Cloud IAM Engineer: Controls & Governance

Vanguard; Malvern (Chester County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking a Technical Product Manager to lead the Cloud IAM program. You will own the roadmap for preventive and detective IAM controls, governance automation, and identity-based security policies across multi-cloud environments.

You will partner with engineering and security teams to design scalable IAM solutions, translate complex audit requirements into technical requirements, and drive Agile delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years in technical product management or ownership, security engineering, cloud engineering, or IAM-focused roles.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and IAM concepts.
• Experience with policy-as-code, CI/CD integrations, and cloud security tooling, and policy frameworks (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, Rego/OPA).
• Experience with SQL, Python, and APIs.
• Demonstrated experience delivering complex, cross-functional technology products using agile methodologies.
• Ability to read, reason about, and influence technical designs and rule logic.

Responsibilities

• Manage the technical product roadmap for cloud IAM capabilities, including preventive and detective controls, governance automation, and identity-based security policies.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, and security teams to design, build, and scale IAM controls and multi-cloud security solutions.
• Drive delivery of IAM capabilities such as pipeline controls, runtime configuration checks, and identity-based governance rules.
• Translate enterprise IAM strategy, audit requirements, and risk priorities into well-defined technical product requirements.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Policy-as-code

SQL

Python

APIs

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Security engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Rego/OPA concepts

PySpark

YAML

Job description

Vanguard is seeking a Technical Product Manager to lead the Cloud IAM program. You will own the roadmap for preventive and detective IAM controls, governance automation, and identity-based security policies across multi-cloud environments.

You will partner with engineering and security teams to design scalable IAM solutions, translate complex audit requirements into technical requirements, and drive Agile delivery.