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Marqeta

Senior Security Engineer - Identity and Access Management

Remote - Ontario OR British Columbia · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026

Experience
8 years with a Bachelor’s degree; or 5 years with a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
Education
Bachelor’s degree; alternatives include a Master’s degree or PhD, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

About the job

Leads the design and implementation of Marqeta’s cloud-first IAM program, securing access across company systems, services, and AI/ML workloads.

What you'll do

  • Build and operate IAM capabilities including IGA, PAM, SSO, MFA, secrets management, and certificate lifecycle management.
  • Automate identity provisioning and access reviews, and integrate IAM across AWS, SaaS platforms, and DevOps pipelines.
  • Lead IAM projects, promote least privilege and zero trust, and collaborate with and mentor engineering teams.

What they ask for

  • 8 years related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 5 years with a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
  • Experience with IAM tools and deep knowledge of cloud-native IAM, especially AWS IAM, roles, policies, permissions boundaries, and federation.
  • Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code; familiarity with authentication and authorization protocols and directory services; scripting skills for IAM automation.
  • Understanding of compliance standards and experience integrating IAM into CI/CD pipelines, secrets management, and DevOps workflows.

Nice to have

  • CISSP, CISM, or IAM-specific certifications such as CIAM/CAMS, CyberArk Certified, or Okta Certified Consultant.
  • Experience with AWS technologies and DevOps tools and practices, including secrets management and CICD pipelines.

Pay

CAD 136,800 - 171,000 base salary

Tools

AWS, Okta, CyberArk, Ping, SailPoint, Terraform, CloudFormation, Python

AI focus

Design identity and access controls for AI/ML systems, securing access to training data, models, and inference APIs; automate IAM operations using AI tools.

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)