Principal IAM Engineer

Kelly Services; Natick (MA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Benefits

Vision Benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO)

401(k)

Job summary

Kelly Services is seeking a Principal IAM/Active Directory Engineer in the Natick, MA area to provide technical leadership across enterprise identity platforms and security services. The role shapes strategy, architecture, security, and operations for IAM across a complex enterprise.

You will drive improvements in AD, Entra ID, hybrid identity, privileged access, and identity governance while partnering with security, cloud, and infrastructure teams to deliver scalable and secure identity

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of professional experience or equivalent practical experience
• Deep expertise with Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID
• Strong background supporting hybrid identity environments
• Experience designing authentication, authorization, and identity governance solutions
• Knowledge of privileged access management and identity security best practices
• Experience with identity threat detection, recovery planning, and platform hardening
• Strong automation and scripting capabilities
• Experience with APIs, Infrastructure as Code, and Git-based development workflows
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD methodologies and operational automation
• Knowledge of service principals, managed identities, certificates, secrets, and federated credentials
• Experience designing least-privilege access models and application permission governance

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for enterprise identity and access management platforms
• Design and enhance authentication, authorization, and identity governance capabilities
• Improve the security, resilience, and recoverability of identity infrastructure
• Lead platform hardening, threat detection, and operational readiness initiatives
• Drive automation efforts to improve reliability, consistency, and scalability
• Develop identity architecture standards for applications, services, and cloud platforms
• Partner with security, engineering, and infrastructure teams on strategic identity initiatives
• Create and maintain engineering best practices across IAM technologies
• Support governance and compliance requirements related to identity security
• Mentor team members and influence long-term identity strategy

Skills

Active Directory

Microsoft Entra ID

Hybrid identity

Identity governance

Automation scripting

CI/CD

APIs

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

APIs

Infrastructure as Code

Git

CI/CD

Job description

$130 - $200

A well-established technology organization is seeking a Principal IAM/Active Directory Engineer to provide technical leadership across enterprise identity platforms and security services. This role will play a critical part in shaping the strategy, architecture, security, and operational excellence of identity and access management capabilities across a complex enterprise environment.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving improvements across Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, hybrid identity, privileged access, identity governance, and non-human identities. This position partners closely with security, cloud, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure scalable, secure, and resilient identity services that support business growth and modernization initiatives.

This is a highly visible engineering role focused on strengthening identity security, driving automation, and establishing best practices across the organization's identity ecosystem.Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of professional experience or equivalent practical experience

• Deep expertise with Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID

• Strong background supporting hybrid identity environments

• Experience designing authentication, authorization, and identity governance solutions

• Knowledge of privileged access management and identity security best practices

• Experience with identity threat detection, recovery planning, and platform hardening

• Strong automation and scripting capabilities

• Experience with APIs, Infrastructure as Code, and Git-based development workflows

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD methodologies and operational automation

• Knowledge of service principals, managed identities, certificates, secrets, and federated credentials

• Experience designing least-privilege access models and application permission governance

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise IAM environments

• Familiarity with federation, provisioning, and modern authentication technologies

• Knowledge of NIST, ISO 27001, and related security frameworks

• Experience with cloud security and application identity architecture

• Exposure to identity strategies supporting AI-enabled systems and automation platforms

• Experience building enterprise-wide identity standards, guardrails, and governance models

What You Will Be Doing

Daily Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for enterprise identity and access management platforms

• Design and enhance authentication, authorization, and identity governance capabilities

• Improve the security, resilience, and recoverability of identity infrastructure

• Lead platform hardening, threat detection, and operational readiness initiatives

• Drive automation efforts to improve reliability, consistency, and scalability

• Develop identity architecture standards for applications, services, and cloud platforms

• Partner with security, engineering, and infrastructure teams on strategic identity initiatives

• Create and maintain engineering best practices across IAM technologies

• Support governance and compliance requirements related to identity security

• Mentor team members and influence long-term identity strategy

The Offer

• Base salary up to $200,000

• Competitive bonus potential

• Opportunity to lead enterprise-scale IAM modernization initiatives

• Collaborative and security-focused engineering environment

You will receive the following benefits

• Medical Insurance

• Dental Benefits

• Vision Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• 401(k)

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.