What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud IAM Engineer position at Ztek Consulting?
Job Role: Cloud IAM Engineer
Location: Irving, TX
Job Description:
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:
o Security control orchestration
o Detection and response workflows
- Develop integrations with:
o Cloud services (APIs, services, identity layers)
o Security tooling and platforms
- Contribute to:
o Preventative controls (policy enforcement, OPA/Rego)
o Detective controls (event-driven detection logic)
- Write and maintain:
o Automated unit tests
o Integration and behavioural tests
- Support CI/CD integration and continuous validation of controls
- Collaborate with:
o Security Controls Engineers
o Threat Modelers
o Cloud Architects
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 Google Cloud Platform.
- Advanced proficiency in Python (non-negotiable)
- Experience with:
o API development and integrations
o 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.
Salary : $100,000 - $120,000