IAM Security Engineer

Job – IAM Security Engineer

Location: US – 100% Remote

Duration: 06 months with the possibility of extension

Note — no C2C or sponsorship available.

Role Summary

This IAM Security Engineer role sits within the Identity and Access Management (IAM) Programs team under Information Security. The primary focus is on improving security monitoring, logging, and secrets management across enterprise applications.

The role is heavily centered on:

• Onboarding applications into Splunk-based security monitoring
• Enhancing logging and visibility for highly privileged access (HPA)
• Testing and validating a secrets rotation and detection tool

Key Responsibilities

1. Application Onboarding & Discovery

• Engage with application owners to understand systems and logging capabilities
• Conduct interviews and working sessions
• Document onboarding requirements and processes
• Identify applications that cannot onboard and escalate risks with mitigation plans
• Coordinate troubleshooting during onboarding preparation

2. Splunk Engineering & Monitoring

• Analyze application logs and map them to Splunk data models
• Develop Splunk Technology Add-ons (TAs)
• Parse, tag, and normalize security-related log data

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• Ensure data aligns with Splunk Common Information Model (CIM)
• Validate log quality and completeness in Splunk Cloud
• Promote applications into production Splunk environments

3. Security Logging & HPA Monitoring

• Support Highly Privileged Access (HPA) logging and monitoring initiative
• Ensure access change events are properly captured and monitored

4. Secrets Management Tool Testing

• Execute test cases for secrets rotation and detection tool
• Identify secrets nearing or past rotation deadlines
• Report defects and work with developers to resolve issues
• Validate tool functionality across environments

5. QA & Testing Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans and test cases
• Reproduce and troubleshoot issues with developers
• Maintain detailed test documentation and reporting

6. Collaboration & Reporting

• Work closely with application teams, developers, and security engineers
• Provide ongoing project status updates
• Escalate risks, issues, and blockers appropriately
• Work within Agile frameworks using Jira and Jira Align

Required Skills

Technical Skills

• 3+ years of total experience in IT/security-related roles
• At least 1 year in IAM or related security engineering (or 5+ years experience without degree)
• Strong hands-on experience with Splunk Cloud
• Proficiency in Splunk Processing Language (SPL)
• Experience in cloud (PaaS) environments
• Knowledge of IAM fundamentals:
• Authentication
• Authorization
• RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)

Soft Skills

• Strong communication (written and verbal)
• Ability to work with cross-functional technical teams
• Ability to prioritize based on risk and deadlines
• Experience working in Agile environments
• Familiarity with Jira / Jira Align workflows

Core Purpose of the Role (Simple Summary)

This role is about:

• Connecting applications to Splunk for security monitoring
• Ensuring privileged access events are properly logged and tracked
• Testing and validating a secrets management/rotation security tool
• Supporting IAM security operations through engineering and analysis