IAM Security Analyst — Hybrid/Remote IAM Expert

Quantam; Frankfort (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Job summary

Quantam Solutions is seeking an experienced IAM Security Analyst to support client security technologies and identity access management deployment. This role will serve as SME for security, focusing on IAM and case management systems, in a hybrid or fully remote setup.

Candidates should have hands-on experience with on-prem and cloud IAM in Okta, Azure AD, and Active Directory, plus strong policy development, incident response, and collaboration with IT teams.

Qualifications

• Deep technical expertise in Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Experience designing IAM integrations, provisioning workflows, and access controls.
• Proven experience implementing and maintaining role-based access control frameworks.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor technical engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of identity security principles and enterprise authentication models.
• Experience with NIST CSF, ISO 27001, or CIS Controls frameworks.
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in CS/IT/Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary IT Security SME for IAM and related technologies.
• Manage user authentication, authorization, and access control policies.
• Design and build RBAC security frameworks for the department.
• Perform vulnerability scans, penetration tests, and risk assessments.
• Monitor security alerts, investigate breaches, and respond to incidents.
• Develop, enforce, and update security policies to meet regulatory requirements.
• Educate staff on security best practices and incident response.
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery planning.
• Administer IAM systems including Okta, AD, Azure AD, and privileged access workstations.
• Monitor SIEM platforms (Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar) and tune alerts.
• Implement MFA, certificate management, and SSO across apps.
• Develop security policies aligned with NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Controls.
• Support security audits for SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or FedRAMP.
• Review new systems/vendors for security as part of change management.
• Investigate phishing, malware, and unauthorized access; document findings and corrective controls.
• Identify and mitigate project risks and dependencies, develop contingency plans.

Skills

Active Directory

Entra ID

IAM integrations

RBAC frameworks

Mentoring teams

Identity security

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Okta

Azure AD

Active Directory

ServiceNow

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

QRadar

Palo Alto

Fortinet FortiGate

Cisco ASA/FTD

CrowdStrike Defender

Python

PowerShell

Job description

Quantam Solutions is seeking an experienced IAM Security Analyst to support client security technologies and identity access management deployment. This role will serve as SME for security, focusing on IAM and case management systems, in a hybrid or fully remote setup.

Candidates should have hands-on experience with on-prem and cloud IAM in Okta, Azure AD, and Active Directory, plus strong policy development, incident response, and collaboration with IT teams.