IAM Security Engineer: Enterprise Identity & Access

United Airlines; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 90,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flight privileges

401(k)

Medical benefits

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

United Airlines is seeking an Identity & Access Management (IAM) Security Engineer to implement security controls on the Workforce IAM platform in line with Cybersecurity & Digital Risk policies. You will work with development teams, support IAM services, and ensure secure identity solutions throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities include designing and testing IAM capabilities, responding to incidents, and maintaining policies and procedures while coordinating with Cyber Defense and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (6–9 years accepted).
• 2+ years in Entra ID environment preferred.
• Understanding of IAM concepts: SSO, MFA, PAM, governance.
• Familiar with OIDC, OAuth, SAML, API Gateways, SCIM, Ping/Okta/Azure/ForgeRock.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and test the IAM platform and service.
• Support break/fix requests and change management across environments.
• Respond to Level 1 tickets: bugs, outages, feature requests.
• Ensure IAM solutions meet regulatory and internal requirements.
• Maintain IAM policies, standards, and procedures; provide compliance reports.
• Collaborate with Cyber Defense and other departments as needed.
• Align IAM security with overall security strategy to reduce risk.
• Guide enterprise system IAM capabilities; assist other team members.

Skills

Entra ID

SSO

MFA

Password-less

PAM

OIDC

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Ping Identity

Okta

MS Azure

ForgeRock

Job description

United Airlines is seeking an Identity & Access Management (IAM) Security Engineer to implement security controls on the Workforce IAM platform in line with Cybersecurity & Digital Risk policies. You will work with development teams, support IAM services, and ensure secure identity solutions throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities include designing and testing IAM capabilities, responding to incidents, and maintaining policies and procedures while coordinating with Cyber Defense and