Principal, Identity Management

Itron, Inc. - Liberty Lake, WA

Hiring: Principal, Identity Management Company: Itron, Inc. Location: Liberty Lake, WA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-12 11:11:14 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AI, AWS, Agile, Azure, CI/CD, CloudFormation, CyberArk, Enterprise Architecture, IAM, Linux, PowerShell, SOC 2, SaaS, Serverless, Stakeholder Management, Terraform, User Experience, Vault, Zero Trust About the job Experience: •7+ years of experience in cybersecurity, identity engineering, cloud security, or a related technical discipline. •5+ years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and operating enterprise IAM solutions. •Expert knowledge of authentication, authorization, Single Sign-On (SSO), federation, LDAP, identity lifecycle management, privileged access management, and Zero Trust security principles. •Demonstrated experience designing IAM architectures across hybrid, multi-cloud, SaaS, Windows, Linux, and on-premises environments. •In-depth knowledge of access governance, role-based access control, entitlement management, and least-privilege security models. Required Skills: •Define, maintain, and evolve the enterprise IAM architecture, technical standards, reference patterns, and strategic roadmap aligned with organizational goals and industry best practices. •Lead the design, implementation, and modernization of secure identity solutions supporting workforce, customer, product, cloud, privileged, application, and non-human identity use cases. •Advance Zero Trust security principles, including least privilege, separation of duties, continuous verification, risk-based access controls, and reduction of standing administrative privileges. •Partner collaboratively with Cybersecurity, Cloud Engineering, Product Security, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, and business stakeholders to deliver secure and scalable identity solutions. •Define IAM monitoring, logging, reporting, and metrics programs to measure access risk, identity hygiene, control effectiveness, and identity-related threat activity. •Provide technical leadership during identity-related incidents, investigations, access-control failures, and major security decisions. •Drive continuous improvement through automation, policy-as-code, and AI-enabled capabilities that enhance security outcomes, governance, operational efficiency, and user experience. •Mentor engineers and technical teams by fostering an authentic, accountable, and collaborative culture focused on operational excellence and innovation. Qualifications: •Establish and optimize identity governance processes, including identity lifecycle management, access certifications, entitlement analysis, role management, and joiner-mover-leaver automation. •Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Management Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered. Compensation: •$96,000 - $165,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!