Data Engineer - Zero Trust and IAM

As an experienced professional with 3+ years of experience in building and operating production-grade applications and services across the stack, you will be responsible for the following key responsibilities: - Demonstrating strong programming skills in Python and/or Scala and SQL to write modular, testable, and well-documented code for batch and streaming workloads. - Hands-on experience with modern data engineering stacks including: - Distributed processing using Apache Spark (Databricks preferred), PySpark/Scala. - Orchestration with Azure Data Factory or Apache Airflow; implementing event-driven patterns with Azure Functions/Logic Apps. - Working with storage & formats such as Delta Lake/Lakehouse, ADLS Gen2, Parquet/Avro, Hive Metastore/Unity Catalog. - Data modeling in dimensional/star, data vault or lakehouse medallion; managing schema evolution and governance at scale. - Having IAM domain expertise including identity lifecycle, entitlements/roles, access requests & approvals, certification/attestation, and familiarity with IdPs and IGA/PAM. Your qualifications should include a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data/Software Engineering, or equivalent experience. Additionally, the following qualifications would be preferred: - Designing and implementing scalable ingestion, transformation, and serving layers to unify identity data across various sources. - Developing streaming and micro-batch pipelines for near-real-time identity signals to support conditional access and continuous verification. - Engineering robust connectors and integrations with idempotent processing, backpressure handling, and replay capabilities. - Establishing DataOps practices and partnering with IAM/SecEng to define reference architectures for identity analytics and governance. - Contributing to documentation and mentoring engineers on data engineering best practices and secure coding standards. Certifications that would be nice to have include Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP203), Azure Security Engineer (AZ500), Identity and Access Administrator (SC300), Databricks Data Engineer Professional, Okta Certified Professional/Developer, SailPoint IdentityNow Engineer, CyberArk Defender, and security certifications indicating breadth such as CISSP or GIAC for cross-domain collaboration.,