Technical Lead, Identity & Access Management

About Applied Intuition

We are an in-office company and our expectation is that employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments.

About the role

We are seeking a hands-on Technical Lead to own identity end-to-end from foundational IDP architecture through to privileged access secrets management and access governance for AI agents. This is a senior individual contributor role with broad technical scope and direct influence on identity engineering security and compliance outcomes. You will set direction drive implementation and operate as the primary identity expert across the organization.

At Applied Intuition you will:

• Define the long-term IAM strategy roadmap and operating model across the enterprise and product ecosystem.
• Assess and mature the current-state Identity Provider (IDP) architecture identifying gaps and driving the path to a resilient scalable design.
• Drive all identity systems toward Zero Trust principles - secure scalable and frictionless by default.
• Automate the full identity lifecycle beyond traditional IGA joiner-mover-leaver (JML) processes.
• Implement and enforce RBAC for human and non-human identities at scale.
• Define and operationalize least-privilege policies across all systems and environments.
• Centralize secrets management - keys tokens certificates - across cloud and enterprise environments.
• Design and deliver Privileged Access Management (PAM) for admin accounts spanning enterprise IT and cloud engineering.
• Implement a scalable access management model for AI agents and bots.
• Collaborate with IT Apps and infrastructure teams to enforce and enable SSO across the enterprise.
• Own the implementation and governance of authentication protocols (SAML OIDC OAuth 2.0) and modern identity standards.
• Partner with engineering security IT compliance and product teams to deliver access management capabilities that enable the business and satisfy audit requirements.
• Translate complex identity requirements into clear executable technical plans and communicate tradeoffs to senior stakeholders.

Were looking for someone who has:

• 8 - 12 years in identity engineering security engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Hands-on architecture or engineering experience in cloud environments (AWS GCP or Azure).
• Demonstrated track record of leading complex cross-functional IAM programs from design through production.
• Deep expertise in modern IAM technologies: directories (LDAP/AD) IDPs federation and authentication protocols (SAML OIDC OAuth 2.0).
• Practical experience implementing Zero Trust identity models and PAM frameworks.
• Strong understanding of identity governance IGA tooling and role lifecycle management.
• Hands-on experience with secrets management platforms (e.g. HashiCorp Vault AWS Secrets Manager GCP Secret Manager).
• Experience with non-human identity and machine identity management in large-scale environments.
• Experience building access controls for AI workloads agents or service accounts at scale.
• Familiarity with SCIM provisioning and automated IGA workflows.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills - you can make identity concepts accessible to non-technical audiences and drive alignment without authority.

Nice to have:

• Security certifications such as CISSP GIAC or similar.
• Solid grasp of compliance frameworks relevant to identity (SOC 2 ISO 27001 NIST or similar) and experience supporting audit processes.

Compensation at Applied Intuition for eligible roles includes base salary equity and benefits. Base salary is a single component of the total compensation package which may also include equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units comprehensive health dental vision life and disability insurance coverage 401k retirement benefits with employer match learning and wellness stipends and paid time off. Note that benefits are subject to change and may vary based on jurisdiction of employment.

Applied Intuition pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum intended target base salary for new hire salaries for the position. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience credentials & certifications educational attainment skill level requirements interview performance and the level and scope of the position.

Please reference the job postings subtitle for where this position will be located. For pay transparency purposes the base salary range for this full-time position in the location listed is: $180000 - $230000 USD annually.

Dont meet every single requirement If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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