Senior IAM Automation & Security Engineering Lead

Fayette Chamber of Commerce; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Vacation and sick days

401k

Job summary

Truist Financial Corporation seeks a senior IAM security engineering leader to drive AI-enabled automation, data engineering, and workflow modernization within IAM operations. You will guide engineers and analysts through secure, scalable solution design, delivery, and adoption.

Responsibilities include identifying high-value opportunities, building data pipelines and dashboards, and partnering with cybersecurity, risk, and compliance teams to ensure governance and auditability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work experience in cybersecurity, information technology, or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in security engineering or related cybersecurity roles.
• Strong expertise in cybersecurity principles, threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing.
• Experience with information security technologies, configuration management, and operational handoff.
• Advanced management and leadership knowledge to manage multiple teams and drive operational security initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, assesses, and prioritizes high-value automation, AI augmentation, and data engineering opportunities across IAM operations, engineering delivery, reporting, and control execution.
• Leads a small engineering and automation function responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and sustaining repeatable solutions that reduce manual effort and improve operational effectiveness.
• Develops pilots, proofs of concept, and scalable implementation plans for AI-enabled workflow automation, agentic capabilities, analytics, and engineering productivity solutions.
• Partners with various IAM engineering teams, architecture, cybersecurity, risk, compliance, and business stakeholders to translate operational problems into secure, supportable technical solutions.
• Builds and improves data pipelines, dashboards, metrics, and insights that increase visibility into IAM operations, delivery performance, data quality, controls, and service health.
• Automates repetitive engineering, reporting, evidence-gathering, and operational workflows to improve quality, consistency, auditability, and speed of delivery.
• Establishes reusable engineering patterns, automation standards, documentation practices, and governance expectations for AI, data, and workflow automation solutions.
• Ensures solutions incorporate security, privacy, risk, regulatory, and auditability requirements by design, including appropriate controls, approvals, monitoring, and evidence retention.
• Manages, develops, and coaches developers, automation engineers, analysts, and technical contributors, setting clear expectations for delivery, collaboration, operational accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Communicates opportunities, progress, risks, dependencies, and measurable outcomes to senior leaders and partner teams, helping shape IAM automation strategy and delivery priorities.

Skills

Security engineering

Threat modeling

Security testing

Penetration testing

InfoSec technologies

Configuration management

Operational handoff

Leadership

Team management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in cybersecurity/IT

Tools

GitLab SaaS

Job description

Truist Financial Corporation seeks a senior IAM security engineering leader to drive AI-enabled automation, data engineering, and workflow modernization within IAM operations. You will guide engineers and analysts through secure, scalable solution design, delivery, and adoption.

Responsibilities include identifying high-value opportunities, building data pipelines and dashboards, and partnering with cybersecurity, risk, and compliance teams to ensure governance and auditability.