Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Identity & Access Management

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to lead Identity and Access Management (IAM) responsibilities for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information and export-controlled technical data. This onsite role in El Segundo, CA focuses on designing, operating, and maturing identity-layer controls and detections across cloud and on-premises environments.

Identity & Access Management Responsibilities

In this role, you will design, build, and maintain identity architecture and role-based access control (RBAC) across cloud and on-premises directory services, translating security policy into operational access controls throughout the employee lifecycle.

• Design, build, and maintain identity architecture and RBAC across cloud and on-premises directory services.
• Own and automate the IAM portion of the joiner, mover, and leaver (JML) process across identity, directory, cloud, and secrets platforms to provision access at hire, adjust access when roles change, and revoke promptly at departure.
• Coordinate with human resources and IT to align on the employee record and device steps, which those groups own.
• Design and tune authentication policies, conditional access controls, phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA), and device compliance requirements.
• Build identity-focused detections and threat hunts in the company’s SIEM, EDR, and SOAR tooling and support the security operations center (SOC) during identity-related investigations.
• Operate and mature a tiered administrative model, including privileged access workstations (PAWs) and dedicated administrator accounts.
• Administer privileged identity management for just-in-time role activation and privileged access reviews.
• Administer an enterprise password and secrets management platform, including role-based enforcement policies, vault structure, SSO integration, and vaulting of privileged and shared credentials.
• Manage cloud infrastructure IAM, including role assignments, service identities, and workload identity federation.
• Integrate SaaS and internal applications with single sign-on (SSO) using SAML and OpenID Connect, and automate provisioning using SCIM.
• Maintain Active Directory security, including account lifecycle hygiene, service accounts and group Managed Service Accounts (gMSAs), and ongoing attack path analysis.
• Run periodic access reviews and produce assessment evidence for NIST SP 800-171 (Access Control and Identification and Authentication families).
• Write and maintain IAM policies, standards, and procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, cybersecurity, information security, Information Technology, Information Assurance, or a related field, with 5+ years of progressively responsible cybersecurity engineering experience, or a Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• At least two years of experience focused on IAM.
• Hands-on experience administering an IdP in a production environment.
• Hands-on experience administering Entra ID or Active Directory.
• Experience running provisioning, access change, and deprovisioning steps of a JML process.
• Experience designing authentication policies and deploying phishing-resistant MFA across an organization.
• Working knowledge of Kerberos, NTLM, LDAP, SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SCIM.
• Scripting experience in PowerShell, Python, or a comparable language, including work with identity provider APIs.
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-207, Zero Trust Architecture, and NIST SP 800-171 or NIST SP 800-53.
• Experience producing compliance evidence for NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, FedRAMP, or a comparable framework.
• Clear written communication for technical runbooks and policy documents.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with IAM in a cloud platform such as Microsoft Azure or AWS.
• Experience administering an enterprise password or secrets management platform.
• Experience with identity automation platforms.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 GCC High or another US government cloud environment.
• Experience implementing PIM, PAWs, or a tiered administrative model.
• Experience with Active Directory attack path analysis tools such as BloodHound or PingCastle.
• Proficiency in a query language such as Elasticsearch Query Language (ES|QL), Kusto Query Language (KQL), or similar.
• Experience deploying certificate-based authentication or FIDO2 security keys.
• A relevant certification, such as Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300), or CISSP.
• Experience working in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB).

Tools & Technologies

• PowerShell, Python
• Kerberos, NTLM, LDAP
• SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM
• Entra ID, Active Directory
• BloodHound, PingCastle
• Elasticsearch Query Language (ES|QL), Kusto Query Language (KQL)

Location and Compensation

This position is based in El Segundo, CA (onsite). Salary range is USD 140,000 - 200,000 per year.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• 401k with +50% company match up to 6% of pay
• FSA and HSA
• Life insurance
• Free daily lunch while working onsite
• Fully-stocked kitchen
• Unlimited PTO
• Casual dress code
• Competitive base salaries
• Generous pre-IPO stock option grants
• Relocation assistance
• Annual bonuses (coming soon)