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Lead IAM Engineer

Tential Solutions
Rockville, MD Contractor
POSTED ON 8/5/2025 CLOSED ON 9/12/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead IAM Engineer position at Tential Solutions?

The IAM Lead Engineer works closely with the access management and security engineering to manage a process of enterprise-wide identities and access controls granted to systems and applications. The engineer uses IAM tools and platforms to support and manage provisioning, de-provisioning, ensuring they are clearly tracked, reported, and reviewed according to established policies. Also, the engineer builds custom solutions using AWS services for access automation and compliance purposes. IAM Lead Engineer in this role will report and work closely with the Director and their teammates.

Education Requirements –

– Bachelor's, or master’s degree in computer science or related field.

Experience Requirements –

– 5 years of cybersecurity or information technology practitioner experience.

– 3 years of building IAM solutions and automations.

Skills / Experience

– Preferably 5 years experience in the information security field, with 3 years’ technical hands-on IAM practitioner experience.

– Familiarity with administering directory services, Windows and Azure AD, SSO, MFA and role-based access control (RBAC).

– At least 3 years of experience in managing projects using Agile/Scrum.

– Experience administering IAM systems, access controls, security and risk management, and security governance fundamentals.

– Experience with tools such as Git/BitBucket and Jenkins.

– Strong experience in at least one of the IGA Solutions – SailPoint IdentityIQ or similar tools.

– Preferably 3 years of experience with scripting one or more of the languages such as Python, PowerShell, and JavaScript.

– Hands on experience with various IAM roles, managed / inline policies within AWS.

– Strong knowledge of access controls in a cloud environment, preferably in AWS. Azure experience will be an added advantage.

– Organized, with the ability to prioritize and complete tasks within defined SLAs.

– Record of accomplishment of acting with integrity, taking pride in work, seeking to excel, being curious and adaptable, and communicating effectively.

– Team leadership experience to help with the organizational and team dynamics in a growing field.

Essential Job Duties

Lead IAM initiatives from inception through delivery.

Build custom access automation solutions to manage access to cloud resources by leveraging various cloud services offered by AWS and Azure.

Work in a distributed security and technology team responsible for establishing and maintaining identities and entitlements within IAM solutions.

Implement identity controls and settings that align with policies and governance structure.

Ability to understand lambda functions written in python, learn business logic and make changes as needed.

Work closely with security leadership, teammates, and stakeholders to evaluate and implement access models that align with organizational risk posture.

Assess and resolve IAM issues that occur across the employee base and with external entities.

Understanding of securing access to both on-prem and cloud infrastructure.

Document access, policies, and exceptions, and maintain integrity for audit reviews.

Work closely with internal Identity and Access Management team on periodical access reviews.

Make recommendations for improvements in automation efficiencies, security practices and end-user experience.

Collect key performance indicators and related operational metrics and track SLAs used to validate success and future improvement areas.

Execute tactical requests and support the strategic vision for rigorous and scalable IAM controls.

Understanding of IAM governance, policies, and solutions across SSO, directory, certificate, MFA, privileged accounts, automation, and behavior analytics systems.

Implement IAM projects from inception to completion on time and within budget

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