IAM Platform Engineer

Role purpose:

At Prevalent AI, we empower organizations to take control of risk across every attack surface through our Security Data Fabric and Exposure Management platform.

As an IAM Platform Engineer, you will design and standardize how identity operates across large-scale application ecosystems, APIs, and modern platforms. You will treat identity as a core platform capability, ensuring consistent integration patterns, secure authentication flows, and scalable access control models across enterprise environments.

This role is ideal for someone who combines strong expertise in identity protocols and access models with the ability to define repeatable onboarding frameworks, identity patterns, and governance processes across complex application landscapes.

Key accountabilities:

Identity Platform Design & Standardization

Define and standardize identity integration patterns across enterprise platforms and large application ecosystems.

Establish reusable frameworks for SSO, federation, API authentication, and service-to-service identity.

Ensure consistency in identity architecture across cloud, SaaS, and internal platforms.

Application & Platform Integration

Design and standardize application onboarding patterns into enterprise identity platforms using SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and SCIM.

Define identity flows for web, mobile, API, and distributed systems.

Work with engineering teams to embed identity controls into application and platform architectures.

Access Model & Authorization Design

Design and implement scalable access control models including RBAC, ABAC, and PBAC.

Define entitlement structures and authorization patterns aligned with business and security requirements.

Enforce least-privilege access and ensure consistent authorization policies across applications and platforms.

API Security & Non-Human Identity

Design secure token-based authentication models for APIs and service integrations.

Define governance for non-human identities including service accounts, API identities, and automation agents.

Establish token lifecycle, scope design, and trust boundaries for modern identity systems.

Identity Governance & Process Frameworks

Define standardized processes for application onboarding, access lifecycle, and identity governance.

Align identity controls with enterprise JML processes, compliance requirements, and audit expectations.

Reduce identity sprawl and misconfigurations through structured platform governance.

Collaboration & Enablement

Partner with Product, Engineering, and Security teams to embed identity into platform design.

Guide developers and architects on identity integration best practices and patterns.

Support troubleshooting of complex authentication, federation, and identity-related issues.

Skills and Experience:

Strong experience working with enterprise IAM platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping, or similar.

Deep understanding of identity protocols including SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and SCIM.

Experience designing identity flows for applications, APIs, and distributed systems.

Strong knowledge of access control models including RBAC, ABAC, and PBAC.

Experience with application onboarding and identity integration at scale.

Understanding of API security, token-based authentication, and service identity management.

Familiarity with non-human identities, workload identities, and automation-driven systems.

Experience defining identity governance processes and lifecycle frameworks.

Ability to design reusable identity patterns and platform-level standards.

Strong collaboration skills with engineering, product, and architecture teams.

Excellent communication, documentation, and problem-solving abilities.

Structured, platform-oriented mindset with strong design and implementation capability.