IAM Engineer
Remote: Anywhere, USA
6 Months Contract to Hire
Payrate: $80.00 - $90.00 per hour
Our client, a well-established enterprise organization, is seeking an experienced Identity & Access Management (IAM) Engineer to support and enhance their identity security program across cloud and on-prem environments. This role will partner closely with internal security and infrastructure teams to implement scalable, compliant, and secure IAM solutions supporting both workforce and external identities.
The ideal candidate has hands-on experience across identity governance, privileged access, cloud identity platforms, and authentication technologies, and is comfortable operating in a hybrid enterprise environment.
This role will focus on the design, implementation, and operational support of identity and access management services, ensuring secure access provisioning, strong authentication controls, and audit-ready identity processes. The IAM Engineer will contribute to ongoing modernization initiatives and play a key role in improving identity lifecycle management and privileged access controls.
Support and enhance Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solutions, including access provisioning and lifecycle workflows
Contribute to the design, implementation, and operation of Privileged Access Management (PAM) platforms
Support cloud identity services, including Azure Entra ID, with exposure to B2B and B2C identity models
Assist with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) rollout and enforcement, as well as passwordless authentication initiatives
Participate in Active Directory cleanup, optimization, and modernization efforts
Support certificate lifecycle management and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) components
Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure secure access controls
Support compliance and audit readiness through documentation, controls, and evidence collection
Provide operational support and continuous improvement for IAM tools and workflows
3–5+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management or related security engineering roles
Hands-on experience with IAM technologies such as SailPoint, Azure Entra ID, Active Directory, and PAM tools
Strong understanding of identity lifecycle management, RBAC, authentication protocols, and access controls
Experience working in hybrid cloud and on-prem enterprise environments
Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills
Experience with passwordless authentication technologies (FIDO2, TPM, biometrics, etc.)
Familiarity with machine identity management and identity automation
Knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST or CIS
Security certifications (CISSP, CISM, or similar)
Cloud identity onboarding and integration (B2B / B2C)
MFA policy deployment and enforcement
Active Directory cleanup and rationalization
PAM operational support and enhancements
Role-based access control (RBAC) implementation
Privileged Identity Management (PIM) enablement
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