IAM Gateway Automation Engineer

Apex Systems; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401K with company match

HSA (Health Savings Account)

EAP

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems in Glen Allen, Virginia is seeking a Security Automation Engineer to design and implement IaC/CaC, focusing on secure authentication, authorization, web gateway, and API services. Join a team of security engineers to reduce manual processes, build CI/CD pipelines, automate health checks, and integrate with ServiceNow, CM, and incident response.

This role emphasizes automation across IAM and security tooling, with opportunities to advance Infrastructure as code and rapid

Qualifications

• Ansible Tower
• GitLab
• Python
• OpenShift and/or Kubernetes
• Unix/Linux
• Shell scripting
• Identity and Access Management Systems (IAM)
• Experience with RESTful API’s
• Argo CD
• Agile
• Knowledge of modern authentication and authorization protocols including:
• OAuth 2.0
• Open ID Connect (OIDC)
• Federation (SAML 2.0)
• System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM)
• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
• Experience with IBM Security products
• SQL
• JavaScript
• ServiceNow
• PKI Experience
• RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• Ansible Automation Hub and Ansible Galaxy
• Nexus*

Responsibilities

• Automate deployments including IBM Security Products to support IAM and security tooling.
• Design and develop code required to build and maintain Access Management Services.
• Improve automated health checks and monitoring to catch issues early.
• Reduce time spent on manual tasks by automating workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
• Integrate with CM and ServiceNow for change management and incident response.
• Enable no-touch deployment to shorten time to market and simplify operations.
• Share knowledge and seek continuous improvement opportunities.

Skills

Ansible Tower

GitLab

Python

OpenShift and/or Kubernetes

Unix/Linux

Shell scripting

IAM

RESTful APIs

Argo CD

Agile

OAuth 2.0

OIDC

SAML 2.0

SCIM

LDAP

IBM Security products

SQL

JavaScript

ServiceNow

PKI

RHEL

Ansible Automation Hub

Nexus

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Master's Degree may be preferred

5+ years of relevant work experience

Tools

GitLab

Ansible Tower

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Argo CD

Job description

Everforth Apex Systems in Glen Allen, Virginia is seeking a Security Automation Engineer to design and implement IaC/CaC, focusing on secure authentication, authorization, web gateway, and API services. Join a team of security engineers to reduce manual processes, build CI/CD pipelines, automate health checks, and integrate with ServiceNow, CM, and incident response.

This role emphasizes automation across IAM and security tooling, with opportunities to advance Infrastructure as code and rapid