Security Engineer (IAM)
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 9 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
AI in the day-to-day
Must possess hands-on engineering experience leveraging AI/LLMs to solve operational or technical challenges.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5–10 years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In the role of IAM Security Engineer at Cloudflare, the individual will focus on designing and implementing identity and access management solutions to secure user access and protect sensitive data. Key skills include experience with identity federation protocols, automation scripting, and familiarity with Zero Trust principles. This position is ideal for seasoned professionals with 5-10 years in security engineering, particularly those who thrive in a dynamic environment that values innovation and collaboration.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze August 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Cloudflare's careers page October 10, 2026.
Quick facts
- Is the Security Engineer (IAM) role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in In-Office.
- How much experience is required?
- 5–10 years of relevant experience for this Security Engineer (IAM) role.
- Where is the role based?
- Cloudflare is hiring for this position in In-Office.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: ABAC, Ansible, Kubernetes, OAuth, OpenID Connect, Python.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Cloudflare targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Security Engineer (IAM) role at Cloudflare.
From the original posting
About Us
Available Locations: Bengaluru
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:
- 5 -10 years experience 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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