Senior Identity & Access Management (IAM) Engineer

Role: Senior Identity & Access Management (IAM) Engineer 

Location: Remote (onsite as needed)  

Experience: 10+ Years  

Client: Health-Care

Rate: $50/hr on C2C

 

 

Must-Have Skills

5+ years of experience in IAM, Information Security, Directory Services, or related areas  

Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID  

Experience supporting hybrid identity, federation services, synchronization, and modern authentication  

Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform IAM or comparable cloud identity platforms  

Experience with Privileged Access Management (PAM) and privileged-account controls  

Identity lifecycle management, provisioning/deprovisioning, RBAC, and access governance  

Authentication and authorization protocols: SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), LDAP, and Kerberos  

Experience supporting HIPAA, SOX, audit, and compliance activities  

Strong troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills  

 

Preferred Skills

Google Cloud Platform Config Connector (KCC) IAM resources  

Wiz IAM, Security Command Center, and cloud-security monitoring tools  

CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault, Delinea, BeyondTrust, or similar PAM solutions  

Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platforms  

Automation/scripting with PowerShell, Python, Terraform, or Infrastructure as Code  

Certifications: SC-300, Security+, AZ-500, CISSP, CISM, Microsoft Security, or Google Cloud Platform Security Engineer  

Experience in healthcare, life sciences, financial services, or other regulated industries  

 

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and support IAM solutions across Google Cloud Platform landing zones and hybrid identity environments  

Administer Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory, including federation, synchronization, and authentication services  

Implement IAM standards, security policies, access controls, RBAC, group-based permissions, and privileged-access controls  

Configure and manage PAM capabilities for administrative and elevated-access scenarios  

Support Active Directory hardening, identity governance, least privilege, and Zero Trust principles  

Configure and maintain AD organizational units, GPOs, security groups, and delegated-administration models  

Troubleshoot authentication, authorization, provisioning, and federation issues across cloud and on-premises environments  

Perform access reviews and remediate excessive, unused, or inappropriate access  

Monitor IAM security events, audit logs, and privileged-access activity  

Support onboarding, offboarding, role changes, emergency terminations, and high-risk access revocation  

Participate in on-call support, incident response, root-cause analysis, disaster recovery, and business-continuity activities  

Partner with Security, Infrastructure, Compliance, Audit, and Application teams on IAM requirements and audit readiness  Develop runbooks, SOPs, IAM documentation, training materials, and automation initiatives