Valon Tech - Senior Security Engineer, Identity & Access Management
Requirements
• 5+ years in security engineering roles with a core focus on identity and access management • Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Technology or related field • Relevant security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CCSK, CCSP or similar) • Hands-on experience with an enterprise IdP (Okta, Entra ID, or Google Workspace) including SSO, MFA, SCIM • Deep understanding of authentication and authorization models across applications - SAML, OIDC/OAuth 2.0, RBAC, ABAC, and API access controls • Hands-on experience with modern identity security technologies and tooling
Responsibilities
• Design and support end-to-end lifecycle of workforce identity systems including identity automation, access management, and least-privilege enforcement across internal systems • Support design of secure identity design patterns for product teams building on ValonOS • Manage and evolve Valon's IdP in conjunction with IT including SSO integrations, MFA policies, conditional access rules, and directory synchronization • Define and enforce RBAC and group-based access policies for internal applications, cloud environments, and development tooling • Support privileged access management (PAM) for internal infrastructure in conjunction with Engineering teams • Design and build AI-assisted workflows that automate and accelerate core IAM operations • Evaluate AI risks across IAM pipelines, ensuring appropriate security controls around data exposure, prompt injection and other threats • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Data, Compliance, Legal, and other teams to identify and drive mitigation for data security risks • Support other operational and on-call duties such as vulnerability management, regulatory compliance (SOC 2, CCPA, NYDFS, FTC), policy development, incident response and security reviews. • IDEAL BACKGROUND • Extensive hands-on IAM security engineer with proven ownership of enterprise identity solutions, able to operate autonomously, drive complex cross-functional efforts, and influence across teams • Deep expertise in modern identity protocols and standards: SAML 2.0, OIDC/OAuth 2.0, SCIM, LDAP, and related specifications • Proven experience administering and scaling IdP platforms (e.g., Okta, Azure AD / Entra ID, Google Workspace) including SSO, MFA, conditional access, and directory sync • Solid background in cloud IAM (GCP preferred), including service accounts, workload identity federation, and policy-as-code approaches • Strong expertise in building PAM solutions / identity vaults and enforcing least-privilege across human and non-human identities • Experience building AI/LLM-powered workflows — ideally in a security or operations context — with a practical understanding of the identity and access risks they introduce • Familiarity with securing non-human and agentic identities, including AI service accounts, API key governance, and audit logging for automated systems • Applied knowledge with industry security and compliance frameworks (OWASP, NIST, CIS, SOC 2/ISO 27001 concepts) • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to explain complex security concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Experience working in high-growth or startup environments is a plus.
Benefits
• $180K – $230K • Offers Equity • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • or drag and drop here • I prefer not to answer • Another Gender Identity • Heterosexual / straight • Asian or Asian American • Black or African American • Hispanic or Latine • Indigenous or Native American • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander • Person with disability • Refugee or immigrant • None of the above • Decline to self-identify • Hispanic or Latino - A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. • White • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. • Asian • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. • American Indian or Alaska Native • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) - All persons who identify with more than one of the above five races. • Two or More Races • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) • I identify as one or more of the classifications of protected veteran listed above • I am not a protected veteran
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