Identity Security Engineer – IAM Governance & Access Leader

Cybersecurity Jobs; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cybersecurity Jobs seeks an Identity Security Engineer in Detroit, MI onsite to strengthen identity and access management across Little Caesars and the Ilitch Companies. The role focuses on governance, risk reduction, and secure identity lifecycle management, with hands-on ownership of IAM platforms and RBAC improvements.

You will lead scheduled and ad-hoc access reviews, enforce IAM standards, support audit frameworks, and drive remediation for access control gaps.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with IAM/IAG platforms.
• Knowledge of access governance, RBAC, provisioning, and directory services.
• Familiarity with SSO/MFA technologies and SAML/OIDC/OAuth protocols.

Responsibilities

• Lead scheduled and ad-hoc access reviews for human and non-human identities.
• Create, maintain, and enforce IAM governance standards, policies, and procedures.
• Monitor identity controls to support audit and compliance efforts.
• Drive remediation for access control gaps to completion.
• Design and refine RBAC models, access tiers, and least-privilege principles.
• Partner with application owners to map permissions and standardize access roles.
• Support Joiner/Mover/Leaver lifecycle processes and automated provisioning workflows.
• Act as the primary owner/admin for IAM platforms, handling configuration, integrations, and health.
• Coordinate IAM enhancements and onboard new systems into IAM ecosystem.
• Document entitlements, define provisioning rules, ensure consistent access patterns.
• Lead MFA/Passkey implementation, support SSO integrations, align with security requirements.
• Review and approve access requests for elevated or sensitive roles.
• Support investigation of access-related security incidents and identity threats.
• Provide identity security guidance to internal teams on best practices.

Skills

IAM platforms

Access governance

RBAC

Provisioning

Directory services

SSO

MFA

SAML/OIDC/OAuth

NIST/ISO 27001/PCI

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems

Job description

Cybersecurity Jobs seeks an Identity Security Engineer in Detroit, MI onsite to strengthen identity and access management across Little Caesars and the Ilitch Companies. The role focuses on governance, risk reduction, and secure identity lifecycle management, with hands-on ownership of IAM platforms and RBAC improvements.

You will lead scheduled and ad-hoc access reviews, enforce IAM standards, support audit frameworks, and drive remediation for access control gaps.