Senior IAM Engineer & Tech Lead - SSO, MFA, PAM

Horizontal Talent; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is assisting a multinational organisation in the recruitment of an experienced Lead IAM Engineer to strengthen its enterprise Identity and Access Management capabilities.

This role combines hands‑on engineering expertise with technical leadership, focusing on identity governance, access management, security controls, and automation. You will lead complex IAM initiatives and support the development of a centralised Enterprise IAM operating model across the organisation.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years in IAM design, implementation, and support.
• Experience delivering IAM in global environments with access governance.
• Strong experience with SailPoint, Saviynt or One Identity.
• Experience with Ping Identity, Okta or Microsoft Entra ID.
• Knowledge of AD, LDAP, Azure or AWS.
• Python or PowerShell scripting and automation.
• Understanding of RBAC/ABAC/SoD and privileged access management.
• Experience with incident troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead IAM engineering: design, implement, test, integrate, and maintain IGA, SSO, MFA, and PAM.
• Provide technical direction for IAM initiatives and architecture decisions.
• Lead technical workstreams in Agile/Scrum environments ensuring timely delivery.
• Act as Tier 3 escalation for complex IAM incidents and root-cause analysis.
• Develop automation scripts using Python and PowerShell to improve identity provisioning and cloud access.
• Define and implement SoD policies, access controls, and entitlement management.
• Support audits and remediation of access governance findings.
• Ensure IAM integrations with enterprise apps, cloud platforms, directory services, and monitoring systems.
• Mentor engineers and maintain technical documentation and runbooks.

Skills

IAM design & implementation

Identity governance

SSO/MFA/PAM

Python

PowerShell

RBAC/ABAC/SoD

Access provisioning

Troubleshooting

Mentorship & leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology

Tools

SailPoint

Saviynt

One Identity

Ping Identity

Okta

Microsoft Entra ID

Active Directory

LDAP

Azure

AWS

Python

PowerShell

SAP integrations

Job description

Horizontal Talent is assisting a multinational organisation in the recruitment of an experienced Lead IAM Engineer to strengthen its enterprise Identity and Access Management capabilities.

This role combines hands‑on engineering expertise with technical leadership, focusing on identity governance, access management, security controls, and automation. You will lead complex IAM initiatives and support the development of a centralised Enterprise IAM operating model across the organisation.