Associate IAM Engineer

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time actionable insights to physicians providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients at the right time.

As an Associate IAM Engineer you will be the frontline defender and administrator of our identity perimeter. You will focus on day-to-day identity operations single sign-on (SSO) integrations device assurance and troubleshooting authentication issues. This role is perfect for someone with a strong foundational understanding of identity protocols (SAML OIDC) who wants to grow their hands-on skills in enterprise automation identity governance and cloud identity management using Okta.

Key Responsibilities

• SSO & App Integration: Configure test and deploy standard SAML 2.0 and OIDC/OAuth 2.0 integrations for onboarding new SaaS applications.

• Operational Support & Troubleshooting: Serve as the Tier 2/3 point of contact for identity-related tickets. Deep-dive into system logs and protocol traces to resolve authentication MFA and provisioning failures.

• Lifecycle Management (LCM): Monitor and maintain automated user provisioning (Joiner/Mover/Leaver processes) across HRIS Active Directory and downstream applications. Help triage Okta Workflow errors.

• Device Assurance & Endpoint Security: Assist in configuring and monitoring Okta Device Assurance policies to ensure only secure compliant devices can access corporate resources.

• Identity Governance & Compliance: Support user access reviews and regular entitlement certifications using Okta Identity Governance (OIG) to ensure alignment with SOC2 ISO 27001 and SOX frameworks.

Technical Qualifications

• Experience: 1–3 years of experience in an IT Security or Systems Administration role with at least 1 year of dedicated hands-on exposure to Okta administration.

• Protocol Fundamentals: A solid conceptual understanding of the "Identity Trinity":

  • SAML 2.0: Understanding assertions entity IDs and ACS URLs.

  • OpenID Connect: Basic understanding of tokens (ID Access Refresh) scopes and authorization flows.

  • SCIM: Familiarity with how automated provisioning works.

• Directory Services: Comfortable navigating and managing Universal Directory (managing users groups and basic OU structures).

• RESTful APIs: Foundational understanding of REST API concepts (HTTP methods like GET POST PUT DELETE and status codes) and comfort using OKTA Workflows.

• Security Mindset: Understanding of basic security principles like Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Least Privilege and Zero Trust.

Soft Skills

• The "Log Detective": You enjoy digging into event logs and browser developer tools (SAML tracers) to find out exactly why a login failed.

• Clear Communicator: Ability to guide non-technical employees (or partners in HR) through password resets MFA setups or access requests with patience and clarity.

• Hungry to Learn: The identity space moves fast. You are excited to learn advanced tools like Okta Workflows Terraform or API management on the job.

Bonus Points

• Okta Device Assurance: Prior exposure to configuring Okta Device Assurance policies and a basic understanding of how they interface with MDM tools (e.g. Jamf Intune) to check device posture.

• Identity Governance (IGA): Hands-on exposure to Okta Identity Governance (OIG) for managing access requests approvals and access certification campaigns.

• Okta Workflows & Automation: Foundational knowledge or exposure to Okta Workflows (or similar low-code automation platforms) used to orchestrate lifecycle management.

• Certifications: Okta Certified Professional or Okta Certified Administrator.

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CHI - $70000 - $95000

The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from Illinois and may vary for other locations (California Colorado New York). Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits which may include incentive compensation restricted stock units medical and other benefits depending on the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. 

What We Do

We bring together one of the world’s largest libraries of multimodal clinical and molecular data with a robust suite of AI tools to help physicians personalize care in real time connect patients with therapies and clinical trials and enable partners to accelerate discovery and development of new treatments. With ~8 million de-identified research records and 350+ petabytes of data Tempus partners with more than half of U.S. oncologists and the majority of the top 20 global pharma companies. Our teams are pioneering work across oncology neurology psychiatry cardiology and beyond—transforming how care is delivered and therapies are developed. At Tempus every role contributes to our mission: to help each patient benefit from the experiences of those who came before. For more information visit tempus.com.

Why Work With Us

We’re looking for people who can change the world. People who question the status quo and refuse to shy away from tough problems. For builders who are never done building and the learners who are never done learning. Passionate individuals with undying curiosity who want to take on one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced—head on.

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