Senior IAM Engineer — Secure Access & PAM Leader

Riot Platforms, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and bonus

Equity incentive programs

401(k) with company match

Comprehensive health coverage

Wellness and lifestyle perks

Job summary

Riot Platforms, Inc. in Austin is seeking a Senior Engineer, Identity & Access Management (IAM) to design, implement, and operate modern identity security capabilities across our enterprise, cloud, SaaS, and data center environments.

This role will be hands-on and highly technical, collaborating across Cybersecurity, IT, Cloud, Infrastructure, Data Center Operations, People Operations, and GRC. Relocation assistance is available for non-local candidates.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of IAM or related cybersecurity engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft identity technologies (Entra ID, AD).
• Experience integrating enterprise apps with SSO and automated provisioning.
• Experience implementing or supporting PAM, PIM, CA, MFA, and access governance.
• Understanding of least privilege, Zero Trust, RBAC, identity lifecycle management.
• Experience scripting/automating IAM processes (PowerShell, APIs).
• Ability to work across Cybersecurity, IT, Infrastructure, and business teams.
• Certifications in Microsoft, CyberArk, SailPoint, CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support IAM solutions across Entra ID, Active Directory, SaaS, cloud, and data center environments.
• Manage and optimize SSO, Conditional Access, MFA, passwordless authentication, PIM, RBAC, and identity lifecycle controls.
• Implement and maintain PAM capabilities, including privileged account onboarding, credential rotation, session controls, and removal of standing access.
• Support IGA processes including joiner/mover/leaver workflows, access reviews, entitlement management, and role-based access.
• Automate user and access provisioning using technologies such as SCIM, APIs, scripting, PowerShell, and workflow automation.
• Engineer secure access for vendors, contractors, partners, and other third‑party users.
• Develop and maintain controls for service accounts, application identities, API access, secrets, certificates, and other non‑human identities.
• Integrate enterprise applications with SSO using SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and related standards.
• Troubleshoot authentication, authorization, provisioning, and federation issues.
• Partner with Cybersecurity Operations to investigate identity‑related threats, anomalous authentication, credential compromise, and privilege escalation.
• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, standards, and operating procedures.
• Support IAM‑related audit and compliance activities, including SOX, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 evidence and control testing.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual processes, strengthen security, and improve the user experience.

Skills

IAM expertise

Zero Trust

RBAC

PowerShell scripting

Troubleshooting

Tools

Entra ID

Active Directory

SailPoint

CyberArk

Job description

Riot Platforms, Inc. in Austin is seeking a Senior Engineer, Identity & Access Management (IAM) to design, implement, and operate modern identity security capabilities across our enterprise, cloud, SaaS, and data center environments.

This role will be hands-on and highly technical, collaborating across Cybersecurity, IT, Cloud, Infrastructure, Data Center Operations, People Operations, and GRC. Relocation assistance is available for non-local candidates.