IAM Software Engineer III- Eng

About the role

The Software Engineer III within UKG's Global Security team is responsible for designing, developing, and supporting software solutions that enable secure identity governance, privileged access management, authentication, and authorization across UKG's enterprise and cloud environments. This role involves collaborating with Security Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, and application teams to develop scalable IAM capabilities, automate security controls, and integrate applications with enterprise identity platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain IAM, IGA, and PAM solutions that support secure access management across enterprise and cloud environments
• Develop and enhance integrations between applications, cloud platforms, and identity providers using REST APIs and industry-standard authentication protocols
• Build and maintain services, automation, and tooling utilizing Go, C#, Python, and cloud-native technologies
• Collaborate with application teams to onboard enterprise applications into IAM, IGA, and PAM platforms
• Develop and maintain integrations with Saviynt and other enterprise identity solutions using APIs, workflows, and automation frameworks
• Design and implement secure access patterns across Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), and enterprise infrastructure
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions to support IAM and cloud security services
• Participate in architecture reviews and provide guidance on authentication, authorization, identity governance, and privileged access management best practices
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex identity, authentication, authorization, and integration issues across cloud and enterprise environments
• Contribute to engineering standards, code reviews, technical documentation, and platform reliability initiatives

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, security engineering, identity and access management, or a related technical field
• Experience developing applications or services using one or more programming languages such as Go, C#, or Python
• Experience working with REST APIs, microservices, and system integrations
• Experience implementing or supporting Identity and Access Management (IAM), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), or Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions
• Experience integrating applications using SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), LDAP, and Active Directory
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and/or Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Understanding of secure software development practices and application security principles
• Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, security, and platform teams

Qualifications

• Experience developing integrations with Saviynt or other enterprise identity governance platforms
• Experience building automation for identity lifecycle management, access provisioning, and privileged access workflows
• Experience working with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform
• Experience building cloud-native applications and services
• Experience with event-driven architectures, serverless technologies, or workflow orchestration platforms
• Experience implementing security controls within AWS and GCP environments
• Familiarity with Active Directory, Entra ID, or enterprise directory services
• Experience with PAM technologies and privileged account automation
• Experience optimizing and scaling enterprise identity platforms through automation and software development
• Experience working in Agile software development environments

Skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills

Benefits

UKG offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and more. The company also provides opportunities for professional growth and development, as well as a supportive and inclusive work environment.