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Candidate should be located in one of the following Metro locations: Louisville KY, NYC Metro, Dallas Metro, Charlotte NC Metro, South Florida, Washington DC metro, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Nashville).
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Security Engineer specializing in Identity and Access Management (IAM) with a strong focus on Policy Based Access Control (PBAC). This role is responsible for designing, authoring, and deploying dynamic authorization policies aligned with complex business requirements. The ideal candidate will have hands on experience with PBAC platforms, cloud native infrastructure, automation, and modern DevSecOps practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy PolicyBased Access Control (PBAC) policies to enable finegrained and dynamic authorization.
• Work closely with business, security, and application teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable, secure authorization policies.
• Author, test, deploy, and manage policies in PBAC platforms; experience with PlainID is highly preferred.
• Lead policy lifecycle management, including documentation, versioning, change tracking, and governance.
• Diagnose and resolve issues with existing authorization policies and implementations, improving stability and performance.
• Design and integrate authorization solutions using RESTful APIs.
• Work extensively with SQL, including schema design, DDL operations, and data analysis to support IAM use cases.
• Deploy, manage, and support IAM workloads on Azure infrastructure, with strong handson experience in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of networking concepts, including secure API communication, authentication flows, and cloud networking fundamentals.
• Implement secure DevOps practices using GitHub, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipelines for policy and application deployments.
• Develop PowerShell and shell scripts to automate IAM processes, enhance operational efficiency, and reduce manual effort.
• Ensure all IAM and authorization solutions align with organizational security standards, compliance requirements, and best practices.

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Required Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of handson experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Strong practical expertise in RBAC and PBAC concepts and implementations.
• Handson experience authoring and deploying PBAC policies using enterprise authorization tools.
• Solid understanding of dynamic authorization and policydriven access control models.
• Strong experience working with REST APIs.
• Proficiency with SQL, including DDL and data modeling.
• Handson experience with Azure infrastructure and AKS.
• Good understanding of networking fundamentals in cloud and distributed systems.
• Experience using GitHub, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Automation experience using PowerShell and/or shell scripting.
• Excellent documentation, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with PlainID or similar PBAC / authorization platforms
• Experience supporting enterprisescale IAM or Zero Trust architectures
• Background working in cloudnative, microservicesbased environments
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field are preferred
• Industryrecognized security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, or CompTIA Security+ are preferred
• Remote/WAH requirements:
  • WAH requirements: Must have the ability to provide a high speed DSL or cable modem for a home office. Associates or contractors who live and work from home in the state of California will be provided payment for their internet expense.
  • A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 25x10 (25mpbs download x 10mpbs upload) is required.
  • Satellite and Wireless Internet service is NOT allowed for this role.
  • A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

$117,600 - $161,700 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, "Humana") offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.
About us
About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health - delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer atHumana.comand atCenterWell.com.

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It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.