IAM Security Engineer
Join Cloudflare as an IAM Security Engineer to design and implement secure identity management solutions for our internal workforce.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Design, build, test, and deploy IAM solutions
- Leverage Cloudflare products to secure identities
- Build SSO integrations
- Build and manage the Identity Governance and Administration platform
- Provide operational support of IAM systems
Must have
- Strong understanding of identity federation
- Experience implementing Identity Governance and Administration solutions
- Demonstrated ability to build production-grade automation scripts
- Experience with secure configuration of containerized application platforms
- Advanced scripting experience
Nice to have
- Experience implementing Zero Trust controls
- Experience integrating with applications and SaaS solutions
- Experience working with Identity Threat Detection & Response
- Experience working with infrastructure as code and configuration management tools
Practical constraints
- On-call rotation that may include after hours calls
AI in the day-to-day
Must possess hands-on engineering experience leveraging AI/LLMs to solve operational or technical challenges.
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, seniority, years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
The IAM Security Engineer at Cloudflare is tasked with designing and implementing identity and access management solutions to secure user access and protect sensitive data. Key skills include a strong understanding of identity federation protocols and experience with automation scripting, as well as familiarity with Zero Trust principles. This role is suited for individuals with a solid background in security engineering and a proactive approach to problem-solving. The IAM team emphasizes collaboration and innovation, reflecting Cloudflare's commitment to building a better Internet.
Joblaze insights
Quick facts
- Is the IAM Security Engineer role remote?
- It's hybrid — Cloudflare expects some on-site time in Hybrid.
- Where is the role based?
- Cloudflare is hiring for this position in Hybrid.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: ABAC, Ansible, Kubernetes, OAuth, OIDC, Python.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this IAM Security Engineer role at Cloudflare.
From the original posting
About Us
Available Locations: Hybrid from Austin, TX
About the Department
The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team is dedicated to ensuring the secure and efficient management of user identities, access privileges, and authentication mechanisms across internal systems, applications, and data. Our mission is to safeguard the organization against unauthorized access, protect sensitive information, and enable seamless user experiences while adhering to industry best practices and compliance standards.
About the Role
As an Identity and Access Management (IAM) Security Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and scaling identity and access management solutions for Cloudflare’s internal workforce and workloads. You will be responsible for safeguarding our systems, applications, and data by ensuring secure user access, authentication, and authorization mechanisms.
What You’ll Do
- Design, build, test, and deploy IAM solutions across authentication, authorization, and accounting
- Leverage Cloudflare products to secure our identities
- Build SSO integrations leveraging SAML, OIDC, OAuth, and SCIM
- Build and manage the Identity Governance and Administration platform
- Develop automated roles leveraging RBAC and ABAC
- Build and manage an access certification platform
- Build and manage a Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform
- Provide operational support of IAM systems including an on-call rotation that may include after hours calls
Desirable skills, knowledge and experience
Security engineers take part in a wide variety of tasks and projects in the team. One individual is not expected to know everything, but a working knowledge in several of the following areas is required:
- Strong understanding of identity federation (SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, etc.)
- Experience implementing Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solutions including lifecycle management, SCIM, birthright access (RBAC, ABAC), and access certifications
- Demonstrated ability to build production-grade automation scripts and tools. Must possess hands-on engineering experience leveraging AI/LLMs to solve operational or technical challenges.
- Experience with secure configuration of containerized application platforms (e.g. Kubernetes)
- Advanced scripting experience (Python, TypeScript, Bash, etc.)
- Experience implementing Zero Trust controls
- Experience integrating with applications and SaaS solutions
- Experience with Identity and Access Management policy application and enforcement
- Experience working with Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR)
- Experience working with infrastructure as code and configuration management tools like Terraform, Ansible, etc.
What Makes Cloudflare Special?
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