Senior IAM Security Engineer - Terraform & Okta

Vercel Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 208,000 - 312,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Healthcare package

Mentorship & events

Flexible time off

WFH budget

Job summary

Vercel Inc. is looking for a Security Software Engineer to own the Identity and Access Management strategy across corporate and production environments.

This high-impact, ownership-heavy role will define IAM architecture from the ground up and migrate Okta fully behind Terraform. You will report to the Head of Security and be located remotely within the United States, with in-office anchor days in SF/NY for eligible candidates.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in identity, access management, or platform security engineering.
• Deep expertise with Okta including SSO, MFA, lifecycle management, and API-driven automation.
• Proficient in Terraform and IAM infrastructure as code.
• Experience designing IAM strategy at scale across IT/SaaS and production cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP IAM (service accounts, roles, workload identity federation).
• Background in MDM/MAM solutions (Jamf, Intune, or equivalent).
• Strong collaborator who can drive alignment across Engineering, IT, Compliance, and Security teams.
• Comfortable operating with autonomy in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the full IAM strategy for corporate and production environments, defining the roadmap, standards, and architecture end to end.
• Migrate Okta and all related IAM configuration to Terraform, driving infrastructure-as-code adoption.
• Lead company-wide and infrastructure cleanup initiatives to reflect supplier-facing standards internally.
• Design and enforce least-privilege access controls across cloud, SaaS, and production infrastructure.
• Partner with platform and engineering teams to embed IAM best practices early in the design process.
• Build and manage MDM/MAM tooling to secure endpoint and mobile device access.
• Drive automation across provisioning, deprovisioning, and access review workflows.
• Serve as the IAM subject matter expert across Security, IT, and Engineering.

Skills

IAM

Okta

Terraform

Cloud IAM

Security engineering

Job description

Vercel Inc. is looking for a Security Software Engineer to own the Identity and Access Management strategy across corporate and production environments.

This high-impact, ownership-heavy role will define IAM architecture from the ground up and migrate Okta fully behind Terraform. You will report to the Head of Security and be located remotely within the United States, with in-office anchor days in SF/NY for eligible candidates.