Cloud IAM Engineer - Irving, TX | TCS Job

Responsibilities:

•Collaborate with cross-functional cloud teams including security, infrastructure, service engineering and business application teams to define and implement IAM roles and policies required to build, support and consume services in public cloud.   

•Define and develop security controls and tools to ensure IAM implementation in public cloud environments are compliant with cloud security standards and policies.

•Build automation and libraries to enable developers to create IAM identities and permissions through self-service. Deliver IAM solutions through CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and validation.

•Build and enhance Python-based frameworks used for:

oSecurity control orchestration

oDetection and response workflows

•Develop integrations with:

oCloud services (APIs, services, identity layers)

oSecurity tooling and platforms

•Contribute to:

oPreventative controls (policy enforcement, OPA/Rego)

oDetective controls (event-driven detection logic)

•Write and maintain:

oAutomated unit tests

oIntegration and behavioral tests

•Support CI/CD integration and continuous validation of controls

•Collaborate with:

oSecurity Controls Engineers

oThreat Modelers

oCloud Architects

Qualifications:

This is not a traditional security or IAM role. It is a development-heavy engineering role requiring strong coding expertise. Candidates must have proven Python development experience.

•Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience working with cloud-native services in AWS or GCP.

•Advanced proficiency in Python (non-negotiable)

•Experience with:

oAPI development and integrations

oWriting scalable, production-grade code

•Automated testing framework

•Experience in the design and implementation of enterprise security solutions in Financial Services or a large complex and/or global environment

•Highly motivated self-starter with excellent interpersonal and communication skills

•Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative.

•Relevant certifications such as CISSP, AWS Certified Security Specialty, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer are desirable

•MUST pass a Karat Assessment – Python focused

Critical Competencies:

•Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools: Terraform and CloudFormation

•Proficiency in Python, Go or Java

•Proficiency in unit testing frameworks such as Behave, pytest or Junit

•Proficiency in developing and securing SOAP and REST based web service APIs

•Experience in DevOps and agile methodologies and automated solution delivery and testing through CI/CD pipelines

 

Salary Range: $100,000 to $130,000 per year