Staff Identity and Access Management Engineer, Tanium
$180-230k
+ Equity
3-5 days a week in office (Emeryville, CA)
Security & systems management platform
Be an early applicant
Security & systems management platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$180-230k
+ Equity
3-5 days a week in office (Emeryville, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide manageability and security at scale for anything with a chip.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, IT or other relevant degree or equivalent work experience
- 8–10 years in identity and access management, including IGA integrations with HRIS systems (Workday, SuccessFactors, or similar)
- Experience implementing, configuring, and managing an IGA product like Lumos, SailPoint, Saviynt, etc
- Hands-on expertise with Entra ID and Active Directory (preferably in a hybrid environment) with respect to identity and access
- Solid grasp of onboarding/off-boarding standards and lifecycle workflows
- Scripting proficiency (PowerShell)
- Working knowledge of security/compliance frameworks - ISO 27001, FedRAMP, GDPR, HIPAA
- Experience with SSO, MFA, and PAM tooling
- Strong problem-solving skills and the communication chops to work across IT, Security, and business teams
- Comfortable working independently and juggling multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Staff IAM engineer to design, implement, and manage identity and access management (IAM) and identity governance (IGA) solutions across Tanium's corporate infrastructure
- You'll evaluate new IAM/IGA technologies, partner with cross-functional teams on strategy, and keep our identity ecosystem secure, compliant, and efficient
- Design and manage IAM/IGA solutions across corporate infrastructure, including SSO, MFA, and PAM
- Build and maintain identity automation - onboarding, off-boarding, entitlements, and approval workflows - and troubleshoot issues surfaced by testing, user, or peer feedback
- Own the identity lifecycle: monitor, document, and continuously improve it
- Partner with GRC to develop and maintain IAM/IGA policies and standards that satisfy regulatory requirements (ISO 27001, FedRAMP, GDPR, HIPAA, etc.)
- Assess IAM systems regularly for security gaps and insure ongoing patch and policy compliance
- Lead technical delivery on IAM/IGA projects - upgrades, migrations, integrations - and monitor system performance to identify optimizations
- Respond to and resolve IAM-related incidents
- Mentor engineers across IT and Security and track industry trends to keep our IAM/IGA approach current
- Maintain system design documentation
Our take
For millions of companies, cyber security is high on the agenda, especially as remote working has become the norm. Tanium offers a security and systems management platform that allows real-time data collection at an enterprise scale. It covers customers such as AutoNation, GoDaddy, and Whirlpool who use the company’s software to stay abreast of the ever-increasing level of sophisticated cyber attacks.
A valuable tool for enterprises and government organisations, Tanium partners with leading platforms and service providers across the world like Google Cloud, Oracle and Verizon. In doing so, it allows security and IT teams access to accurate information on the state of endpoints, helping it to realise new levels of business resilience.
The company continues to innovate its offering through both further development and partnerships. For example, it collaborated with Salesforce to support IT service management, remote monitoring and management, and cybersecurity capabilities. It also made its autonomous operating system generally available to all commercial cloud customers in 2026, with more than 1,300 organisations adopting it in the first six weeks.
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Insights
-11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2021
$150m
LATE VC
Oct 2020
$150m
LATE VC
Total funding: $805.7m
Company benefits
- Equity awards
- Generous benefits package consisting of medical, dental and vision plan
- Family planning benefits
- Health savings account
- Flexible spending account
- Transportation savings account
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Business travel accident insurance
- Employee assistance programs
- Disability insurance
Company HQ
Lakeview, Kirkland, WA
Leadership
David Hindawi
(Executive Chairman)Before co-founding Tanium, David founded BigFix Inc, a systems management tool that IBM acquired, and Software Ventures, a leader in telecommunications software. They have several software patents in network communications and systems management.
Orion Hindawi
(Executive Chairman)Before co-founding Tanium with their father, David, Orion worked as the VP of Technology for BigFix, the systems management tool founded by their father. Previously served as CEO for Tanium.
Dan Streetman
(CEO & Board Member)Previously served as CEO for both Allvue Systems and TIBCO. Experience as EVP of Worldwide Sales & Marketing for BMC Software and as SVP of Worldwide Alliances & Channels for Salesforce.
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