Applied Intuition
Head of Identity & Access Management
$230K–$275K
Sunnyvale · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Experience
- 8–12+ years
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
About the job
Owns enterprise and product identity strategy and implementation, including identity architecture, privileged and secrets access, governance, and access controls for AI agents.
What you'll do
- Set IAM strategy and roadmap; mature identity-provider architecture and advance Zero Trust.
- Implement identity lifecycle automation, RBAC, least-privilege policies, secrets management, PAM, and SSO.
- Govern authentication standards and build access management for AI agents and bots in partnership with engineering, security, IT, compliance, and product teams.
What they ask for
- 8–12+ years of experience in identity engineering, security engineering, or a related discipline.
- Hands-on cloud architecture or engineering experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure; track record leading cross-functional IAM programs through production.
- Expertise in directories, IDPs, federation, and SAML, OIDC, or OAuth 2.0; practical experience with Zero Trust and PAM.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
Nice to have
- Security certifications such as CISSP or GIAC.
- Knowledge of identity-related compliance frameworks and audit support experience.
Pay
$230K – $275K USD base salary; equity amount not stated
Tools
AWS, GCP, Azure, LDAP/AD, SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, HashiCorp Vault
AI focus
Build scalable access controls and identity management for AI workloads, agents, and bots.
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