Senior Identity & Access Management (IAM) Lead

1X Technologies AS•San Carlos, CA

2d•$180,000 - $235,000•Onsite

About The Position

As the Senior Identity & Access Management (IAM) Lead, you will own and scale 1X’s identity ecosystem to ensure access is secure, automated, and audit-ready—without slowing teams down. This is a hands-on senior role responsible for architecting, implementing, and operating our IAM infrastructure across core systems. You will design automation-first lifecycle processes, strengthen authentication controls, and establish scalable governance standards. Your work will directly enable secure growth as we expand our teams and systems.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in IAM, IT Security, or Security Engineering with hands-on ownership of Okta
Strong expertise in SSO protocols (SAML, OIDC), SCIM lifecycle automation, and RBAC/group governance
Experience owning and securing Google Workspace environments, including admin role design
Experience implementing and managing secrets governance with 1Password or similar tools
Proven ability to automate identity lifecycle processes through HRIS platforms such as Rippling or equivalent
Experience implementing phishing-resistant MFA and strengthening administrative access controls
Familiarity with audit readiness practices and incident response playbooks related to account compromise
Experience operating in fast-scaling organizations where security standards and automation are critical

Responsibilities

Own IAM end-to-end across Okta, Google Workspace, 1Password, and HRIS-driven lifecycle management
Build and automate Joiner, Mover, Leaver workflows to enable fast onboarding and reliable, secure offboarding
Standardize and scale SSO and SCIM integrations across SaaS applications with a secure-by-default approach
Design and implement RBAC strategies, group governance models, admin boundaries, and approval workflows
Strengthen authentication and access controls, including risk-based policies, least privilege models, and privileged access management patterns
Configure, troubleshoot, and continuously improve IAM systems directly, without reliance on external consultants
Establish dashboards, metrics, and lightweight runbooks to maintain identity health as the organization scales
Ensure offboarding processes fully revoke sessions, remove access, and secure credentials consistently
Maintain clean and well-governed 1Password vault structures with clear ownership and healthy credential rotation practices