IAM Systems Engineer — Identity & Access Automation

SPHERE Technology Solutions; United States; On-site; USD 115,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Job summary

SPHERE Technology Solutions seeks an experienced Systems Engineer – IAM to deploy and support identity infrastructure, integrate data sources, and automate operational tasks. You will own Active Directory, Entra ID, LDAP, and related services, implementing secure engineering practices and collaborating with clients to deliver reliable outcomes.

You will build runbooks, troubleshoot complex multi‑system issues, and contribute to SPHEREboard deployments, ensuring high availability and data

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in systems administration, systems engineering, IAM engineering, or related roles.
• Strong administration/troubleshooting with Windows Server and Active Directory; Linux knowledge.
• Experience with DNS, TCP/IP, firewalls, proxies, certificates, permissions, and remote connectivity.
• PowerShell for administration/automation.
• SQL skills including joins, data validation, and performance analysis.
• Experience in production applications/infrastructure and multi‑system issue diagnosis.
• Familiarity with identity concepts: directory services, RBAC, SSO, MFA, SAML/OIDC, Kerberos.
• Customer-facing experience; strong communication and professional handling.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and administer identity infrastructure across AD, Entra ID, LDAP, and related components.
• Deploy and support SPHEREboard; install/configure application, database, and scan‑server components; enable connectors.
• Integrate enterprise data sources using connectors, SQL, PowerShell, REST APIs, and data formats.
• Build PowerShell-based automation for data collection, transformation, validation, and monitoring.
• Develop and troubleshoot SQL queries, views, stored procedures, and data mappings.
• Diagnose issues across identity, OS, networks, permissions, certificates, services, databases, and data sources.
• Build trusted customer relationships and translate technical concepts into clear communications.
• Create runbooks, config records, test evidence, support procedures, and training materials.
• Apply secure engineering practices: least privilege, change control, credential handling, logging, escalation.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Support to improve deployment patterns and field learning.

Skills

Systems thinking

Identity fundamentals

Automation

Troubleshooting

Windows Server

Active Directory

PowerShell

SQL

LDAP

SSO/MFA/SAML/OIDC

Tools

Active Directory

Microsoft Entra ID

LDAP

DNS/Networking

PowerShell

SQL

Job description

SPHERE Technology Solutions seeks an experienced Systems Engineer – IAM to deploy and support identity infrastructure, integrate data sources, and automate operational tasks. You will own Active Directory, Entra ID, LDAP, and related services, implementing secure engineering practices and collaborating with clients to deliver reliable outcomes.

You will build runbooks, troubleshoot complex multi‑system issues, and contribute to SPHEREboard deployments, ensuring high availability and data