What You'll Do
As a PAM security engineer, your role will be to be a key contributor for our PAM security strategy. This will include solution selection, deployment, password management and access policies, session monitoring, and reporting. This team member will be heavily involved in the deployment of a PAM solution within our environment.
- Evaluate the cloud and on-premises infrastructure with a focus on deploying and maintaining a PAM solution with the environment
- Be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on a project that builds and deploys a PAM solution
- Create, maintain, and improve documentation for internal teams
- As team grows, be comfortable teaching other team members
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to PAM and AWS
What You'll Need to be Successful
- The ideal candidate will have extensive experience (3+ years) working as a PAM engineer within a mid to large multi-cloud organization.
- Experience in standing up a PAM solution from scratch is a bonus.
- Good understanding of information security and IAM best practices and principles
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical collaborators.
- Experience and strong technical knowledge in implementing and managing CI/CD is a huge plus.
- Ability to solve problems independently and drive collaboration with the immediate team and external teams as needed to meet strategic goals.
- Exhibit attention to detail and critical thinking skills.
- Security certifications such as CISSP, CEH, CompTIA Security+, or relevant vendor specific certifications are a plus.
How We'll Take Care of YouTotal RewardsIn addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.Health & WellnessBenefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.Inclusive culture and diversityAvalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.Flexible hybrid workingWe support hybrid work and flexible schedules for our employees.Learn more about our benefits by region here: https://careers.avalara.com/
About Avalara
We’re Avalara. We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year.Last year, we became a billion-dollar business
, and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there’s nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down - not until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.We’re bright, innovative and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.
EEO Statement
We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
