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# IAM Engineer

- **Company:** RESERVE & COMPANY INC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Cyber Security, Data Security, Multi-Factor Authentication, Human Resources Information System (HRIS), Identity and Access Management, Information Security Management, Python (Programming Language), OAuth, OpenID, Windows PowerShell, Role-Based Access Control, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Okta, Restful APIs
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-iam-engineer-reserv-company-10618815

## About the Role

* 6+ years in a Cybersecurity or relevant role; with minimum 4+ focused squarely on identity and access management.
 * IGA platform experience with Okta (required).
 * Rippling or a comparable modern HRIS used as an identity source of truth.
 * Security+, Okta Certified Administrator / Consultant, or relevant.
 * Identity threat detection, Identity Security Posture Management, or insider threat program experience.
 * Scaling IAM through high growth or surge onboarding.
 * Deep hands-on Okta: SSO, SCIM, Lifecycle Management, workflows, and policy design.
 * Enhanced understanding of SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, MFA and conditional access.
 * Documented privileged access experience: vaulting, just-in-time elevation, credential rotation.
 * Cloud IAM in AWS: roles, policies, federation, permission boundaries.
 * RBAC and ABAC design, entitlement modeling, and SoD enforcement.
 * Scripting and automation in Python or PowerShell against REST APIs.
 * Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, or related field.
 * Manage confidential work such as investigations and separations with discretion.
 * Strong written and verbal communication.
 * Experience working in a cloud-first or startup environment.

## Description

* Administer the identity lifecycle end to end. Automated joiner, mover and leaver for employees, contractors and independent adjusters, driven by HRIS.
 * Manage access certifications. Real reviewers, real remediation, real evidence. Assuring least privilege.
 * Assure standing admin access. Just-in-time elevation across Okta, AWS, and our claims and payment platforms.
 * Anomaly identification. Build and tune detection for access anomalies, dormant account reactivation, and privilege escalation.
 * Incidents and Insider Threat Investigations. Reconstruct the access timeline, scope the exposure, preserve the evidence, and contain it fast.
 * Automation. Python, PowerShell, Okta Workflows and APIs, facilitating audit preparation.
 * Auditing. SOC 2, carrier client assessments, HIPAA, GDPR, and state insurance data security requirements, plus logical access controls over the systems that matter to the books.
 * Standardization. Mentor and coach business reviewers so access hygiene scales past you.