Senior Security IAM Engineer

Scopely is looking for a Senior IAM Security Enginee r to join our Information Security team on a remote basis or hybrid basis if located in Barcelona. This role will focus on building, scaling, and securing Scopely’s identity and access management ecosystem across our cloud, SaaS, AI, and remote access environments, with a strong emphasis on Terraform-based IAM automation, access workflow engineering, least-privilege design, identity risk reduction, and AI-assisted operational workflows. This is a highly technical, hands-on role for someone who can operate across AWS, GCP, Okta,

AWS Iam

Identity Center, Zero Trust access models, identity governance workflows, and modern AI-enabled engineering environments, while building scalable identity systems through Infrastructure as Code, workflow orchestration, and automation-first security engineering. What You Will Do Build and Evolve Modern IAM Architecture

• Design and evolve Scopely’s IAM architecture to support a high-scale, cloud-first environment across AWS, GCP, SaaS applications, AI tooling, and remote access platforms. Lead initiatives around:
• Federated identity architecture using SAML, OIDC, OAuth, and SCIM
• Workforce identity and access patterns across internal platforms
• Least-privilege role design and access segmentation
• RBAC and ABAC models for cloud and SaaS environments
• Centralized access models using Okta,

AWS Iam

Identity Center, Google Cloud IAM, and cloud-native IAM services

• Secure cross-account and cross-project access patterns
• Service account, workload identity, and non-human identity governance
• Zero Trust identity and access control design Partner with engineering, infrastructure, and security teams to:
• Standardize secure identity and access patterns
• Reduce identity sprawl and excessive permissions
• Improve access visibility and auditability
• Build scalable identity controls for a fast-moving engineering environment Own Terraform-Based IAM and Access Automation
• Own and improve Terraform-based IAM and access automation across Scopely’s cloud and identity environment. Design, build, and maintain:
• Reusable Terraform modules for IAM roles, policies, permission sets, group mappings, and access patterns
• Terraform workflows for Okta app assignments, group-based access, and IAM Identity Center automation
• Standardized access modules that can be reused safely across teams and environments
• Policy-as-code patterns for least privilege and permission boundary enforcement
• Terraform-driven onboarding and offboarding flows for identity-related systems
• Automation for service account and workload identity provisioning
• Access reporting and audit visibility pipelines connected to code-based IAM workflows Drive improvements in:
• Standardization of IAM modules, variables, role definitions, and policy structures
• Repeatability and consistency of access changes
• Reduction of manual IAM operations
• Auditability and change traceability
• Safe rollout of identity changes through code review and pull request workflows Ensure mature Terraform engineering practices around:
• State management
• Drift detection and remediation
• Rollback planning
• Blast-radius awareness for IAM changes
• Safe promotion of access changes into production Automate Identity and Access Workflows
• Build scalable automation for identity lifecycle management, access requests, entitlement changes, access reviews, and day-to-day IAM operations. Design and implement:
• Provisioning and deprovisioning automation
• Access request and approval workflows
• Group-based access assignment and role mapping
• Okta app integration and assignment automation
• IAM Identity Center permission set automation
• Self-service identity workflows for internal teams
• Identity reporting and access visibility pipelines
• Operational tooling that reduces repetitive IAM work Work with:
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code workflows
• Python, Bash, PowerShell, and APIs
• CI/CD systems and Git-based change management
• Okta Workflows and similar orchestration tooling
• ServiceNow, ticketing, and operational workflow integrations
• AI tools such as Claude Code, Codex, and similar engineering assistants
• MCP-enabled integrations, agentic workflows, and internal automation platforms Drive improvements in:
• Repeatability
• Auditability
• Operational safety
• Reduction of manual IAM work
• Secure-by-default access onboarding Strengthen Identity Security and Risk Reduction
• Lead initiatives to reduce identity-related risk across human and non-human identities. Design and implement controls for:
• Excessive permissions and privilege escalation reduction
• Service account and workload identity hardening
• Long-lived credential reduction
• Cross-account trust policy review and hardening
• Permission boundary enforcement
• Role lifecycle management
• Just-in-time and time-bound privileged access
• Break-glass access workflows
• Identity anomaly detection and misuse investigation Use native and third-party tooling to identify and remediate risk, including: •

AWS Iam

Access Analyzer

• CloudTrail
• GuardDuty
• GCP-native IAM and audit services
• Okta System Log and access reporting
• CIEM, CSPM, and related cloud security platforms Improve Zero Trust and Privileged Access Security
• Partner with IAM, platform, and security teams to strengthen Zero Trust and privileged access controls across Scopely’s environment. Support and enhance:
• Twingate connectors, resources, and access policy design
• Identity-aware remote access controls
• Zero Trust segmentation for internal applications and privileged systems
• Privileged access workflows
• PAM platform integrations such as Britive
• Adaptive access controls
• MFA and passwordless adoption
• Federated access into AWS, GCP, SaaS platforms, and internal tools
• Secure vendor and contractor access patterns Drive improvements in:
• Human identity security
• Non-human identity security
• Access visibility
• Privileged session control
• Access policy consistency across environments Support Identity Investigations, Monitoring, and Audit Readiness
• Partner with Security Operations, Compliance, and Infrastructure teams to improve identity monitoring, investigation, and audit readiness. Build and enhance:
• IAM troubleshooting runbooks
• Identity-related detection and triage workflows
• Access review processes
• Permission reporting and evidence collection
• IAM logging and monitoring design
• Operational metrics for identity security maturity Support investigations involving:
• Suspicious access activity
• Identity and permission abuse
• Misconfigured app integrations
• Broken federation and provisioning flows
• Risky SaaS integrations
• Service account misuse
• Cross-account access issues Collaborate with compliance and audit stakeholders to ensure:
• SOC 2 and ISO 27001 alignment
• Access review evidence readiness
• Documentation of IAM controls and workflows
• Clear traceability for privileged access and entitlement changes Build AI-Assisted Identity Security Workflows
• Design and improve AI-assisted and automation-first workflows that help Scopely scale identity security safely. Lead initiatives around:
• AI-assisted access review analysis
• AI-assisted troubleshooting and documentation support
• Intelligent triage for identity-related findings
• Security chatops integrations
• Identity workflow automation using agents and orchestration systems
• Internal copilots for IAM operations and knowledge support
• AI-assisted recommendations for access hygiene and remediation
• MCP-enabled identity tooling and integrations Work with:
• Claude Code, Codex, and similar AI-assisted engineering tools
• MCP-based workflows and agentic automation patterns
• Internal automation platforms and workflow engines
• APIs, event-driven automation, and identity telemetry pipeli