IAM Engineer

Fully On-site in Downtown Birmingham
Target Salary: $75k-$100k
Industry: Banking

The position will maintain the IAM technical standards and will implement IAM controls and processes based upon an understanding of the identity and authentication technology stacks. This role reports to the Director Information Security and will assist in the architecture, implementation, and execution of a risk based IAM architecture to ensure strong authentication and authorization controls across various business critical systems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
User and Access Management

• Develop and assist with permission changes, group membership updates, and access provisioning.
• Create, modify, and disable user accounts in Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and other systems.
• Support MFA, SSO, and related authentication workflows.

Authentication and Authorization

• Provides escalation support for all matters related to Identity Access Management operations.
• Ensure readiness for internal and external audit, including action plan to promptly resolve issues identified and ensure standard operation procedures are created and followed
• Provide consultation and integration within the identity management authentication and authorization framework for new/existing applications
• Perform routine maintenance tasks and update documentation as needed.

Security and Compliance

• Follow established IT policies, procedures, and security requirements.
• Serve as an advisor for policies/procedures and guidelines to data owners within the organization
• Support security protection, compliance efforts, and audit-related data collection.
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to data-handling standards.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or a related field preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years implementing and governing IAM cloud solutions, controls, and capabilities.
• Experience in implementing Single-Sign-On (SSO)and federation standards such as SAML and OpenID Connect, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Privileged Access Management, Password Vault
• High proficiency, experience and working knowledge of Active Directory, Entra ID (Azure AD), OKTA, and connector frameworks, and other mainstream IAM products.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.