Cloud Identity and Security Engineer

Dark Wolf is seeking a mid-level Cloud Identity & Security Engineer to manage and automate our access governance across hybrid identity engines and AWS cloud this role you will be responsible for administering end-to-end AAA (Authentication Authorization and Accounting) controls using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). You will configure and maintain group memberships repository permissions secrets management and enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) integrations spanning PingFederate Keycloak GitLab AWS Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA) and AWS IAM Identity Center (IDC).

• Authentication & Identity Engine Management (BYOI):
• Administering identity federation and user authentication workflows across PingFederate and Keycloak.
• Integrating multi-factor authentication (MFA) and Single Sign-On (SSO) protocols (SAML 2.0 OIDC) between enterprise identity providers and cloud services.
• Provisioning and maintaining user accounts group assignments and directory memberships across identity platforms.
• Authorization & Access Control (AWS & GitLab):
• Managing fine-grained permission models roles and group memberships within AWS IAM Identity Center (IDC) and GitLab repositories/groups.
• Implementing and maintain landing zone configuration changes through AWS Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA) to enforce organizational boundary policies and Service Control Policies (SCPs).
• Enforcing Least Privilege access models across AWS CodeCommit development repositories and cloud workloads.
• Secrets Management & Accounting:
• Configuring and maintain key-value secrets database credentials and API keys within AWS Secrets Manager ensuring automated rotation and secure access policies.
• Auditing identity lifecycle workflows repository permissions and access logs to ensure compliance with security baselines.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation:
• Codifying identity resources group definitions access policies and cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
• Automating user onboarding/offboarding pipelines and permission requests across GitLab AWS and PingFederate/Keycloak.

• 2 years of hands-on experience in cloud identity management IAM or cloud infrastructure operations.
• Practical knowledge of federated identity concepts (SAML OIDC) PingFederate Keycloak and AWS IAM Identity Center (IDC).
• Strong proficiency with Terraform for provisioning cloud resources IAM policies and identity group memberships.
• Hands-on experience managing permissions in GitLab (groups/projects) and working with AWS CodeCommit AWS Secrets Manager and AWS Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA).
• Solid understanding of AAA principles RBAC/ABAC models and identity lifecycle management.
• AWS Certified Security Specialty AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Ping Identity / Keycloak certifications.

The estimated salary range for this position is $90000.00 - $150000.00 commensurate on experience and technical skillset.

We are strictly looking for direct full-time W2 employees. We do not engage with third-party staffing agencies C2C or 1099 independent contractors for this role.

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