Our client in Seattle, WA, is looking for an IAM Security Engineer to join their team!

Responsibilities
Program & Delivery Management

• Own end-to-end program planning, scheduling, and execution for one or more identity security workstreams.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, dependency maps, risk registers, and RAID logs.
• Lead sprint planning, PI Planning events, and backlog grooming in an SAFe/Agile delivery model.
• Facilitate cross-team ceremonies including standups, demos, retrospectives, and steering committee reviews.
• Track and report on program health, milestones, and KPIs to senior leadership and the CISO organization.
• Proactively identify, escalate, and resolve blockers, risks, and inter-workstream dependencies.

Identity Security Domain Work

• Drive delivery of Privileged Access Management (PAM) programs using BeyondTrust Password Safe, Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM), and Privileged Remote Access (PRA).
• Support initiatives related to Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) including conditional access policy governance, hybrid identity, and lifecycle management.
• Partner with IGA teams on SailPoint IdentityNow configuration, access certification campaigns, and role engineering.
• Coordinate Okta identity platform hardening, including phishing-resistant MFA (FastPass, FIDO2/WebAuthn), device assurance policies, and authenticator enrollment controls.
• Translate technical identity requirements into workable project scope, acceptance criteria, and delivery milestones.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Serve as the primary point of contact for program status across technology, security, compliance, and business stakeholders.
• Prepare and deliver executive-ready status reports, steering committee decks, and program dashboards.
• Partner with Vendor Management and Procurement on contingent resource onboarding and statement of work management.
• Coordinate with audit and compliance teams (SOX, PCI-DSS, NIST) to ensure delivery timelines support control testing windows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity or related experience required.
• 2+ years of direct experience in an Identity and Access Management role.
• Demonstrated experience with at least one major cloud identity platform (Okta, Microsoft Entra ID).
• Proficiency in scripting with PowerShell or Python for automation.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, particularly Terraform.
• Strong understanding of modern authentication and federation protocols (SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SCIM).
• Experience with hybrid identity models connecting cloud IdPs to on-premises Active Directory.
• SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Associate or SailPoint Certified IdentityNow Professional preferred

 
We are an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or employment against any individual based on race, color, gender, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, or any other factor protected by anti-discrimination laws.