# Staff Identity and Access Management Engineer at Tanium

- Company: Tanium
- What the company does: Tanium is a unified endpoint management and security platform: agentic AI for real-time visibility, patching, and risk remediation across endpoints. Backed by a16z and IVP.
- Company website: https://www.tanium.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Addison, TX (Hybrid); Bellevue, WA (Hybrid); Durham, NC (Hybrid); Emeryville, CA (Hybrid); Reston, VA (Hybrid)
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $180K to $230K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-02
- Apply by: 2026-10-17
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tanium/jobs/8126772
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/tanium-staff-identity-and-access-management-engineer/

## About the role

We're looking for a Staff IAM engineer to design, implement, and manage identity and access management (IAM) and identity governance (IGA) solutions across Tanium's corporate infrastructure. You'll evaluate new IAM/IGA technologies, partner with cross-functional teams on strategy, and keep our identity ecosystem secure, compliant, and efficient.

## What they're looking for

- Design and manage IAM/IGA solutions across corporate infrastructure, including SSO, MFA, and PAM
- Build and maintain identity automation - onboarding, off-boarding, entitlements, and approval workflows - and troubleshoot issues surfaced by testing, user, or peer feedback
- Own the identity lifecycle: monitor, document, and continuously improve it
- Partner with GRC to develop and maintain IAM/IGA policies and standards that satisfy regulatory requirements (ISO 27001, FedRAMP, GDPR, HIPAA, etc.)
- Assess IAM systems regularly for security gaps and insure ongoing patch and policy compliance
- Lead technical delivery on IAM/IGA projects - upgrades, migrations, integrations - and monitor system performance to identify optimizations

Tags: IT Support