Senior Identity & Access Solution Engineer

aep; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

American Electric Power seeks an experienced Solution Engineer to design, implement, and support identity governance and access management solutions across enterprise systems. You will work on IAM platforms, RBAC, provisioning, certifications, and automation, collaborating with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, and business units.

In this role you will help ensure regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and secure access across cloud and on‑premises environments, participating in solution

Qualifications

• Experience implementing and supporting enterprise Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platforms is preferred.
• Experience with Identity and Access Governance platforms such as Saviynt, SailPoint, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Oracle Identity Manager, or similar identity governance solutions is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting access certification, provisioning, RBAC, access governance, and compliance initiatives in a large enterprise environment is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering technology solutions using modern AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar).
• Proven experience applying DevOps principles throughout the technology lifecycle, including CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, monitoring, observability, security integration, and production support in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of Identity and Access Governance principles, including provisioning, deprovisioning, role management, access certifications, segregation of duties, and governance controls.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, support, and enhance IAM solutions that strengthen security, compliance, and operational effectiveness.
• Support stabilization, optimization, and expansion of the IGA platform including onboarding connected applications.
• Develop identity lifecycle management processes, automated workflows, provisioning, access certifications, and governance controls.
• Lead and support RBAC, access review, segregation of duties, and entitlement governance initiatives.
• Collaborate with business units, application owners, infrastructure, and cybersecurity stakeholders to analyze requirements and deliver effective access management solutions.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure IAM designs and implementations.
• Support remediation of audit findings and compliance requirements while adhering to security policies and standards.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve platform, integration, and access-related issues; participate in production support and incident response.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, procedures, configurations, and support materials.
• Identify opportunities for automation and operational efficiencies across IAM services.
• Provide engineering support for PAM systems to improve resiliency.
• Serve as a SME on IAM technologies, governance processes, and security best practices.
• Communicate project status, risks, issues, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• May provide mentorship and knowledge transfer to team members.

Skills

IAM solutions

RBAC

Identity Governance

Automation

DevOps

CI/CD

Java

C#

Python

SQL

Oracle

APIs

Cloud & On-Premises

Tools

Saviynt

SailPoint

Microsoft Entra ID

Okta

Oracle Identity Manager

Job description

American Electric Power seeks an experienced Solution Engineer to design, implement, and support identity governance and access management solutions across enterprise systems. You will work on IAM platforms, RBAC, provisioning, certifications, and automation, collaborating with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, and business units.

In this role you will help ensure regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and secure access across cloud and on‑premises environments, participating in solution