Stream, connect, process, and govern your data with a unified Data Streaming Platform built on the heritage of Apache Kafka® and Apache Flink®. Backed by Battery, Index and Sequoia.
About the role
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Staff Security Risk & Compliance Program Manager - Access Management to join our Trust & Security team. This senior role owns Confluent's internal access management program and leads its evolution toward machine and workload identity — service-to-service (S2S) authentication, non-human identity (NHI), and access controls for AI agents — as the next frontier of least-privilege security for the Confluent Cloud platform.
What they're looking for
- Deep expertise in identity and access management concepts: least privilege, separation of duties, RBAC/ABAC, just-in-time (JIT) and privileged access management (PAM), and access review/certification
- Working knowledge of machine and workload identity — service-to-service authentication, non-human identity, service accounts, secrets/key management, and emerging AI-agent access patterns
- Strong security engineering fundamentals across cloud infrastructure security controls in GCP, AWS, and/or Azure, including Kubernetes and cloud control-plane access models
- Familiarity with identity platforms and access tooling (e.g., Okta, JIT/access-orchestration tooling) and how access controls are enforced in production
- Tooling and Automation: Experience integrating access processes, controls, or findings into GRC and access-orchestration platforms, and a bias toward automating access decisions over manual operations
- Strong project management and organizational skills
More about this role
We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.
It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together.
One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Staff Security Risk & Compliance Program Manager - Access Management to join our Trust & Security team. This senior role owns Confluent's internal access management program and leads its evolution toward machine and workload identity — service-to-service (S2S) authentication, non-human identity (NHI), and access controls for AI agents — as the next frontier of least-privilege security for the Confluent Cloud platform.
You will be the horizontal owner of how Confluent governs access : the Access Management Standard, access metrics, and the...
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