Security Engineer, IAM

Software runs the world and the pace is faster than ever. Sentry helps developers fix errors and performance issues before users notice so teams can spend less time firefighting and more time building.

Trusted by 200000 organizations Sentry is todays application monitoring standard and our team is building its AI-native future.

The Security Team is responsible for securing all things Sentry: our customers our code and everything in between. We are a small but growing team with broad scope high trust and the autonomy to tackle hard security problems with creativity and an engineering mindset. We work at a company with a strong developer culture building a product that millions of developers genuinely love and rely on. That context shapes everything about how we operate.

As a Security Engineer focused on Identity Access and Management (IAM) youll work across domains to maintain and improve Sentrys identity and access management practices. Youll own and shape access control practices that keep Sentry productive and secure as we grow. Youll partner closely with Infrastructure IT and Platform teams to offer employees efficient secure self-service workflows to enable productivity. You will work as a technical collaborator who makes the secure path the obvious one.

• Own and mature identity and access management infrastructure and tooling like SSO MFA directory services across corporate development and production cloud environments.

• Continuously improve Sentrys identity and access control practices with automation and self-service support for onboarding/offboarding joiners/movers/leavers access reviews privileged access management SaaS lifecycle management and security incident response workflows.

• Champion and implement secure-by-design access principles like attribute and context aware grants comprehensive logging just-in-time (JIT) provisioning least privilege policy-as-code automation principles and zero-trust.

• Secure our human and non-human identities: user accounts service accounts API keys OAuth clients agentic and workload identities.

• Enjoy operating cross-functionally building relationships influencing with technical expertise and shaping how builders get access to get things done across a fast-moving engineering organization.

• Get excited when something new lands on your desk be it a new feature spec an authentication bypass a novel agentic architecture an unfamiliar cloud primitive or a bug class you havent seen before.

• Love working in a developer-forward culture where your colleagues are builders who care deeply about code quality and customer satisfaction.

• Reach for automation first youd rather build a scalable systematic solution to a security problem than solve it manually a hundred times.

• Thrive with real ownership you prefer to build and drive work end-to-end youre energized by the autonomy that comes with being on a small high-trust team.

• 3 years of industry experience designing building securing workforce identity and access control systems for corporate development and large-scale distributed cloud systems

• Degree in Computer Science or a related field equivalent training or professional experience

• Proficiency in Python and other scripting languages Terraform and infrastructure-as-code tools and building integrations via APIs SCIM and webhooks

• Experience with a breadth of identity platforms IDP IGA PAM CloudIAM etc.

• Familiarity with cloud (AWS GCP Azure) containerization and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes) and securing CI/CD and source controls tools (Github Gitlab)

• A collaborative approach to problem solving paired with strong written and verbal communication

Not sure if you meet 100% of the qualifications We encourage you to apply anyway. Were interested in people are excited about this opportunity and eager to grow.

The base salary range (or hourly wage range if applicable) that Sentry reasonably expects to pay for this position is $162000 to $420000 CAD. A successful candidates actual base salary (or hourly wage) amount will be determined by a variety of relevant factors including without limitation the candidates work location education work and other relevant experience skills and job-related knowledge. A successful candidate will be eligible to participate in Sentrys employee benefit plans/programs applicable to the candidates position (including incentive compensation equity grants paid time off and group health insurance coverage). See Sentry Benefits for more details about the Companys benefit plans/programs.

Sentry is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to its employees and candidates for employment regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity veteran status or other legally-protected characteristic. This commitment includes the provision of reasonable accommodations to employees and candidates for employment with physical or mental disabilities who require such accommodations in order to (a) perform the essential functions of their jobs or (b) seek employment with Sentry. We strive to build a diverse team with an inclusive culture where every teammate can thrive. Sentry is an open-source company because we believe that everyone everywhere should have the ability and tools to make great software. Software should be accessible. That starts with making our industry accessible.

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