Cloud IAM Engineer

Responsibilities

Job Description

• Collaborate with cross-functional cloud teams including security, infrastructure, service engineering and business application teams to define and implement IAM roles and policies required to build, support and consume services in public cloud.
• Define and develop security controls and tools to ensure IAM implementation in public cloud environments are compliant with cloud security standards and policies.
• Build automation and libraries to enable developers to create IAM identities and permissions through self-service. Deliver IAM solutions through CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and validation.
• Build and enhance Python-based frameworks used for:
• Security control orchestration
• Detection and response workflows
• Develop integrations with:
• Cloud services (APIs, services, identity layers)
• Security tooling and platforms
• Contribute to:
• Preventative controls (policy enforcement, OPA/Rego)
• Detective controls (event-driven detection logic)
• Write and maintain:
• Automated unit tests
• Integration and behavioral tests
• Support CI/CD integration and continuous validation of controls
• Collaborate with:
• Security Controls Engineers
• Threat Modelers
• Cloud Architects

Qualifications

This is not a traditional security or IAM role. It is a development-heavy engineering role requiring strong coding expertise. Candidates must have proven Python development experience.

• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience working with cloud-native services in AWS or GCP.
• Advanced proficiency in Python (non-negotiable)
• Experience with:
• API development and integrations
• Writing scalable, production-grade code
• Automated testing framework
• Experience in the design and implementation of enterprise security solutions in Financial Services or a large complex and/or global environment
• Highly motivated self-starter with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, AWS Certified Security Specialty, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer are desirable
• MUST pass a Karat Assessment – Python focused

Critical Competencies

• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools: Terraform and CloudFormation
• Proficiency in Python, Go or Java
• Proficiency in unit testing frameworks such as Behave, pytest or Junit
• Proficiency in developing and securing SOAP and REST based web service APIs
• Experience in DevOps and agile methodologies and automated solution delivery and testing through CI/CD pipelines

Salary Range: $100,000 to $130,000 per year

Qualifications: BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE