Principal IAM Engineer / First Identity Hire / Okta Only

Motion Recruitment; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 115,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the life insurance industry is seeking a Principal IAM Engineer to modernize their Identity Access Management program. This key position requires expertise in Okta and automation. The role is fully remote with occasional travel required. Ideal candidates will possess strong IAM engineering skills and a solid development background.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Vacation Time

Stock Options

Bonus eligible

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in IAM engineering and architecture.
• Strong background in Okta implementation.
• Experience with risk-based MFA and RBAC.

Responsibilities

• Modernize Identity Access Management program.
• Standardize Okta and build risk-based MFA.
• Collaborate with development team and automate processes.

Skills

IAM engineering

Okta

Development knowledge

Risk-based MFA

RBAC

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent working experience

Job description

Principal IAM Engineer / First Identity Hire / Okta Only

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Principal IAM Engineer / First Identity Hire / Okta Only

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This company in the life insurance industry is looking for their first proper Identity Access Management hire. They have folks doing access provisioning and active directory, but they need someone to modernize their program. This person will be standardizing Okta, building risk-based MFA, defining RBAC, modernizing APIs, and more, in addition to working closely with the development team (so strong knowledge in development is very helpful). There will be some automation and Terraform involved as well. This is a senior engineer/architect position that is fully remote (with travel to headquarters once per quarter).

This is a full-time position that requires strong engineering skills in Okta implementation and modernization. Development skills are strongly encouraged (any language) and automation skills are required.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of experience with a focus on IAM engineering and architecture
• Okta required
• RBAC
• Building risk-based MFA
• Strong knowledge of development
• Development background strongly encouraged
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Desired Skills & Experience

• Secrets management experience
• Cloud migration experience
• AWS preferred
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent working experience

What You Will Be Doing

Tech Breakdown

• 100% Okta
  
  

Daily Responsibilities

• 70% Hands On
• 10% Management Duties
• 20% Team Collaboration
  
  

The Offer

• Bonus eligible
  
  

You Will Receive The Following Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Vacation Time
• Stock Options
  
  

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

Posted By: Lauren Filipe

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Staffing and Recruiting

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