Identity & Access Management Engineer

BankUnited
United States, Florida, Miami Lakes
Jan 13, 2025
SUMMARY: The Identity & Access Management Engineer is a hands-on role focused on engineering within the Identity & Access Management (IAM) space. The engineer will work directly with the IAM Architect, other IAM internal and vendor engineers, as well as Operational team resources through collaboration to implement and continuously optimize Identity and Access Management services in line with evolving technologies and security regulations. The Identity & Access Management (IAM) Engineer is a technical position which will support the implementation of security strategies as it relates to the Bank's cloud initiatives. The Identity & Access Management Engineer is responsible for understanding business processes and capturing requirements but also engineering, implementing, and maintaining IAM technologies to ensure audit and privacy compliance, driving automation wherever possible. Hands on implementation experience is a requirement of this role as well at deep technical knowledge of IAM tools. The IAM Engineer must have the ability to install and configure requisite IAM toolsets and in so doing will require knowledge across multiple platforms, processes and/or architectures. The IAM Engineer role requires IT consulting skills and the ability to act as a trusted advisor and a trusted technical member of the team. The individual should possess IAM skills across key access management, identity governance, privileged identity management, and cloud identity tools with the ability to quickly learn the key points of other IAM product suites both cloud-based and self-hosted. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties and special projects may be assigned. Working closely with business units to ensure business requirements and use cases are capture and well understood while adhering to access management program guidelines and bank security policies. Participating in the requirement gathering of an IAM technical vision that can be articulated across functional groups, aligned with IAM principles. Designing, implementing, and managing Identity Directory and identity services. Engineering and Implementing technologies to centrally integrate identity systems across the organization. Streamlining and improving users' experiences. Managing access controls and permissions where necessary and implementing automated solutions. Troubleshooting and managing issues related to identities, systems access accounts, authentication, authorization, entitlements, and permissions. Implementing and maintaining technologies to ensure audit and privacy compliance. Strong problem-solving attitude and technical skillset. Adheres to and complies with applicable, federal and state laws, regulations and guidance, including those related to anti-money laundering (i.e. Bank Secrecy Act, US PATRIOT Act, etc.). Adheres to Bank policies and procedures and completes required training. Identifies and reports suspicious activity. EDUCATION Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related fields or comparable experience in, Computer Information Systems, and/or Engineering with the appropriate emphasis in Identity & Access Management required. EXPERIENCE 5 years of experience in Identity and Access Management, and Information Security 3 years of experience in Ping-Forge Rock/Entra/Okta/Auth0 Integrations, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, Kerberos, MFA, PKI, PAM 3 years of Customer IAM integration experience and support 2 years of Cloud IAM experience in AWS/Azure with strong understanding of IaaS, PaaS, IDaaS engineering and components SailPoint IDN implementation experience CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS Certifications relevant to AWS and cloud technologies (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, DevOps Engineer) preferred Security cert: CISSP, Security+, CIAM, etc. preferred IAM Platform specific cert: Entra/Azure, Okta, etc. preferred KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES Sound judgment and ability to effectively balance information risk controls with business productivity and growth. Development skills: SDLC and Pipeline automation (Javascript, Beanshell, NodeJS, XML, Powershell, HTML, JSON, API development/integrations, etc.) Ability to articulate, gather, drive conversations, and document requirements. Strong interpersonal skills.