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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