About the Role

We are seeking a Manager, IAM Engineering to lead the implementation, automation, and operational engineering of enterprise identity platforms. This role will modernize identity services across Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), cloud identity, machine identities, and AI-agent identities while advancing Zero Trust and identity security capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and support IAM capabilities including IGA, PAM, SSO, MFA, directory services, federation, and identity lifecycle management.
• Design and integrate IAM and PAM platforms with cloud, SaaS, and enterprise applications.
• Automate identity provisioning, credential management, access governance, certification, and secrets-vaulting processes.
• Engineer role-based, attribute-based, and policy-based authorization solutions across enterprise and cloud environments.
• Implement controls for machine identities, service accounts, APIs, workloads, and other non-human identities.
• Engineer AI-agent identity controls, including authentication, authorization, delegated permissions, credential management, least privilege, and lifecycle governance.
• Develop automation using APIs, scripting, Infrastructure-as-Code, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Support Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM), and Zero Trust initiatives.
• Lead project workstreams, coordinate technical delivery, troubleshoot complex issues, and mentor junior engineers and developers.

Required Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of experience in IAM engineering, security engineering, DevSecOps, or cybersecurity.
• Experience implementing, integrating, and supporting enterprise IAM platforms.
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, federation, access governance, PAM, secrets management, and identity lifecycle management.
• Experience integrating enterprise applications, APIs, and cloud services with identity platforms.
• Strong automation, scripting, troubleshooting, delivery leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills & Technologies

• IAM Platforms: SailPoint, Saviynt, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping Identity, and ForgeRock.
• PAM & Secrets: CyberArk, Delinea, BeyondTrust, and HashiCorp Vault.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Active Directory, LDAP, PKI, SCIM, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SAML.
• Modern Identity: Non-Human Identity management, machine identity security, service account governance, ITDR, CIEM, and workload identity.
• AI & Emerging Identity: AI-agent identity management, agent-to-agent authentication, delegated authority, and autonomous-agent security controls.
• Automation & DevSecOps: PowerShell, Python, Terraform, GitHub, Azure DevOps, REST APIs, Infrastructure-as-Code, and CI/CD pipelines.

Preferred Certifications

CISSP, CISM, and relevant Microsoft, SailPoint, CyberArk, Okta, AWS, or Azure security certifications.

What You'll Bring

A builder’s mindset and passion for engineering secure, automated, and scalable identity solutions. You will help modernize identity platforms, strengthen security controls, and enable secure access for employees, applications, machines, APIs, and AI agents.

Differentiator: Experience with PAM automation, secrets vaulting, machine identity management, AI-agent identity controls, RBAC/ABAC engineering, ITDR, CIEM, and cloud-native IAM platforms is highly desirable.

What we offer you
At EY, we harness our collective strength to empower you to shape your future with confidence through professional growth, personal fulfillment and an inclusive culture. Learn more at ey.com/us/careers.

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job is:
• • New York City, Boston, and Washington DC Metro Areas, Washington State, and Southern California offices – $173,900 to $290,100
  • Bay Area California offices – $181,200 to $302,100
  • All other offices locations in the US, including Sacramento – $144,900 to $265,800
• Individual salaries within these ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
• Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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