Staff IAM Engineer

The Staff IAM Engineer is responsible for securing and managing all non-human identities  including service accounts application identities machine credentials APIs bots and workloads across on-prem cloud and crypto infrastructure. This role ensures that automated and machine-based identities follow the same governance lifecycle and least-privilege principles as human users. You will design systems that enable secure authentication secrets management and access provisioning for automated services APIs and DevOps pipelines. This role directly protects sensitive financial data crypto custody environments and transaction systems from privilege misuse credential leakage and insider or supply chain threats.

What You’ll Do

Identity Architecture & Engineering

• Design implement and maintain a Non-Human Identity (NHI) framework governing all service accounts API tokens certificates and machine credentials.
• Implement centralized secrets management using tools such as HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager 
• Build integrations with CI/CD pipelines and cloud services (AWS GCP Azure) to enforce automated credential rotation and JIT provisioning.
• Define and implement tagging ownership and classification models for non-human identities.
• Develop scalable onboarding processes for applications workloads and bots that require secure authentication.

• Develop automated workflows for creation rotation deactivation and certification of service accounts and API keys.
• Partner with developers and DevOps to transition hard-coded credentials to secure vaults.
• Establish policies for key rotation frequency credential expiration and certificate renewal.
• Integrate NHI lifecycle into IAM governance tools (Okta).
• Support quarterly access reviews and certification campaigns for non-human identities.

• Build automation using APIs Python PowerShell or Terraform to manage credentials and monitor access.
• Integrate non-human identity telemetry into SIEM/SOAR platforms for anomaly detection.
• Implement visibility dashboards to track total NHI inventory owners last use and compliance status.
• Deploy Just-in-Time (JIT) credential provisioning for ephemeral workloads and containers (Kubernetes Lambda ECS etc.).

• Enforce least privilege and zero-trust principles for machine access.
• Monitor for unused or excessive service accounts and remediate over-permissioned credentials.
• Support incident response teams with forensics on compromised API keys or tokens.
• Define detection logic for credential misuse or non-standard access patterns.
• Partner with Application Security to integrate secure NHI handling into SDLC.

• Maintain audit trails for credential issuance usage and rotation events.
• Produce compliance reports for SOX SOC 2 PCI DSS FFIEC and crypto-custody audits.
• Collaborate with internal audit and compliance teams to validate NHI control effectiveness.
• Document architecture data flows SOPs and exception processes for NHI management.

• Evaluate emerging NHI management solutions (e.g. SPIFFE/SPIRE workload identity federation cloud-native secrets stores).
• Lead proof-of-concepts to modernize credentialless or short-lived identity methods.
• Advocate for security automation and the reduction of static credentials across the enterprise.

What You’ll Need

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity or related discipline.
• 3–6 years of experience in IAM DevSecOps or Security Engineering roles.
• Hands-on experience with non-human identity or secrets management tools
• Familiarity with cloud IAM concepts (AWS IAM Roles Azure Managed Identities GCP Service Accounts).
• Experience integrating IAM or secrets systems with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools.

• Proficiency in automation and scripting (Python PowerShell or Bash).
• Strong understanding of authentication standards (OIDC OAuth 2.0 SAML JWT).
• Knowledge of API security key rotation policies and service-to-service authentication.
• Familiarity with container and workload identities (Kubernetes ECS Lambda).
• Understanding of Zero Trust machine identity and certificate lifecycle management.

• HashiCorp Certified Vault Associate
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty
• Okta Certified Professional or Administrator
• (ISC)² Certified Identity and Access Manager (CIAM) or CISSP

What We Do

SoFi wasn’t built to be a bank. Or a technology company. We were built for one mission: help people achieve financial independence so they can realize their ambitions. Redefining an entire industry isn’t easy work—and it’s not for the faint of heart. It takes a certain kind of team. People with diverse perspectives and expertise united by a common sense of purpose. People willing to challenge assumptions but always do the right thing. People proving that innovation and responsibility don’t have to compete but can come together to create something truly unconventional in the world. For the last eight years we’ve been charting this new path forward. We call it The SoFi Way. At SoFi we don’t just talk about culture: we live it. The SoFi Way is how we show up every day how we make decisions and how we build for our members clients and each other.

Why Work With Us

Together with our members we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance. We’re a next-generation Fintech company using innovative mobile-first technology to help our members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation and we’re at the forefront.

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