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Principal Cybersecurity Engineer – Identity & Access Management

Security EngineerSecurity EngineerFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 1,001-5,000Since 1981H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

India

Posted

1 day ago

Salary

0

Seniority

Lead

Bachelor Degree6 yrs expEnglishCyber Security

Job Description

Principal Cybersecurity Engineer – Identity & Access Management

Progress

• Own the enterprise IAM governance and architecture strategy • Define multi-year IAM roadmap aligned to Zero Trust and business priorities • Influence funding, prioritization, and sequencing of IAM initiatives • Represent identity risk and posture to senior leadership and governance forums • Establish enterprise identity reference architectures and guardrails • Act as final design authority for identity integrations and access models • Define authentication, authorization, and privilege models across platforms • Ensure consistency across workforce, application, and privileged identities • Guide adoption of password-less, JIT access, and adaptive authentication • Define enterprise IAM policies, standards, and control frameworks • Oversee access governance methodologies (reviews, certifications, exceptions) • Establish IAM risk metrics and maturity assessments • Drive remediation of systemic identity risks • Provide executive-level support for audits and regulatory inquiries • Partner with IT, HR, Legal, Compliance, and Engineering teams • Influence identity operating models without direct operational ownership • Lead working groups and design councils related to identity • Evaluate IAM, IGA, and PAM technologies from a strategic perspective • Define success criteria for IAM tooling and integrations • Stay current with identity threat trends and evolving best practices

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Information Security/Assurance, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • 6-8 years of experience in cybersecurity, identity security, or security engineering
  • Deep expertise in IAM governance, architecture, and risk management
  • Proven experience leading enterprise-scale IAM initiatives
  • Strong understanding of zero trust identity architectures, RBAC / ABAC and role governance, privileged access governance and admin models, and Identity lifecycle / access assurance
  • Experience influencing architecture and security outcomes across large organizations
  • Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Identity platform experience across multiple vendors (Entra ID, Okta, SailPoint, CyberArk, etc.)
  • Experience in regulated or complex enterprise environments
  • Certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, SABSA, or identity-focused credentials.

Benefits

  • Competitive remuneration package
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan Enrolment
  • 30 days of earned leave
  • An extra day off for your birthday
  • Various other leaves like marriage leave, casual leave, maternity, and paternity leave
  • Premium Group Medical Insurance for employees and five dependents
  • Personal accident insurance coverage
  • Life insurance coverage
  • Professional development reimbursement
  • Interest subsidy on loans - either vehicle or personal loans
  • Health club reimbursement

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