Staff IAM Engineer

About SimpliSafe

Were a high-tech home security company passionate about protecting the life youve built and our mission to keep Every Home Secure. And weve created a culture here that cares just as deeply about the career youre building. Ours is a no-ego culture of collaboration and innovation where those seeking their next challenge can find big opportunities and make a huge impact on the lives of all those whom we protect. We dont just want you to work here. We want you to grow and thrive here.

Why are we hiring

We are a rapidly growing and successful company seeking smart talented and humble individuals who share our values. Join us in our mission to disrupt the home security space and relentlessly pursue our goal to keep Every Home Secure.

What Youll Do

At SimpliSafe corporate IT is part of the Information Security and Technology (IS&T) team led by our Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). IT does more than fix laptopswe empower every team member to do their best work and make sure SimpliSafers feel supported connected and confident in their technology.

Were looking for a Staff IAM Engineer to join our IT team in Boston Massachusetts. In this role youll report to our Manager IS&T and:

• Own and evolve SimpliSafes Okta environment and identity strategy serving as the go-to expert on all things IAM.
• Partner with Security Engineering and HR to build scalable access governance and lifecycle automation.
• Define IAM standards and architecture that grow with the company and keep us secure and compliant.

Were a hybrid team youll come into our Boston office two days a week with flexibility to work the rest of the time remotely.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Defining and driving SimpliSafes IAM strategy across the enterprise including identity governance access management and zero trust principles.
• Serving as the internal subject matter expert on all things identity Okta SSO MFA lifecycle management and directory services.
• Developing a roadmap for IAM maturity identifying gaps prioritizing investments and aligning with security and compliance objectives.
• Owning the design configuration and optimization of our Okta environment including SSO integrations MFA policies adaptive authentication and lifecycle automation.
• Building and maintaining Okta Workflows to automate provisioning deprovisioning and access reviews across SaaS cloud and on-prem systems.
• Designing and enforcing RBAC and least-privilege principles across our application and infrastructure landscape.
• Leading access certification and review programs working with IT Security and HR to ensure accurate and timely access decisions.
• Owning integrations between identity systems and HR platforms to support joiner/mover/leaver processes.
• Supporting audit and compliance activities (e.g. SOC 2 ISO 27001) by maintaining robust IAM controls and evidence.
• Mentoring junior IT and security team members on identity best practices.

What Youll Bring

• 8 years of experience in identity and access management with deep hands-on expertise in Okta (Okta Certified Professional or Administrator certification strongly preferred).
• Proven experience architecting and managing enterprise IAM programs not just operating tooling.
• Strong technical skills across SSO (SAML OIDC/OAuth) MFA directory services (Active Directory LDAP) and SCIM-based provisioning.
• Experience with lifecycle management automation including HR-to-IT integrations and joiner/mover/leaver workflows.
• Familiarity with PAM solutions (e.g. CyberArk BeyondTrust or similar) and privileged access controls.
• Experience supporting security frameworks and audits (SOC 2 ISO 27001 or similar).
• Ability to translate business and security requirements into practical IAM architecture and policy.
• Strong communication skills able to explain identity concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Okta Privileged Access or Okta Identity Governance (OIG).
• Familiarity with IGA platforms such as SailPoint or Saviynt.
• Experience with AWS IAM and cloud identity patterns (federated roles workload identity).
• Exposure to zero-trust network access (ZTNA) architectures and their relationship to identity.
• Scripting or automation experience (Python PowerShell or similar) for identity lifecycle tasks.
• Background in fast-growing technology or consumer hardware companies.

What Values Youll Share

• Customer Obsessed - Building deep empathy for our customers putting them at the core of our work and developing strong long-term relationships with them.
• Aim High - Always challenging ourselves and others to raise the bar.
• No Ego - Maintaining a no job too small attitude and an open inclusive and humble style.
• One Team - Taking a highly collaborative approach to achieving success.
• Lift As We Climb - Investing in developing others and helping others around us succeed.
• Lean & Nimble - Working with agility and efficiency to experiment in an often ambiguous environment.

What We Offer

• A mission- and values-driven culture and a safe inclusive environment where you can build grow and thrive
• A comprehensive total rewards package that supports your wellness and provides security for SimpliSafers and their families (For more information on our total rewards please click here)
• Free SimpliSafe system and professional monitoring for your home.
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together give opportunities to network mentor and develop and advocate for change.

The target annual base pay range for this role is $135900 to $199300.

This target annual base pay range represents our good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this role. We use a market-based compensation approach to set our target annual base pay ranges and make adjustments annually. We carefully tailor individual compensation packages including base pay taking into consideration employees job-related skills experience qualifications work location and other relevant business factors.

Beyond base pay we offer a Total Rewards package that may include participation in our annual bonus program equity and other forms of compensation in addition to a full range of medical retirement and lifestyle benefits. More details can be found here.

Were committed to fair and equitable pay practices as well as pay transparency. We regularly review our programs to ensure they remain competitive and aligned with our values.

We wholeheartedly embrace and actively seek applications from all individuals no matter how they identify. We are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace and we believe our work is enriched when we incorporate a multitude of perspectives backgrounds and experiences. We want everyone who works here to thrive and contribute to not only our mission of keeping every home secure but also to making our workplace safe and supportive for others. If a reasonable accommodation may be needed to fully participate in the job application or interview process to perform the essential functions of a position or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact .