IAM Security Engineer

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. About the Department:- The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team is dedicated to ensuring the secure and efficient management of user identities, access privileges, and authentication mechanisms across internal systems, applications, and data. Our mission is to safeguard the organization against unauthorized access, protect sensitive information, and enable seamless user experiences while adhering to industry best practices and compliance standards. About the Role:- As an Identity and Access Management (IAM) Security Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and scaling identity and access management solutions for Cloudflare’s internal workforce and workloads. You will be responsible for safeguarding our systems, applications, and data by ensuring secure user access, authentication, and authorization mechanisms. What You’ll Do:- ● Design, build, test, and deploy IAM solutions across authentication, authorization, and accounting ● Leverage Cloudflare products to secure our identities ● Build SSO integrations leveraging SAML, OIDC, OAuth, and SCIM ● Build and manage the Identity Governance and Administration platform ● Develop automated roles leveraging RBAC and ABAC ● Build and manage an access certification platform ● Build and manage a Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform ● Provide operational support of IAM systems including an on-call rotation that may include after hours calls Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience:- Security engineers take part in a wide variety of tasks and projects in the team. One individual is not expected to know everything, but a working knowledge in several of the following areas is required: ● 8+ years of experience in understanding of identity federation (SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, etc.) ● Experience implementing Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solutions including lifecycle management, SCIM, birthright access (RBAC, ABAC), and access certifications ● Experience with secure configuration of containerized application platforms (e.g. Kubernetes) ● Advanced scripting experience (Python, TypeScript, Bash, etc.) ● Experience implementing Zero Trust controls ● Experience integrating with applications and SaaS solutions ● Experience with Identity and Access Management policy application and enforcement ● Experience working with Identity Threat Detection Response (ITDR) ● Experience working with infrastructure as code and confi ... (truncated, view full listing at source)