Senior Identity Engineer

About Crunchyroll

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About the role

We are looking for a Senior Identity Engineer to drive the strategy, design, implementation, and operation of secure identity and access management (IAM) solutions for our global, hybrid workforce. In this role, you will help build and operate the identity services that protect our workforce, business partners, applications, and data.


This is a hands-on engineering role ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex access challenges while improving security, usability, and operational efficiency. This role will work closely with Security, IT, Engineering, Compliance, People Operations, and business stakeholders to ensure users have the right access at the right time while reducing identity-related risks.

• Design, implement, and maintain identity and access management systems such as Okta, Google Workspace, Active Directory, and Microsoft Entra ID
• Support identity lifecycle processes such as joiner, mover, and leaver workflows
• Manage and integrate SSO, MFA, federation and conditional access controls
• Build and maintain integrations between identity systems, HR systems, SaaS applications, and internal applications
• Support access provisioning, deprovisioning, role-based access control, attribute-based access control, and least privilege access models
• Partner with business stakeholders to onboard applications into SSO and identity governance platforms
• Troubleshoot authentication, authorization, federation, and other directory related issues
• Develop automation script and workflows to improve identity operations
• Support audits, access reviews, compliance reporting, and evidence collection
• Monitor identity systems for availability, performance, and security events
• Stay current on identity security trends, emerging threats, and best practices

About You

• 8+ years of experience in Information Security or Information Technology
• Hands-on experience with one or more identity platforms such as Okta, Google Workspace, or Microsoft Entra ID
• Proven experience with privileged access management solutions
• Strong understanding of authentication and authorization concepts such as SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and SCIM
• Experience with implementing MFA, SSO, conditional access, and lifecycle management
• Experience with setup and management of access certification campaigns and role mining
• Understanding of security principles such as least privilege, zero trust, separation of duties, and defense in depth
• Experience with programming or scripting languages such as Python or Bash
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tooling such as Terraform or Pulumi
• Experience with responding to security events
• Experience with translating complex employee lifecycle events from HR Systems to Identity Platforms
• Ability to communicate complex issues to a wide audience, from technical staff to management
• Demonstrated experience maintaining effective working relationships across all levels of an organization and with a variety of external constituents
• Pluses
• Certification(s) in setup and administration of identity platforms
• Experience supporting compliance frameworks such as SOX, PCI, SOC2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or other compliance frameworks
• Knowledge of data privacy laws and regulations, including GDPR, CCPA
• Experience with cloud environments such as AWS or GCP
• BS in Computer Science or a related or have equivalent experience

Why you will love working at Crunchyroll

In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:

• Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.
• Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.
• Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
• Health Saving Account HSA program
• Health care and dependent care FSA
• 401(k) plan, with employer match
• Employer paid commuter benefit
• Support program for new parents
• Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!

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About our Values

We want to be everything for someone rather than something for everyone and we do this by living and modeling our values in all that we do. We value

• Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.
• Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.
• Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.
• Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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