Major Accountabilities (What the IAM Engineer is responsible for)
Identity & Access Management Design – Architect, implement, and manage IAM solutions across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments.
Access Governance & Security – Enforce authentication, authorization, RBAC, least privilege, MFA, and SSO patterns.
Cloud IAM Operations – Support and maintain Azure AD, ADFS, Azure Federation, AWS IAM, and related identity services.
Risk & Compliance – Perform IAM risk/vulnerability assessments and implement remediation.
Automation & IaC – Automate IAM workflows and infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, CloudFormation, or scripting (Python/PowerShell).
Collaboration – Work with Solution Architects, DevOps, Platform, and Product teams to align IAM with business and security needs.
Continuous Improvement – Research, evaluate, and recommend new IAM tools/approaches to enhance security and efficiency.
Incident Troubleshooting – Investigate and resolve IAM-related issues in cloud and hybrid environments.
Key Skills (What the role requires)
- Cloud IAM Expertise: AWS IAM, Azure AD, ADFS, Azure MFA, Federation, SSO.
- Identity Security: RBAC, least privilege, policy design, authentication/authorization.
- Automation & IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation, Infrastructure as Code practices.
- Scripting: Python, PowerShell for automation and custom integrations.
- DevOps & CI/CD: Azure DevOps, Git, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Docker.
- Risk & Compliance Knowledge: IAM controls, vulnerability management, remediation.
- Collaboration Skills: Ability to partner with cross-functional teams (Product, Security, DevOps).
- Problem Solving: Strong troubleshooting skills for complex IAM and infra issues.
Key performance indicators:
- Adherence to the Novartis IT quality standards.
- No major business disruptions.
- Number of recurring problems.
- Customer feedback (expectations met / exceeded).
- Application on boarding delivery success.
- Cost optimization and / or growth of the business top line revenue resulting from innovative solutions.
Why consider Novartis?
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us!
Learn more here:
https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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