Lead IAM Engineer

Braze
Chicago
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 95,000 - 150,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Communication","Mentoring","Cross-functional collaboration","Owning outcomes","Root cause analysis"]

Own the technical roadmap and architecture for enterprise identity and access management, centered on Okta. Architect and continuously improve SSO, authentication, lifecycle automation, identity governance, and access request capabilities. Build reliable onboarding, role-change, and offboarding processes, drive integrations across enterprise systems, and modernize identity configuration changes using APIs and infrastructure as code with Terraform. Lead governance initiatives, SOX control support, escalation, and automation to reduce manual administration and dependencies.

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Lead IAM Engineer

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Job Summary

Own the technical roadmap and architecture for enterprise identity and access management, centered on Okta. Architect and continuously improve SSO, authentication, lifecycle automation, identity governance, and access request capabilities. Build reliable onboarding, role-change, and offboarding processes, drive integrations across enterprise systems, and modernize identity configuration changes using APIs and infrastructure as code with Terraform. Lead governance initiatives, SOX control support, escalation, and automation to reduce manual administration and dependencies.
Location: Chicago
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the technical roadmap and architecture for enterprise Identity & Access Management with Okta as the core identity platform.
  • •Architect and continuously improve Okta capabilities across SSO, authentication, lifecycle automation, Workflows, Identity Governance, and Access Requests.
  • •Design reliable onboarding, role-change, and offboarding identity processes for employees, contractors, partners, and other user populations.
  • •Build and improve integrations between Okta and enterprise systems such as Workday, Google Workspace, Slack, GitHub, Atlassian, MDM, and others.
  • •Drive identity governance and automation initiatives (access reviews, access requests, RBAC/least-privilege, automation with Okta Workflows/APIs/Terraform) and serve as escalation/root-cause lead for complex IAM issues.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 95,000 - 150,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:MedicalDentalVisionLifeDisabilityRetirementRsusPaid LeaveLearning BudgetEquity

Key Requirements

  • •Deep hands-on expertise with Okta in an enterprise environment, including SSO, lifecycle management, authentication, MFA, Workflows, and identity governance.
  • •Advanced understanding of SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SCIM, federation, provisioning, authentication, and authorization.
  • •Experience automating onboarding, role changes, and offboarding using an HRIS such as Workday as the authoritative data source.
  • •Strong identity governance experience, including access reviews, entitlement management, access requests, RBAC, and least-privilege controls.
  • •Strong scripting/automation (e.g., Python, PowerShell) plus API integration experience and Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code experience.
Skills:CommunicationMentoringCross-functional collaborationOwning outcomesRoot cause analysis
Languages:English
Tech Stack:OktaIdentity and Access Management (IAM)SSOAuthenticationMFAOkta WorkflowsIdentity GovernanceAccess RequestsSAMLOIDCOAuth 2.0SCIMFederationProvisioningWorkdayGoogle WorkspaceSlackGitHubAtlassianMDM

Company Brief

Braze
Provides a customer engagement platform that helps brands create personalized messaging and lifecycle campaigns across mobile, web, email, and other channels to drive retention, engagement, and revenue.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 100M to 250M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2011
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