Principal IAM Engineer

$130 - $200

Job Description A well-established technology organization is seeking a Principal IAM/Active Directory Engineer to provide technical leadership across enterprise identity platforms and security services. This role will play a critical part in shaping the strategy, architecture, security, and operational excellence of identity and access management capabilities across a complex enterprise environment.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving improvements across Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, hybrid identity, privileged access, identity governance, and non-human identities. This position partners closely with security, cloud, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure scalable, secure, and resilient identity services that support business growth and modernization initiatives.

This is a highly visible engineering role focused on strengthening identity security, driving automation, and establishing best practices across the organization's identity ecosystem. Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of professional experience or equivalent practical experience

• Deep expertise with Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID

• Strong background supporting hybrid identity environments

• Experience designing authentication, authorization, and identity governance solutions

• Knowledge of privileged access management and identity security best practices

• Experience with identity threat detection, recovery planning, and platform hardening

• Strong automation and scripting capabilities

• Experience with APIs, Infrastructure as Code, and Git-based development workflows

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD methodologies and operational automation

• Knowledge of service principals, managed identities, certificates, secrets, and federated credentials

• Experience designing least-privilege access models and application permission governance

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise IAM environments

• Familiarity with federation, provisioning, and modern authentication technologies

• Knowledge of NIST, ISO 27001, and related security frameworks

• Experience with cloud security and application identity architecture

• Exposure to identity strategies supporting AI-enabled systems and automation platforms

• Experience building enterprise-wide identity standards, guardrails, and governance models

What You Will Be Doing Daily Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for enterprise identity and access management platforms

• Design and enhance authentication, authorization, and identity governance capabilities

• Improve the security, resilience, and recoverability of identity infrastructure

• Lead platform hardening, threat detection, and operational readiness initiatives

• Drive automation efforts to improve reliability, consistency, and scalability

• Develop identity architecture standards for applications, services, and cloud platforms

• Partner with security, engineering, and infrastructure teams on strategic identity initiatives

• Create and maintain engineering best practices across IAM technologies

• Support governance and compliance requirements related to identity security

• Mentor team members and influence long-term identity strategy

The Offer

• Base salary up to $200,000

• Competitive bonus potential

• Opportunity to lead enterprise-scale IAM modernization initiatives

• Collaborative and security-focused engineering environment

You will receive the following benefits

• Medical Insurance

• Dental Benefits

• Vision Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• 401(k)

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.