Engineer, Machine Identity & Agentic AI Governance

Linq Global Group, LLC
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Remote

Tech stack

API
Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Authentication Protocols
Azure
Software as a Service
Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing Security
Computer Security
Data Stores
Identity and Access Management
Key Management
OAuth
OpenID
Runbook
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
Google Cloud Platform
Enterprise Software Applications
Virtual Agents

Job description

  • Rapid adoption of AI agents is creating a surge in machine identities across systems (APIs, cloud, SaaS, data stores).

  • These identities require provisioning, monitoring, and governance outside traditional human identity models.

  • Hiring a Senior Engineer to own non-human identity (NHI) governance end-to-end.

  • High-visibility, newly created role spanning:

  • Identity

  • Cloud

  • Enterprise Applications

  • Cybersecurity

Responsibilities include:

  • Leading rollout and operations of NHI governance platform
  • Building workflows to enable safe AI adoption
  • Establishing operational foundations for AI governance

Focus is on engineering and operations-not policy writing.

Direct impact on securing AI-enabled systems at scale.

What You'll Do

  • Lead end-to-end deployment of NHI governance platform.

  • Integrate with:

  • Cloud platforms

  • Identity providers

  • SaaS tools

  • Internal systems

Partner with Identity Management to:

  • Define NHI discovery and classification
  • Assign ownership
  • Manage lifecycle processes

Build dashboards, alerts, and reporting for real-time visibility.

Machine Identity Governance

  • Establish workflows for:

  • Intake

  • Assessment

  • Approval of machine identities and credentials

Support lifecycle management:

  • Provisioning
  • Credential rotation
  • Access reviews
  • Decommissioning

Manage:

  • Secrets
  • Service accounts
  • API keys
  • OAuth tokens

Identify and remediate orphaned or ungoverned credentials.

Cross-Functional Partnership

  • Act as a bridge between:

  • Identity Management

  • Cloud Operations

  • Enterprise Applications

  • Cybersecurity

Translate security policies into automated controls.

Enable governed adoption of AI (without slowing teams down).

Represent organization in AI governance discussions.

Program Development

  • Create and maintain:

  • Runbooks

  • Standards

  • Documentation

Track metrics for:

  • Risk reduction
  • Operational maturity

Stay updated on:

  • NHI risks
  • AI security trends

Requirements

  • Infrastructure, identity, or security engineering

Experience with:

  • Secrets management tools (e.g., Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault)
  • NHI or identity tooling

Strong cloud knowledge:

  • AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform

Familiarity with authentication protocols:

  • OAuth, OIDC, SAML, API keys

Experience operationalizing enterprise security/identity platforms

Strong cross-functional collaboration skills

Clear and structured communication (written and verbal)

Nice to Have

  • Experience with NHI/security platforms:

  • Entro Security, Astrix, Elimity, etc.

Exposure to:

  • Agentic AI frameworks
  • AI authentication models

Certifications:

  • CISSP, CCSP, or cloud security certs

Industry experience:

  • Media, publishing, or data-sensitive sectors

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