About the role

  • Senior IAM Engineer at Northwestern Mutual responsible for engineering and supporting enterprise identity solutions. Collaborating with teams to design and modernize identity ecosystem.

Responsibilities

  • Engineer and support enterprise identity solutions across Entra ID, Active Directory, SSO, and federated identity platforms (OAuth/OIDC, SAML, WS‑Fed).
  • Design and maintain policies for MFA, Conditional Access, workload identities, and modern authentication protocols.
  • Develop automated IAM workflows using PowerShell, Python, Terraform, GitLab/GitHub CI/CD, and other IaC frameworks.
  • Create predictable and repeatable deployment patterns for identity services through CI/CD pipelines.
  • Identify opportunities for automation and help evolve an “automate first” engineering culture.
  • Use tools such as Splunk, Crowdstrike Identity Protection, Bloodhound and other monitoring platforms to analyze identity logs, detect anomalies, and drive resolution.
  • Work with product and engineering leaders to assess and pilot AI-driven identity technologies.
  • Lead complex problem resolution and support escalations requiring deep IAM expertise.
  • Document architecture, decisions, playbooks, and engineering patterns.
  • Collaborate in agile teams and mentor engineers on identity engineering best practices.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of professional engineering experience in IAM or directory services.
  • Strong experience with Active Directory, Entra ID, SSO/IdP integrations, identity lifecycle automation, and Conditional Access.
  • Hands-on experience with scripting/automation (PowerShell and/or Python).
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps).
  • Knowledge of cloud identity patterns across Azure, AWS, and SaaS providers.
  • Strong problem‑solving ability and communication skills.
  • Strong documentation, testing and automation skills.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development opportunities

Job title

Senior IAM Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$104,090 - $193,310 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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