IAM / Identity & Access Management Engineer

Job Title: IAM / Identity & Access Management Engineer

Job Type: Contract
Location: Remote – USA
Employment Type: W2 / C2C

Job Description:

We are seeking an IAM / Identity & Access Management Engineer with 8+ years of experience in IAM, identity administration, or security operations.

The ideal candidate will have experience with application onboarding, SSO, provisioning, access management, and identity lifecycle processes.

Required Skills:

• 1–3 years of experience in IAM, Identity Administration, or Security Operations

• Strong understanding of Identity & Access Management concepts

• SSO, SAML, OIDC, authentication and authorization

• IAM concepts including MFA, RBAC, provisioning and JML

• Application onboarding and access management

• REST APIs and JSON field mapping

• Basic PowerShell, Python, JavaScript, or similar scripting

• User provisioning and de-provisioning

• Access requests, approvals and access reviews

• Troubleshooting authentication, provisioning and directory synchronization issues

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

• Ability to maintain documentation, runbooks and knowledge base articles

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with IAM/IGA platforms such as SailPoint, Saviynt, Okta, Entra ID/Azure AD, Ping Identity, or similar

• Experience onboarding applications for SSO

• Exposure to PAM tools and workflows

• Knowledge of Least Privilege, Separation of Duties (SoD) and Zero Trust

• Ability to read logs and troubleshoot authentication/provisioning errors

• Security+ / SC-300 / SC-900 / ISC² CC / SSCP certification

Responsibilities:

• Onboard applications to identity platforms using REST APIs and JSON

• Configure SSO using SAML/OIDC

• Support JML workflows and automated provisioning/de-provisioning

• Manage group-based and role-based access

• Process access requests and approvals

• Support access certification campaigns and identity reviews

• Troubleshoot provisioning, directory sync and entitlement issues

• Maintain IAM documentation, runbooks and user guides

• Assist with identity-related incidents and audits

Interested candidates: Please send your updated resume along with your location, work authorization