Lead IAM Engineer

Lead IAM Engineer

Job Description

Overview

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world's real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers. We've continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors. We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation. This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors. By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.

We are looking for an experienced IAM engineer to join our Identity and Access Management team. This individual will work with their team members to enhance the security of our corporate environment by developing processes and implementing technology around user identity and access management and zero-trust methodologies.

This position is located in Arlington, VA and is onsite Monday - Thursday, option to work from home on Friday.

Responsibilities

• Be a subject matter expert for identity provisioning, security, and governance
• Create complex scripts, functions and modules using PowerShell and Python
• Implement, execute, and support critical IAM processes, including overall identity management, access management, provisioning/de-provisioning, user onboarding/offboarding, and access certifications/review
• Support Microsoft Entra ID identity solutions for SSO, MFA, and federation
• Manage zero-trust remote access tools such as zScaler Private Access
• Manage and troubleshoot all aspects of Active Directory, including federation, infrastructure, accounts, and security
• Proactively identify potential threats, exploit attempts and other security events related to IAM. Make recommendations and/or take action to mitigate these issues as appropriate. Actively contribute to and participate in security incident response as needed.
• Work with the Security Team to remediate critical security findings as they relate to identity
• Work with internal stakeholders to implement appropriate role-based access controls for access within the organization
• Identify and implement opportunities for technology, automation, and security enhancements for IAM functions

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited, not for profit university or college in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
• A track record of commitment to prior employers
• 5+ years total experience in a technical role such as security, network, systems, or software engineer with at least 3 years focused on IAM.
• 3+ years of experience engineering IAM solutions in AWS, Azure, or a large scale IdP implementation (Entra ID, Okta, Ping, etc)
• 3+ years of experience work with SIEM and advanced logging/correlation tools.
• 2+ years writing PowerShell or Python scripts from scratch
• Ability to get to done-done when troubleshooting issues or engineering solutions

Preferred Qualifications And Skills

• Strong knowledge of modern authentication standards, protocols, and frameworks: LDAP, SAML, OAUTH2, OIDC, FIDO2, Kerberos, SCIM, WS-Federation, JWT.
• Strong knowledge of SSO integration for SaaS-based and private applications using Entra AD, Okta, OneLogin or similar products.
• Strong knowledge of MFA integration into the authentication, authorization, and SSO process for applications and systems.
• Knowledge of IAM governance tools such as SailPoint, Saviynt, and Azure Active Directory.
• Understanding of common security concerns within a typical application (password hashing, SSL/TLS, encrypting at rest and in transit, etc.)
• Understanding of common IAM security defense tools and methodologies, such as Bloodhound, Mimikatz, Password Spray, rainbow tables, cryptography, etc.
• Understanding of LDAP directory architecture and products such as Active Directory, OpenLDAP, and Radiant Logic.
• Understanding of identity governance concepts and best practices.
• Understanding of IAM modeling and implementation for "Big Three" cloud providers: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform
• Understanding of HashiCorp Terraform language for deployment of resources into cloud providers.
• Demonstrated experience automating common operational tasks, web service/API integration, and deployment activities in scripting/programming languages (e.g. PowerShell, Python, Perl, etc.)
• Familiarity with PAM tools (CyberArk, SecretServer, BeyondTrust, Hashicorp Vault, etc.) for credential escrow, vaulting, and retrieval.
• Able to investigate identity related security incidents with cross a functional team of security engineers

What's in it for You

When you join CoStar Group, you'll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, and tuition reimbursement.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
• Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
• Commuter and parking benefits
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes
• Access to CoStar Group's Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing