Cloud IAM Engineer

• 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

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 Google Cloud Platform.
• 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