Cloud IAM Engineer @Irving, TX/Jersey City, NJ/Tampa, FL || Full Time

Job Title: Cloud IAM Engineer



Location: Irving, TX/Jersey City, NJ/Tampa, FL

Full Time

Job Description

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with cross-functional cloud teams including security, infrastructure, service engineering and business application teams to define and implement IAM roles and policies required to build, support and consume services in public cloud.

Define and develop security controls and tools to ensure IAM implementation in public cloud environments are compliant with cloud security standards and policies.

Build automation and libraries to enable developers to create IAM identities and permissions through self-service. Deliver IAM solutions through CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and validation.

Build and enhance Python-based frameworks used for:

o Security control orchestration

o Detection and response workflows

Develop integrations with:

o Cloud services (APIs, services, identity layers)

o Security tooling and platforms

Contribute to:

o Preventative controls (policy enforcement, OPA/Rego)

o Detective controls (event-driven detection logic)

Write and maintain:

o Automated unit tests

o Integration and behavioral tests

Support CI/CD integration and continuous validation of controls

Collaborate with:

o Security Controls Engineers

o Threat Modelers

o Cloud Architects

Qualifications:

This is not a traditional security or IAM role. It is a development-heavy engineering role requiring strong coding expertise. Candidates must have proven Python development experience.

Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience working with cloud-native services in AWS or GCP.

Advanced proficiency in Python (non-negotiable)

Experience with:

o API development and integrations

o Writing scalable, production-grade code

Automated testing framework

Experience in the design and implementation of enterprise security solutions in Financial Services or a large complex and/or global environment

Highly motivated self-starter with excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative.

Relevant certifications such as CISSP, AWS Certified Security Specialty, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer are desirable

MUST pass a Karat Assessment Python focused

Critical Competencies:

Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools: Terraform and CloudFormation

Proficiency in Python, Go or Java

Proficiency in unit testing frameworks such as Behave, pytest or Junit

Proficiency in developing and securing SOAP and REST based web service APIs

Experience in DevOps and agile methodologies and automated solution delivery and testing through CI/CD pipelines