IAM Cloud Engineer

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

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 – cloud experience is a must have (non-negotiable)

• 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

Roles & Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• 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&n bsp;
• Cloud Architects

Salary Range: $90,000 to $115,000 per year

Qualifications: BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE