Senior IAM Platform Lead (Okta & Entra ID)

Gartner; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Hybrid work environment

PTO plus holidays

401k with match

Health, dental, vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Gartner is seeking an experienced Lead IAM Engineer to lead design, implementation, and modernization of enterprise identity solutions across Okta, Entra ID and other platforms. You will architect secure authentication/authorization frameworks, implement SSO/MFA, RBAC/PIM, and governance while driving automation improvements.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with security and cloud teams, and help operationalize IAM architectures with best practices and security standards.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IAM experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of IAM concepts, standards and best practices.
• Hands-on experience with SSO libraries and secure integrations using SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SCIM.
• Hands-on experience with MFA configurations, deployments and policy management.
• Extensive experience with Okta platform (authentication/authorization policy, SSO, LCM, identity governance).
• Knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD): tenant config, CA, MFA, RBAC, PIM, identity security controls.
• Experience in building IAM automation with Python/PowerShell; CI/CD tools like Bitbucket, Jenkins, CloudBees.
• Experience with SIEM dashboards and security metrics.
• Ability to lead projects, manage stakeholders, mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and support of enterprise IAM across Okta, Entra ID, and other platforms.
• Design and implement SSO, MFA, Conditional Access and authentication policies.
• Architect and deploy identity integrations using SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SCIM, LDAP, REST APIs.
• Manage Okta Lifecycle Management and Entra ID provisioning/deprovisioning and access governance.
• Develop IAM automation solutions using Python, PowerShell and cloud-native capabilities.
• Design and implement RBAC, PIM, and least-privilege access controls.
• Partner with security, infrastructure and cloud teams to onboard apps to identity platforms.
• Provide technical leadership for IAM projects through design, implementation, and operations.
• Drive platform modernization and adoption of security best practices.
• Troubleshoot complex authentication, federation, provisioning and access issues.
• Create architecture docs, runbooks and technical standards.
• Mentor engineers and support team growth.

Skills

IAM concepts

SSO

MFA

RBAC

PIM

Automation

Python

PowerShell

CI/CD

Okta

Entra ID

SAML

OAuth

OIDC

SCIM

LDAP

REST APIs

Bitbucket

Jenkins

CloudBees

SIEM

Tools

Okta Lifecycle Management

Entra ID

Job description

Gartner is seeking an experienced Lead IAM Engineer to lead design, implementation, and modernization of enterprise identity solutions across Okta, Entra ID and other platforms. You will architect secure authentication/authorization frameworks, implement SSO/MFA, RBAC/PIM, and governance while driving automation improvements.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with security and cloud teams, and help operationalize IAM architectures with best practices and security standards.