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# GCP IAM Lead / Manager

- **Company:** American CyberSystems
- **Location:** Plano, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $166,400.0 - $176,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Design Patterns, Identity and Access Management, Role-Based Access Control, Runbook, Terraform
- **Published:** September 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://public-rest34.bullhornstaffing.com/rest-services/2WXP1S/query/JobBoardPost?where=id=1024833&fields=id,title,publishedCategory(id,name),address(city,state),employmentType,dateLastPublished,publicDescription,isOpen,isPublic,isDeleted

## About the Role

* Deep GCP IAM leadership experience in enterprise environments.
 * Proven experience leading multi-team delivery and governing standards/exceptions.
 * Strong Terraform/IaC governance and security-by-design mindset.
 * Success measures
 * Repeatable IAM onboarding patterns adopted broadly; reduced onboarding cycle time; clean audit outcomes.

## Description

* Own IAM design patterns and delivery for onboarding waves; lead engineers and drive secure-by-default identity at scale.
 * Define IAM reference architectures (RBAC model, service account strategy, privileged access patterns).
 * Establish Terraform standards for IAM (module patterns, safe binding strategies, drift controls).
 * Lead design reviews, approve exceptions, and partner with security/compliance on control requirements.
 * Manage delivery across multiple onboarding efforts (prioritization, timelines, dependency management).
 * Define operational model: runbooks, access recertification inputs, metrics, and incident response playbooks.

The ideal candidate will have - GCP IAM leadership experience, Terraform/IaC governance


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