What are the responsibilities and job description for the Identity Security Engineer position at Everest Technologies?
Location: Detroit, MI
Rate : open for right Candidate .
Visa: Citizens
Key Responsibilities
- IAM Governance & Oversight
- Lead scheduled and ad-hoc access reviews for human and non-human identities, applications, groups, cloud resources, and privileged accounts.
- Create, maintain and enforce IAM governance standards, policies, and procedures.
- Monitor identity controls for audit support and compliance with internal and external frameworks.
- Drive remediation efforts for access control gaps.
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) & Lifecycle Management
- Design and refine RBAC models, access tiers, and least-privilege principles with internal stakeholders.
- Work with application owners to map permissions and standardize access roles.
- Support user lifecycle processes (Joiner/Mover/Leaver) and automated provisioning workflows where available.
- IAM Tool Ownership & Administration
- Serve as primary owner/admin for one or more IAM platforms.
- Manage configuration, integrations, workflows, and system health.
- Coordinate enhancements, upgrades, and platform improvements.
- Partner with application teams to onboard new systems into the IAM ecosystem.
- Document entitlements, define provisioning rules, and ensure consistent access patterns.
- Engineering & Cloud Infrastructure Support
- Lead MFA/Passkey implementation and support SSO integrations and ensure alignment with security requirements.
- Security Operations Support
- Review and approve access requests for elevated or sensitive roles.
- Help investigate access-related security incidents and identity threats.
- Provide security guidance to internal teams for identity best practices.
Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience will be considered in lieu of formal degree.
- 8 years'' experience in cybersecurity, IT, or similar discipline, with at least 2 years of hands-on identity security experience.
- Hands-on experience with one or more IAM/IAG platforms.
- Working knowledge of access governance, RBAC, provisioning, and directory services.
- Understanding of SSO/MFA technologies, SAML/OIDC/OAuth protocols.
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks: NIST, SOX, ISO 27001, PCI.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
- Certifications such as: CISSP, CCSP, Security , etc., highly preferred.
- Experience onboarding applications into IAM platforms.
- Prior ownership of an IAM tool or identity governance program.
- Participation in IAM modernization projects or cloud migration initiatives.
- Demonstrated success implementing RBAC models or conducting large-scale access reviews.
- Hands-on knowledge of PAM, secrets management, or identity threat detection.
- Portfolio examples (RBAC matrix, IAM workflows, automation scripts, etc.).