Senior Automation Engineer – Identity Governance

Senior Automation Engineer – Identity GovernanceLocation

Burbank, CA | Seattle, WA | Orlando, FL

Hybrid – 4 Days Onsite Per Week (No Flexibility)

Employment Type

4-Month Contract (Potential for Extension)

Compensation

Competitive hourly rate

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Automation Engineer with expertise in Identity Governance and enterprise automation to support large-scale identity compliance and remediation initiatives for our client.


This role will focus on designing and implementing automated, policy-driven solutions that improve identity hygiene, governance, and operational efficiency across complex directory environments.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience building automation frameworks within enterprise IAM ecosystems, with a focus on Active Directory, Entra ID, compliance enforcement, and self-healing remediation workflows.

Key ResponsibilitiesIdentity Governance & Automated Remediation

• Design and implement automation for identity governance and compliance remediation across enterprise directory services
• Build workflows to identify and remediate:
  
  • Inactive accounts
  • Orphaned identities
  • Misconfigurations
  • Policy drift
• Automate lifecycle-based remediation processes, including:
  
  • Automatic account disablement
  • Timed account deletion workflows
  • Identity cleanup and governance enforcement
• Eliminate manual and ticket-driven remediation activities through scalable automation

Identity Hygiene & Compliance Automation

• Develop automated controls for:
  
  • Service account password rotation
  • Expiration notifications
  • Identity security baseline enforcement
• Ensure continuous compliance monitoring throughout the identity lifecycle
• Support governance for both human and non-human identities

Privileged Access & Lifecycle Automation

• Partner with IAM and security teams to support:
  
  • Least-privilege access models
  • Just-in-time access workflows
  • Privileged access remediation
• Automate identity lifecycle management and privilege cleanup processes

Monitoring & Self-Healing Automation

• Build automation pipelines integrating:
  
  • Monitoring signals
  • Directory health metrics
  • Policy outcomes
• Support continuous Active Directory health monitoring and automated response mechanisms
• Contribute to self-healing identity governance solutions

Platform Engineering & Standardization

• Design reusable automation frameworks and remediation patterns
• Support scalable governance solutions across multiple domains and tenants
• Help standardize enterprise directory services and automation practices

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
• Strong experience in identity governance, IAM automation, or directory services engineering
• Hands-on experience with:
  
  • Active Directory
  • Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD
  • Identity lifecycle management
  • Enterprise automation frameworks
• Experience building policy-driven remediation workflows and compliance automation
• Strong scripting and automation experience
• Understanding of privileged access management and identity security best practices
• Experience working within large enterprise or highly regulated environments
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills

Preferred Experience

• Experience implementing self-healing infrastructure or remediation automation
• Familiarity with Zero Standing Privilege or Just-In-Time access models
• Experience supporting multi-domain or multi-tenant environments
• Background working closely with IAM, Security, and Platform Engineering teams