Why This Role Stands Out
This hybrid AWS Security & IAM Engineer role offers a fantastic opportunity to shape critical security infrastructure in regulated industries, fostering significant career growth in a highly sought-after field. You'll thrive here if you possess strong AWS IAM and identity federation skills, and are eager to contribute to robust security solutions within a collaborative environment. Apply now to build your expertise and make a real impact!
Quick Overview
Job Description
Role AWS Security & IAM Engineer
Location: Onshore
Mode of work: Remote
Role Summary
We are seeking an AWS Security & IAM Engineer to design, implement, and manage secure identity, federation, authorization, and access governance solutions across enterprise AWS environments supporting healthcare and regulated workloads.
Key Responsibilities
- Design AWS IAM architecture and access governance models.
- Configure IAM roles, policies, permission boundaries, and cross-account access.
- Implement Microsoft Entra ID federation using SAML and OIDC.
- Configure Amazon Cognito for enterprise authentication.
- Manage JWT validation, authorization policies, and role mappings.
- Design least-privilege access controls across AWS services.
- Implement MFA, privileged access management, and break-glass procedures.
- Support AWS STS, IAM Roles Anywhere, and workload identity federation.
- Review IAM policies and eliminate excessive permissions.
- Support audit, compliance, and security reviews.
Required Skills
- AWS IAM
- Microsoft Entra ID
- SAML 2.0
- OIDC
- OAuth
- Cognito
- JWT Authentication
- AWS STS
- Identity Federation
- RBAC
- Access Governance
- Privileged Access Management
Preferred Experience
- Healthcare or Government Projects
- Zero Trust Architecture
- Enterprise Federation
- Compliance-driven IAM Programs
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