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Job#: 3028374
Job Description:
Role Summary
This Senior Security Engineer - IAM owns the design, implementation, and day-to-day operation of the organization's Identity and Access Management platforms. The role exists to secure access at scale, automate identity lifecycle processes, and ensure access controls hold up under audit. Success looks like stable IAM platforms, clean integrations, automated access workflows, and auditors finding fewer problems each year.
What They'll Actually Do
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
Job#: 3028374
Job Description:
Role Summary
This Senior Security Engineer - IAM owns the design, implementation, and day-to-day operation of the organization's Identity and Access Management platforms. The role exists to secure access at scale, automate identity lifecycle processes, and ensure access controls hold up under audit. Success looks like stable IAM platforms, clean integrations, automated access workflows, and auditors finding fewer problems each year.
What They'll Actually Do
- Design, implement, and operate IAM solutions across SSO, MFA, IGA, PAM, and directory services
- Build and maintain integrations between IAM platforms and business applications using SAML, OIDC, OAuth, LDAP, and APIs
- Automate joiner/mover/leaver (JML) workflows to reduce manual access provisioning
- Support and improve hybrid identity environments (on-prem AD cloud identity platforms)
- Partner with security, IT, and application teams to fix access issues and reduce identity risk
- Support audits, access reviews, and compliance remediation related to identity controls
- Provide technical guidance and light mentorship to junior engineers (no people management)
- Hands-on IAM engineering experience with platforms like Okta, SailPoint, Entra ID, AWS IAM, or equivalent
- Strong working knowledge of SAML, OIDC, OAuth2, LDAP, Kerberos
- Experience automating identity workflows using PowerShell, Python, or similar
- Experience operating hybrid IAM environments (on-prem cloud)
- Direct involvement in access governance, audits, or compliance support
- PAM or CIAM implementation experience
- Experience in regulated industries (financial services a plus)
- Familiarity with NIST, ISO 27001, SOX, or FFIEC expectations
- DevOps-style IAM automation or infrastructure-as-code exposure
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.