IAM Engineer

About the role

The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team at Kraken is seeking a seasoned professional to own, implement, and continuously improve IAM tooling like Okta and ConductorOne across the enterprise. This role will drive adoption of scalable access controls including RBAC, ABAC, and JIT models, collaborate on large, cross-functional projects, and mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 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

Qualifications

• 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

Skills

• Experience with Terraform
• Okta tenant management
• Scripting for operational tasks
• Experience with IGA platforms
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience with M&A in IAM
• Experience with compliance frameworks
• Experience with ABAC or RBAC models
• Understanding of Zero Trust security architecture

Benefits

Competitive compensation range: $96K - $192K

Pay

$96K - $192K

Schedule

N/A