Senior Identity & Access Management (IAM) Engineer

RELX • Raleigh, NC

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About The Position

The Senior IAM Engineer provides hands-on technical leadership across identity platforms and integrations, supports enterprise architectural patterns, and ensures IAM services are secure, resilient, and audit-ready across RELX business units. While not an architect of record, the role acts as a delegate technical authority within defined architectural guardrails. This role is a senior individual contributor within RELX’s Central Operations, Governance and Security (COGS), responsible for the engineering, operation, and continuous improvement of RELX’s enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) services.

Requirements

• Senior hands-on experience with Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud (EIC) preferred, or at least other industry leading IAM solutions; SailPoint, One Identity, or others.
• Proven enterprise IAM experience with Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Excellent experience operating IAM BAU services at scale.
• Exceptional REST API and ServiceNow integration experience and PowerShell scripting capability.
• Experience with Terraform for identity or cloud-adjacent automation.
• Deterministic, structured problem-solving mindset with the ability to operate autonomously in a global, distributed environment.
• CISSP or other industry recognised certification (required or strongly preferred).
• Experience working in regulated, audit-driven environments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AI-related identity patterns (NHIs, gateways, service identities).
• Exposure to enterprise-scale identity automation and governance.

Responsibilities

• Operationally manage and enhance the RELX IAM platform, with primary focus on Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud (EIC).
• Engineer, operate, and maintain Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) identity services.
• Ensure IAM platforms meet enterprise standards for security, availability, performance, scalability, and auditability.
• Work closely with Architects to contribute to enterprise IAM patterns and designs.
• Act as delegate architect where required, ensuring alignment with RELX standards.
• Assess technical feasibility and implementation approaches for IAM-related initiatives and integrations.
• Own and execute Joiner, Mover, Leaver (JML) lifecycle processes.
• Support and operate access requests, approvals, revocations, certifications, and UAR controls.
• Ensure IAM BAU processes are deterministic, repeatable, and compliant.
• Design and implement ServiceNow integrations using REST APIs.
• Build and consume IAM-related APIs, working extensively with JSON-based payloads.
• Develop and maintain automation using Terraform and PowerShell to reduce manual operations.
• Improve system monitoring, reconciliation, and operational transparency.
• Apply security-by-design principles across IAM solutions.
• Support audit and regulatory requirements aligned with CISSP-level security domains.
• Ensure enterprise change management follows strict, transparent, and well-communicated protocols.
• Support IAM patterns for Non-Human Identities (NHIs), service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
• Enable secure integration of AI gateways, agent-based identities, and MCP-style service models within enterprise IAM controls.
• Operate as part of a globally distributed team comprising RELX staff and third-party engineers.
• Collaborate daily with US- and UK-based peers, ensuring continuity across time zones.
• Work effectively across cultural, organizational, and vendor boundaries while maintaining clear ownership and accountability.
• Support follow-the-sun operations where required, without loss of control or auditability.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Family benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
• Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice
• Annual incentive bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed