IAM Security Architect, Fastly
$181.2-226.5k
Edge cloud platform
Job no longer available
Edge cloud platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$181.2-226.5k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a better internet — a safe place where good can thrive.
Role
Who you are
- Qualified candidates will excel at designing identity solutions that align with business objectives, apply best practice security principals, and meet or exceed compliance requirements while making everyone’s lives easier through automation, integration, and simplicity
- Expert level knowledge of identity solutions and critical related integrations such as Okta, Sailpoint, CyberArk, Teleport, BeyondTrust, Chef, Workday, Ultipro, etc
- Expert level knowledge of authentication/authorization standards, protocols, and frameworks such as OpenID, SAML, OAuth, JWT, X.509, MTLS, etc
- Capable of hands-on developing any associated integrations or customizations of the identity platforms needed to meet the strategic objectives
- Significant experience conducting threat modeling and risk assessments of access systems, demonstrating clear ability to identify unique design flaws
- Capable Linux administrator able to identify intrusion/manipulation techniques, and standard methodologies for system hardening and risk mitigation
- Consistent track record designing and integrating mature IAM controls in hybrid cloud and bare metal architectures
- Strong team collaborator that actively seeks to build and maintain productive working relationships in order to establish trust and influence outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to weigh business needs with security priorities and make sound risk-based judgment calls
- Have the mindset of “First-Time-Right” and “Secure-By-Default”
- Working knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, and CIS Critical Control frameworks
- Working knowledge of the IAM requirements defined in ISO 27001, NIST CSF, PCI-DSS, SOX and other industry security and compliance standards
- High emotional intelligence. Fastly teams care about one another, collaborate regularly and are part of a people first organization
What the job involves
- As a IAM Security Architect at Fastly you will help ensure we provide a secure edge for one of the biggest online platforms in the world, handling massive amounts of traffic at very low latency
- This is a role which has a high impact on human lives. You will be supported by a friendly security team, where you can learn and develop. We check our egos at the door. You’ll make sure our customers benefit from a service built to the highest security standards in the industry
- Design and build a robust employee identity architecture that ensures the right access, for the right individuals, at the right time by implementing self-service platforms that automate the request, approval, provisioning, and verification processes of access
- Develop the core architecture to allow not just for the assignment of identities and access privileges to individuals but to applications, services, and processes as well
- Perform architecture and design reviews as part of Fastly’s threat-informed Risk Assessment process, coordinating with engineering teams to build solutions based on the IAM strategy and design principles you create
- Partner with fellow security architects to understand the broad scope of identity and access challenges within the company and provide solution guidance that aligns with the overall IAM strategy
- Lead the development of our identity and access policies for software, infrastructure, and humans, striving to build compliance, auditability, compensating controls and security directly into all processes
- Become a domain expert in Fastly’s technology stack, enthusiastically improving the overall security posture of various assets at Fastly based on current threat landscape
- Partner with engineering teams to identify cyber attack risks in the system and define tactical and strategic mitigation plans, develop business cases for funding security initiatives, and advocate for security positions in key decisions and roadmaps
- As one of the senior technical members of the organization, find opportunities to guide and mentor more junior peers within security and engineering on domains of expertise
- Influence Fastly’s security strategy by leveraging the collective strength of the security team and articulating the capabilities needed to effectively manage the cyber-attack risk
Our take
Internet users around the world have come to expect personalized, real-time digital experiences, but delivering these quickly and securely, while maintaining quality, can be a difficult task for businesses.
Fastly enables the companies to deliver fast, secure, and scalable online experiences. Its edge cloud platform moves data and applications closer to end-users — improving the user experience, putting the power back in developers’ hands, and enabling clients to focus on growing their businesses.
The company has helped several high-profile businesses, including Reddit, Pinterest, Stripe, EPIC Games, and more. Its offering is well-regarded in the space, demonstrated by it being named a 2022 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for Global CDN, as well as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Edge Development Platforms, Q4 2023 report.
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Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2019
$40m
SERIES F
Jul 2018
$40m
SERIES F
Total funding: $259m
Company benefits
- Parental support and beyond: We support our families by offering generous time off for parental leave. And beyond that, we work hard to build a culture that allows for all employees to have the life outside work that they desire year round.
- Health and wellness: Your well-being matters here. Our health plans offer a variety of options, including full medical, dental, and vision coverage, short- and long-term disability insurance, mental health resources, and more.
- Invest in your future: We offer 401(k)/retirement plans, employee stock purchasing plans (ESPP), and reimbursements for learning and development programs — so we can support your ongoing growth and success.
- Keep learning and growing: Helping people go further means nurturing their talent. Through annual reimbursements for employee learning activities, regular hangouts and advice from our Senior Staff, talks from industry leaders, and cultural events — we offer tons of opportunities for people to learn. And we’re always looking to grow as a company, too: we collect employee engagement and experience data annually and leverage our Employee Experience Champion Network to understand employee feedback, so we can keep improving.
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Kip Compton
(CEO)Kip joined the Fastly team in 2024 as CPO, becoming CEO in 2025. Prior to this, he was an SVP of Strategy & Business Development/Networking at Cisco.
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