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Salary: USD 180,600 - 212,900 / annual
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage TechBio company, is seeking a Staff Engineer for Identity & Access Management to lead a comprehensive IAM transformation across products, platforms, cloud/on-premise infrastructure, and corporate applications.
In this role, you will assess the current state of IAM and revamp strategy to accelerate business outcomes. You will drive IAM implementation as part of a zero-trust security strategy, architect cloud-based identity governance and access management solutions, and implement RBAC/ABAC-based workflows for identity lifecycle management. You'll act as a key technical and strategic advisor for cross-functional teams including IT, security, and development, ensuring IAM principles are integrated into broader security architecture.
You will partner with Engineering and IT teams to ensure products and applications are developed with fine-tuned access privileges and appropriate risk management. You'll establish KPIs, KCIs, and KRIs to provide visibility into IAM control effectiveness and support continuous improvement. Additionally, you'll ensure regulatory compliance by designing IAM solutions that meet standards such as SOX and GxP.
You'll join a growing Information Security team focused on enabling Recursion to decode biology by providing world-class secure technology services. Collaboration across departments is essential to ensure IAM systems support broader business objectives while maintaining the highest security standards.
Recursion is an AI-native, end-to-end drug discovery and development platform integrating biology, chemistry, and clinical development. The company maintains platform infrastructure in Salt Lake City and Milton Park, Oxfordshire, with additional offices in New York, Montréal, and London.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field
- Minimum 7 years of experience in Identity & Access Management and information security domains
- Deep understanding of security principles and proven track record leading large-scale IAM projects from strategy to execution, particularly in cloud-first and hybrid environments
- Expertise in one or more programming languages (Java, C++, Python) as they relate to IAM products
- Expert-level experience in one or more leading Enterprise Identity Administration & Governance solutions
- Expert-level experience in Adaptive Authentication, OAuth, OpenID, SAML
- Expert-level experience with identity stack including Enterprise Active Directory and cloud IAM products (Okta, AWS, Azure AD, Duo, or equivalent)
- Expert-level experience with privileged access management solutions (e.g., Delinea, CyberArk)
- Knowledge of operating systems (UNIX/Linux, macOS, Windows) and database management systems
- Excellent communication and leadership skills capable of driving security initiatives and influencing change across multiple teams
- Ability to act as Business Systems Analyst and articulate requirements in a technology-agnostic manner
- Continuous improvement mindset with awareness of latest IAM trends and technologies
- Experience with risk management ensuring IAM solutions align with organizational risk tolerance and compliance requirements
- Relevant security certifications (CISSP, OSCP, GWAPT) highly desirable
