Senior Security Engineer, IAM

About the role

Handshake is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to own the architecture, design, and implementation of our enterprise identity automation and governance ecosystem. You will define the long-term IAM automation strategy, build resilient and scalable lifecycle workflows, and enable secure-by-default identity operations across SaaS, cloud, and internal platforms. You will partner closely with Security, IT Engineering, People Operations, and Product/Platform Engineering to deliver highly automated, auditable, and reliable identity solutions.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and own automated onboarding, offboarding, and access-change workflows across Okta, Workday, SCIM, and event-driven systems.
• Engineer integration layers between identity platforms and internal applications using Python, REST APIs, Webhooks, and Terraform.
• Implement error-handling, reconciliation logic, telemetry, and monitoring to ensure reliability and determinism in identity lifecycle events.
• Modernize existing provisioning logic and replace manual processes with scalable automation frameworks.
• Develop tooling and pipelines enabling version-controlled, testable, observable IAM automation.
• Engineer and optimize authentication & authorization protocols (OIDC, OAuth2, SAML, JWT), fine-grained access policies, and scalable RBAC/ABAC models.
• Build custom automation using Okta Workflows or API-driven orchestration.
• Design SOC2-compliant access controls, approvals, attestations, and auditability mechanisms.
• Develop automated access certification systems with full data lineage.
• Conduct identity-related incident forensics and implement preventative automation.
• Provide cross-functional leadership, setting standards, best practices, and reference architectures for identity automation.
• Serve as service owner for IAM automation platforms with accountability for uptime, consistency, and continuous improvement.

Desired Capabilities

• 4–7+ years of hands-on IAM engineering, identity automation, or identity governance experience.
• Strong scripting/automation skills in Python, Node.js, and REST-based integrations.
• Experience with IAM platforms such as Okta, Google Workspace/GCP, Azure AD, or similar.
• Deep understanding of identity protocols, token flows, SCIM, and distributed lifecycle orchestration.
• Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code frameworks.
• Ability to diagnose complex identity issues across SaaS, cloud, and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices, observability, and secure engineering principles.
• Demonstrated ownership mindset across architecture, implementation, monitoring, and iterative improvement.

Extra Credit

• Advanced experience with GCP IAM, Google Workspace IAM, AWS IAM, cross-account access patterns, and policy automation.
• Experience with Okta Workflows, SailPoint/IGA, or Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions.
• Experience designing scalable authorization models for high-growth or distributed organizations.
• Certifications such as Okta Architect, Azure Identity Engineer, CISSP.
• Prior experience in SaaS, high-growth, or distributed engineering environments.

Compensation Range

$176K - $220K