# Staff Engineer, Identity & Access Management (IAM)

**Company**: Recursion
**Location**: Salt Lake City, Utah
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $180,600–$212,900
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

In this role, you will assess and revamp Recursion's current state of Identity & Access Management (IAM) and drive its implementation as part of a larger zero-trust security strategy.

Responsibilities:

- Assess Recursion's current IAM state and revamp its IAM strategy across products, platforms, cloud/on-premise infrastructure, and corporate applications.

- Drive IAM implementation as part of a larger zero-trust security strategy.

- Architect and design cloud-based identity governance, access management, and cloud directory solutions.

- Implement RBAC/ABAC-based IAM workflows for onboarding and ongoing identity lifecycle management.

- Act as a key technical and strategic advisor for cross-functional teams, including IT, security, and development.

- Partner with Engineering and IT teams to ensure products and applications are developed and implemented with fine-tuned access privileges.

- Establish well-defined KPIs, KCIs, and KRIs to provide visibility into IAM control effectiveness.

- Ensure regulatory compliance by partnering with other teams to design IAM solutions that meet standards for SOX, GxP, etc.

The Team You'll Join: You will join a growing Information Security team at Recursion, focused on enabling Recursion to decode biology by providing world-class secure technology services.

The Experience You'll Need:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.

- A minimum of 7 years of experience in Identity & Access Management and other information security-related domains.

- Deep understanding of security principles and a proven track record of successfully leading large-scale IAM projects.

- Expertise in one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, C++, Python) as they relate to IAM products.

- Expert-level experience in one or more of the leading Enterprise Identity Administration & Governance solutions.

- Expert-level experience in Adaptive Authentication, OAuth, OpenID, SAML, etc.

- Expert-level experience with the identity stack like Enterprise Active Directory and IAM products in the cloud like Okta, AWS, Azure AD, Duo, or equivalent.

- Expert-level experience with privileged access management solutions (e.g., Delinea, CyberArk).

- Knowledge of operating systems (UNIX/Linux, macOS, Windows) and database management systems.

- Excellent communication and leadership skills.

- A continuous improvement mindset, staying up-to-date with the latest IAM trends and technologies.

- Experience with risk management, ensuring that IAM solutions are aligned with organizational risk tolerance and compliance requirements.

- Relevant security certifications (e.g., CISSP, OSCP, GWAPT) are highly desirable.

Working Location & Compensation: Making SLC your home base is ideal; however, remote work is considered for this position. The estimated annual base salary range is $180,600–$212,900.

## Skills

### Required
- Identity & Access Management
- Information Security
- Cloud-based identity governance
- Access management
- Cloud directory solutions
- RBAC/ABAC-based IAM workflows
- Zero-trust security strategy
- Programming languages (Java, C++, Python)
- Enterprise Identity Administration & Governance solutions
- Adaptive Authentication
- OAuth
- OpenID
- SAML
- Enterprise Active Directory
- Okta
- AWS
- Azure AD
- Duo
- Privileged access management solutions (Delinea, CyberArk)
- Operating systems (UNIX/Linux, macOS, Windows)
- Database management systems

### Nice to have
- CISSP
- OSCP
- GWAPT

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