IAM/RBAC Engineer

New York, NY, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 12 hours ago
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Skills

  • Remote Access
  • Life Insurance
  • Taxonomy
  • Virtual Private Network
  • Management
  • Multi-factor Authentication
  • Smart Card
  • ProVision
  • SQL
  • Microsoft
  • PIM
  • JIT
  • Workflow
  • Provisioning
  • Configuration Management
  • Inventory
  • Microsoft Azure
  • RBAC
  • Policies and Procedures
  • Effective Communication
  • Documentation
  • Technical Writing
  • Collaboration
  • Issue Tracking
  • Continuous Integration
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Auditing
  • Cloud Computing
  • Access Control
  • Screening
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Recruiting
  • Taxes
  • Insurance
  • Law
  • Communication
  • Gmail
  • Routing
  • Management Consulting
  • Life Sciences
  • SAP BASIS
  • Military

Summary

Description:
Hybrid 4 days onsite in either New York, NY or Pitt, PA or Lake Mary, FL

Our client seeks an IAM/RBAC Engineer to design, implement, and administer access controls in Microsoft Entra ID and Azure RBAC. The contractor will enforce least-privilege, govern privileged and remote access, strengthen authenticator management, and maintain audit-ready documentation and monitoring across Azure environments.

This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $82.00 to $92.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:
  • Define and maintain an enterprise Azure RBAC role taxonomy and document role-to-permission mappings.
  • Map permissions to roles and enforce least-privilege via security groups and scoped role assignments.
  • Eliminate broad direct privilege assignments and track changes to access models.
  • Implement PIM and JIT workflows for elevated access with approvals and time-bound permissions.
  • Establish standards for VPN, jump hosts, and privileged session configurations and restrictions.
  • Define and manage emergency access procedures with incident notification and post-event review.
  • Configure MFA for privileged roles using strong authenticators such as smartcards or security keys.
  • Provision Azure AD administrator roles for applicable services, including SQL.
  • Enforce managed identities for applications and reduce reliance on local service keys.
  • Prevent unencrypted static credentials in code and enforce secret hygiene standards.
  • Author and maintain IAM policies, standards, and operating procedures.
  • Conduct periodic access reviews and support audit evidence collection.
  • Maintain asset and data inventories and baseline configurations aligned with configuration management.
  • Configure Azure-native monitoring and logging for identity and access events.
  • Route alerts to service owners and security teams and support audit readiness.

Experience Requirements:
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, Azure RBAC, security groups, PIM, and JIT access workflows.
  • Hands-on experience with Azure Policy, managed identities, and Azure AD admin role provisioning.
  • Familiarity with Azure monitoring and logging and AAA concepts.
  • Strong understanding of least-privilege design and access control best practices in Azure.
  • Competence in baseline configuration management and accurate inventory maintenance.
  • Experience implementing least-privilege at scale and articulating Azure RBAC rationale.
  • Ability to author IAM policies and procedures, perform access reviews, and support audits.
  • Proven capability governing remote and elevated access and emergency access processes.
  • Effective communication and documentation skills for technical writing and stakeholder coordination.
  • Ability to collaborate with engineering, security, and operations teams for compliant access practices.
  • Nice-to-have: Integration with approval systems and ticketing, application identity patterns and CI/CD secret controls, and audit readiness for cloud access controls.


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Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (, ) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group's use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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About Eliassen Group

Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company that provides business and IT services for our clients as they seek to transform and execute strategies that will drive exceptional outcomes. Leveraging over 30 years of success, we focus on professional services, talent solutions, and life sciences. Eliassen Group offers local community presence and deep networks. We are committed to positively impacting the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which we operate.

Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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