Staff Identity and Access Management Engineer
- Pay
- $180,000 – $230,000 per year
- Location
- Addison, TX · Hybrid
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Lead / Staff
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 31 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- SSO
- MFA
- PAM
- Entra ID
- Active Directory
- PowerShell
Also useful
- SailPoint
- Saviynt
- Lumos
- Workday
- SuccessFactors
The Basics
We're looking for a Staff IAM engineer to design, implement, and manage identity and access management (IAM) and identity governance (IGA) solutions across Tanium's corporate infrastructure. You'll evaluate new IAM/IGA technologies, partner with cross-functional teams on strategy, and keep our identity ecosystem secure, compliant, and efficient.
This position follows the Company's hybrid schedule which currently requires employees to work in the office at one of the following locations a minimum of three days per week: Addison, TX; Bellevue, WA; Durham, NC; Emeryville, CA; or Reston, VA.
What you'll do
- Design and manage IAM/IGA solutions across corporate infrastructure, including SSO, MFA, and PAM
- Build and maintain identity automation - onboarding, off-boarding, entitlements, and approval workflows - and troubleshoot issues surfaced by testing, user, or peer feedback
- Own the identity lifecycle: monitor, document, and continuously improve it
- Partner with GRC to develop and maintain IAM/IGA policies and standards that satisfy regulatory requirements (ISO 27001, FedRAMP, GDPR, HIPAA, etc.)
- Assess IAM systems regularly for security gaps and insure ongoing patch and policy compliance
- Lead technical delivery on IAM/IGA projects - upgrades, migrations, integrations - and monitor system performance to identify optimizations
- Respond to and resolve IAM-related incidents
- Mentor engineers across IT and Security and track industry trends to keep our IAM/IGA approach current
- Maintain system design documentation
We're looking for someone with
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, IT or other relevant degree or equivalent work experience
- Experience
- 8-10 years in identity and access management, including IGA integrations with HRIS systems (Workday, SuccessFactors, or similar)
- Experience implementing, configuring, and managing an IGA product like Lumos, SailPoint, Saviynt, etc
- Hands-on expertise with Entra ID and Active Directory (preferably in a hybrid environment) with respect to identity and access
- Solid grasp of onboarding/off-boarding standards and lifecycle workflows
- Scripting proficiency (PowerShell)
- Working knowledge of security/compliance frameworks - ISO 27001, FedRAMP, GDPR, HIPAA
- Experience with SSO, MFA, and PAM tooling
- Strong problem-solving skills and the communication chops to work across IT, Security, and business teams
- Other
- Comfortable working independently and juggling multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
What you'll get
- The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $180,000 to $230,000.
- This range is an estimate for what Tanium will pay a new hire.
- The actual annual base salary offered may be adjusted based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, training, and experience.
In addition to an annual base salary, team members will receive equity awards and a generous benefits package consisting of medical, dental and vision plan, family planning benefits, health savings account, flexible spending account, transportation savings account, 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, life, accident and disability coverage, business travel accident insurance, employee assistance programs, disability insurance, and other well-being benefits.
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About Tanium
Tanium is the Autonomous IT company. As Al accelerates both innovation and risk, Tanium Atlas, the company's autonomous operating system, puts the full depth of the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform behind every IT and security operator - human and agentic. Tanium provides the real-time intelligence, agentic decision-making, and autonomous execution operators needed to detect, decide, and remediate at machine speed across their endpoint estate.
The company is recognized as a Leader in the inaugural 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Management Tools, as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Client Endpoint Management Software for Windows Device Management 2025-2026 Vendor Assessment, and as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™. Endpoint Management Platforms, Q2 2026.
On a mission. Together.
At Tanium, we are stewards of a culture that emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect, and diversity. In our pursuit of revolutionizing the way some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world solve their most difficult IT challenges, we are strengthened by our unique perspectives and by our collective actions.
We are an organization with stakeholders around the world and it's imperative that the diversity of our customers and communities is reflected internally in our team members. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that only together can we do great things.
Each of our team members has 5 days set aside as volunteer time off (VTO) to contribute to the communities they live in and give back to the causes they care about most.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Tanium is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected Veteran status, or other legally protected categories. If you require a reasonable accommodation in searching for a job opening, completing an application, interviewing, or completing any pre-employment testing or requirements, please contact.
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Common questions
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The Staff Identity and Access Management Engineer posting at Tanium states compensation of $180,000 – $230,000 per year. It is listed as a full-time position. Final pay may depend on location, experience, and interview evaluation on Tanium's official career site.
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