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# IAM Engineer

- **Company:** Payward, Inc.
- **Location:** Canada, KY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $96,000.0 - $192,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Identity and Access Management, PCI Data Security Standards, Role-Based Access Control, Zero Trust Network Access, Data Processing, Scripting, Okta, SailPoint, Terraform
- **Published:** August 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.workingnomads.com/job/go/1792694/

## About the Role

* 2+ years of experience using Terraform to manage IAM infrastructure at scale
 * 2+ years of experience managing an Okta tenant with 1,000+ users, including best practices for SSO, MFA, and policy control
 * 2+ years of experience writing scripts for common operational tasks such as generating reports or manipulating data from APIs
 * 2+ years working with IGA platforms such as SailPoint, ConductorOne, Lumos, etc.
 * Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills; intellectually curious and detail-oriented
 * Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment, adapt to shifting priorities, and absorb new concepts quickly
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially when interfacing with stakeholders from technical and non-technical backgrounds, * Experience supporting mergers & acquisitions (M&A) from an IAM perspective - integrating identity, access, and joiner/mover/leaver processes for acquired companies and their existing tooling
 * Experience with the full IAM project lifecycle: requirements, design, testing, and change management
 * Familiarity with compliance frameworks (e.g. SOX, PCI, ISO) and supporting access certification efforts
 * Experience designing and implementing ABAC or RBAC models
 * Understanding of Zero Trust security architecture

## Description

* Own, implement, and continuously improve IAM tooling like Okta and ConductorOne across the enterprise
 * Drive adoption of scalable access controls including RBAC, ABAC, and JIT models
 * Partner with compliance and audit teams to ensure access aligns with frameworks like SOX, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27001
 * Collaborate on large, cross-functional projects across security, engineering and IT
 * Mentor junior engineers and promote IAM best practices across the organization
 * Support access integration for mergers & acquisitions - onboarding acquired companies and their identity systems into our access ecosystem


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