Sr. IAM Engineer | Remote, USA

Optiv • Overland Park, KS

2d • Remote

About The Position

Optiv is seeking a Sr. IAM Engineer to join its 24x7x365 Security Operations Center as a member of the Advanced Fusion Center (AFC) team. The AFC provides security operations expertise and managed services to a growing client base across industry verticals. Its practice teams—Client Engagement, Engineering Operations, and Detection and Response Operations—work together to help clients reach their security maturity goals.

The Sr. IAM Engineer follows AFC processes and procedures while managing and maintaining security systems across internal and client environments. The role works with management, solution architects, principal security engineers, and clients to deliver critical services. The engineer serves as a primary responder for AFC customer systems, taking ownership of client configuration issues and tracking them through resolution.

The IAM Engineer designs, implements, and manages identity and access management solutions to protect sensitive information and support regulatory compliance in client environments. The role collaborates across technical and business teams, leads IAM initiatives, and contributes to clients’ security strategies. It includes engineering support for complex and recurring IAM platform incidents, root-cause analysis, and responsibility for the standards, design, and operation of SailPoint, BeyondTrust, CyberArk, and related environments. The position is fully remote and can be based anywhere in the continental United States.

Requirements

• 2–4 years of professional experience in information security, typically gained in 3+ years.
• Knowledge and experience with identity management technologies, including SSO, SCIM, OAuth, SAML, encryption, and PKI.
• Knowledge of Microsoft technologies, including Server, Active Directory, DNS, Group Policy, Office 365/Exchange, Azure, and Azure Entra ID.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Solid understanding of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in large, distributed environments.
• Solid understanding of cybersecurity principles and best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience working with privileged access management (PAM) systems.
• Experience with MFA protocols and techniques.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• 3–5 years of experience as a senior-level IDAM engineer.
• Experience with AWS or GCP cloud environments.
• Microsoft Certified IT Professional (Enterprise Administrator) certification.
• CISSP certification.
• Microsoft technical certifications.

Responsibilities

• Review and provide feedback on IAM and IGA strategies and multi-year plans covering access requests, lifecycle events, provisioning, role-based access, separation of duties, and access certifications.
• Architect, design, develop, and troubleshoot IGA solutions, including technical and architectural documentation, recommendations, specifications, use cases, requirements, and test cases.
• Create solutions that support full automation, self-service, and resiliency.
• Implement customizations to address customer business requirements.
• Participate in security and application troubleshooting and incident resolution with infrastructure teams, including storage, messaging, server, and network teams.
• Collaborate with IT teams, security teams, business units, and other stakeholders to implement effective IAM solutions.
• Provide engineering support for complex and recurring incidents involving IAM platforms and perform root-cause analysis according to customer policies and standards.
• Manage the standards, design, and operation of SailPoint, BeyondTrust, CyberArk, and related environments.
• Serve as a primary responder for AFC customer systems, taking ownership of client configuration issues and tracking them through resolution.
• Manage and maintain security systems across internal and client environments while following AFC processes and procedures.

Benefits

• Work/life balance.
• Professional training resources.
• Volunteer opportunities through Optiv Chips In.
• Technology and resources to work productively remotely/from home, where applicable.
• Employee Resource Groups.

What This Job Offers

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