Senior IAM & Identity Governance Lead: Zero Trust & PAM

Cyber Instincts AB; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Cyber Instincts AB, a Gothenburg-based cybersecurity consultancy, seeks a senior IAM lead to drive large-scale identity governance and Zero Trust initiatives across hybrid IT/OT environments.

You will design and implement Conditional Access, PAM/JIT, and governance processes, coordinate incident response, and mentor teams while communicating risk to engineers and executives. 7+ years of IAM leadership and residence in Sweden are required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on identity and access management experience, with a senior/lead level
• Deep, demonstrable experience with enterprise identity platforms (Entra ID / Azure AD, AD, Okta, Ping Identity, SailPoint)
• Practical experience designing Conditional Access, PIM/JIT Access, SSO, and FIDO2-based authentication
• Solid understanding of identity governance frameworks and how they intersect with compliance requirements (NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001)
• Comfortable owning incident response coordination involving identity-related compromises
• Strong communication skills translating identity risk for engineers and executives

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing Conditional Access policies, MFA enforcement, and device compliance models at enterprise scale
• Leading PAM and Just-In-Time Access design using PIM in Microsoft Entra ID (or equivalent platforms)
• Owning identity governance processes: access reviews, provisioning/deprovisioning lifecycles, and RBAC across large user populations
• Advising on and implementing Zero Trust architecture across hybrid on-prem/cloud environments
• Working with Defender XDR / Defender for Endpoint to align identity and endpoint security postures
• Acting as the technical bridge between IT operations, security leadership, and compliance functions

Skills

IAM expertise

Entra ID/Azure AD

PIM/JIT Access

Conditional Access

SSO/FIDO2

Zero Trust

Governance: NIS2/DORA

Incident response

Communication

Tools

Azure Arc

Intune/MDM

PowerShell/Graph API

Job description

Cyber Instincts AB, a Gothenburg-based cybersecurity consultancy, seeks a senior IAM lead to drive large-scale identity governance and Zero Trust initiatives across hybrid IT/OT environments.

You will design and implement Conditional Access, PAM/JIT, and governance processes, coordinate incident response, and mentor teams while communicating risk to engineers and executives. 7+ years of IAM leadership and residence in Sweden are required.