enable cross-team efficiency through modern DevSecOps practices. Lead by influence—guiding teams toward standardized IAM automation while partnering closely with enterprise DevOps and platform functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• 7+ years in software/platform/DevOps engineering with significant enterprise platform support experience
• Deep hands-on expertise with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), GitOps, and CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
• Strong proficiency in automation tooling languages (Python, Go, or equivalent)
• Experience designing and operating reusable automation modules and shared developer tooling consumed by multiple teams
• Solid understanding of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) including OpenShift
• Exposure to networking/security technologies (load balancers, firewalls, SSL certificates, SSO systems)
• Strong understanding of secrets management, certificate management, and secure pipeline practices
• Experience integrating IAM solutions into complex enterprise environments
• Strong collaboration skills; ability to influence without direct authority in matrixed environments
• Strong verbal and written communication abilities to articulate technical concepts to diverse stakeholders

Nice To Haves

• Experience automating IAM platforms (Entra ID, Auth0, SailPoint, CyberArk, or equivalent)
• Experience building internal developer platforms (IDPs) and golden-path tooling
• Familiarity with policy-as-code frameworks (OPA, Sentinel) and Zero Trust Architecture
• Experience leading automation initiatives across multiple platform teams
• Experience contributing to enterprise automation standards or platforms
• Familiarity with artifact repositories (Artifactory) and API integration (RESTful APIs, microservices)
• Background working in a regulated banking or financial services environment
• Working knowledge of the banking/financial services regulatory landscape (FRB, Part 30, OSFI) and how it shapes authentication controls

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain shared CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code modules, and GitOps tooling across IAM engineering teams
• Lead onboarding automation for major IAM platforms (Entra ID, Auth0, Authorization service, and future platforms)
• Build operational automation for the IAM toolset—patching, certificate rotation, configuration drift detection, and routine support operations
• Establish reference patterns, accelerators, and reusable components that reduce onboarding time and improve consistency
• Implement observability, alerting, and SRE practices for shared platforms and pipelines
• Partner with platform teams to identify automation opportunities and reduce operational toil
• Ensure shared tooling meets regulatory and internal control requirements (Architecture, Security, Risk, Audit)
• Support production operations, incident response, and root cause analysis for shared platforms
• Establish standard IAM pipeline patterns, templates, and best practices aligned with enterprise DevSecOps standards
• Collaborate with application, platform, and security teams to enable consistent IAM automation adoption
• Contribute to IAM-as-code practices evolution, including configuration versioning, testing, and environment promotion
• Support containerized and cloud-native IAM integrations in OpenShift environments
• Act as technical enabler across teams, supporting adoption of standardized IAM automation patterns
• Ensure IAM automation aligns with banking regulatory requirements and internal security controls
• Embed security, auditability, and traceability into IAM pipelines and automation workflows
• Support secure secrets handling, artifact promotion, and policy enforcement using enterprise tooling

Benefits

• bonuses
• flexible benefits
• competitive compensation
• commissions
• stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work and take on progressively greater accountabilities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior