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Sr. Manager, Identity Platform Management

Early Warning Services LLC
parental leave, paid time off, 401(k), retirement plan
United States, Illinois, Chicago
8745 West Higgins Road (Show on map)
Feb 06, 2026

At Early Warning, we've powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle, Paze, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

As a Senior Engineering Manager for Identity Platform Management, you will lead the organization's Privileged Access, Secrets, and Cloud Identity capabilities with a focus on non-human identities, privileged access controls, and elimination of static credentials. This role is accountable for designing, implementing, and operating platforms and governance models that secure service accounts, workloads, cloud identities, certificates, and privileged access, while enabling just-in-time (JIT) access, least privilege, and automated lifecycle management at enterprise scale. You will lead a highly technical team responsible for Privileged Access Management (PAM), secrets vaulting and rotation, cloud IAM, and non-human identity governance, ensuring alignment with security strategy, regulatory expectations, and cloud-first architecture.

Essential Functions

  • Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing engineering team responsible for privileged access, secrets management, and cloud identity, fostering a culture of accountability, automation, and continuous improvement.

  • Own and execute the Privileged Access, Secrets, and Cloud Identity strategy, aligned to enterprise security objectives, Zero Trust principles, and cloud adoption roadmaps.

  • Provide technical vision and architectural leadership for:

    • Cloud IAM (roles, policies, cross-account trust)

    • Workload and service identities

    • Privileged access (JIT, session control, monitoring)

    • Secrets vaulting and automated rotation

    • Certificate lifecycle management

  • Maintain hands-on technical involvement where required, including architecture reviews, engineering design decisions, and complex incident support.

  • Define, enforce, and operationalize policies and standards for:

    • Non-human identity lifecycle management

    • Privileged access controls and approvals

    • Secrets handling, rotation, and storage

    • Least-privilege enforcement across cloud platforms

  • Oversee implementation and operation of platforms including:

    • Cloud IAM

    • Key & Secret Vaulting

    • PKI and certificate management solutions

    • Active Directory NHI

    • IGA Platforms

  • Ensure elimination of long-lived access keys, shared credentials, and standing privilege through automation and platform enforcement.

  • Partner closely with Cloud Engineering, Application Security, Infrastructure, and GRC teams to integrate privileged access and identity controls into CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native architectures.

  • Oversee on-call rotations and ensure operational SLAs are met for platforms supporting privileged access and workload identity.

  • Maintain accurate documentation to support audits, risk assessments, and regulatory reviews related to privileged access and non-human identities.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Education or experience equivalent to a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.

  • Minimum 8+ years of progressive experience in IAM, security engineering, or platform security roles, with 5+ years leading or managing engineering teams.

  • Strong technical background in privileged access, cloud IAM, and secrets management, including experience with:

    • Cloud IAM

    • Secrets vaulting platforms

    • PAM technologies

    • Certificate and PKI systems

    • Non-human identity governance

  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and deliver enterprise-scale security platforms.

  • Proven success operating in fast-paced environments with competing priorities and high availability requirements.

  • Strong understanding of regulatory and security frameworks applicable to privileged access and cloud identity (e.g., NIST, FFIEC, PCI DSS).

  • Experience leading enterprise technology initiatives focused on risk reduction and security modernization.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Advanced degrees or certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, AWS Security Specialty

  • Deep experience implementing JIT privileged access, secrets rotation frameworks, and workload identity models in large enterprises.

  • Demonstrated innovation in eliminating static credentials and standing privilege through automation and platform-native controls.

  • Experience with automation and scripting (e.g., PowerShell, Python, infrastructure-as-code).

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

The base pay scale for this position in:
Phoenix, AZ/ Chicago, IL in USD per year is: $160,000 - $200,000.
San Francisco, CA in USD per year is: $192,000 - $240,000.
Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits.

This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate's education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes.

Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness

  • Healthcare Coverage-Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan-Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
  • Paid Time Off -Unlimited Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
  • 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
  • Maven Family Planning - provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

AndSOmuch more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure tocheck our Benefits page here for the latest. Ourteamcan share more during the interview process!

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Early Warning Services, LLC ("Early Warning") considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees.

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