Principal Identity Security Architect

LendingClub; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 197,000 - 232,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) match

Parental leave

Flexible time off

Job summary

Happen Bank seeks a Principal Identity Security Engineer to lead the design and evolution of its enterprise identity security capabilities. You will enable secure, scalable access for employees, contractors, applications, cloud platforms, and non-human identities while guiding AI adoption and governance across identity engineering.

You will drive cross-functional initiatives, set engineering standards, and mentor teams to raise the bar in security, reliability, and regulatory compliance across

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in identity and access management (IAM), Information Security or Security Engineering; bachelor’s degree in a related field; or equivalent work experience
• Deep expertise in identity security principles, including identity lifecycle management, identity governance and administration, authentication, authorization, access certification, privileged access, and non-human identity
• Strong hands-on experience with SailPoint or another enterprise IGA platform, Okta, Active Directory, AWS identity services, Terraform, GitHub, and identity automation
• Hands-on production experience with enterprise privileged access management, ideally Delinea (Thycotic) Secret Server — including vaulting, rotation, discovery, and privileged account lifecycle
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale identity architectures and leading complex technical initiatives through ambiguity, competing priorities, and cross-functional dependencies
• Experience building automation through scripting, Infrastructure-as-Code, AI-assisted development practices, and sound software engineering principles
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment and supporting regulatory examinations, audits, control assessments, and remediation activities
• Strong understanding of SOX, FFIEC, OCC, PCI DSS, NIST, least privilege, segregation of duties, control design, and audit evidence requirements
• Ability to make and defend sound technical decisions when security, regulatory, operational, and business requirements compete
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, improve technical standards, influence senior stakeholders, and drive organizational change without direct authority
• You take ownership of outcomes, not just deliverables, and proactively identify opportunities to improve identity security, engineering quality, and operational resilience
• You understand how to apply AI to complex, high-stakes identity security work—not just to improve efficiency, but to improve engineering quality, accelerate delivery, and unlock better business outcomes. You establish a high bar for responsible AI adoption by considering data integrity, security, model limitations, privacy, and regulatory requirements, and you continuously evolve engineering practices by building new AI-enabled workflows rather than simply automating existing ones

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction, architecture, and engineering standards for Happen Bank’s identity security ecosystem across identity governance, authentication, authorization, directory services, privileged access, and non-human identity
• Design and deliver scalable identity solutions across SailPoint, Okta, Active Directory, AWS, Terraform, and GitHub
• Own the design and operation of privileged access management on Delinea Secret Server
• Build automation, APIs, and Infrastructure-as-Code - and establish AI-assisted engineering workflows
• Define and mature non-human identity capabilities
• Lead complex identity initiatives from strategy through implementation in collaboration with Security, Infrastructure, Risk and Internal Audit
• Evaluate emerging identity security capabilities and set standards for AI adoption in identity engineering
• Raise the technical bar through mentorship, design reviews, vendor evaluations, and PoC initiatives

Skills

IAM

Identity security

Cross-functional leadership

Mentorship

AI in identity security

Regulatory examinations

Decision making under constraints

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

SailPoint

Okta

Active Directory

AWS identity services

Terraform

GitHub

Delinea Secret Server

Job description

Happen Bank seeks a Principal Identity Security Engineer to lead the design and evolution of its enterprise identity security capabilities. You will enable secure, scalable access for employees, contractors, applications, cloud platforms, and non-human identities while guiding AI adoption and governance across identity engineering.

You will drive cross-functional initiatives, set engineering standards, and mentor teams to raise the bar in security, reliability, and regulatory compliance across