Job Title: Privileged Access Management (PAM) Engineer
Contract Type / Duration: Contract | 6 Months
Location: Hybrid – New York, NY; Alpharetta, GA; or Montreal, Canada (3 Days Onsite)
Work Hours: 40 Hours/Week
Job Summary / Overview
We are seeking a Privileged Access Management (PAM) Engineer to design, implement, and support secure privileged access solutions while helping integrate AI-driven automation into enterprise security platforms. This role combines expertise in identity security, privileged access management, cloud technologies, and AI-enabled engineering to build secure, scalable, and compliant solutions for a large enterprise environment.
The ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience with enterprise PAM platforms, modern AI technologies, and secure software engineering practices.
Top Required Skills (Ranked)
1. Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Hands-on experience with enterprise PAM platforms such as CyberArk, BeyondTrust, Delinea, or One Identity
Strong understanding of privileged access, service accounts, non-human identities, least privilege, RBAC, Just-in-Time (JIT) access, and session management
Experience implementing privileged access governance and security controls
2. AI Platform Engineering & Automation
Experience building or supporting AI, LLM, automation, or platform engineering solutions
Knowledge of prompt engineering, model evaluation, hallucination mitigation, drift monitoring, and grounding techniques
Experience with agent frameworks, orchestration, and multi-agent workflows
3. Enterprise Security Engineering
Experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise identity, security, monitoring, and compliance platforms
Strong understanding of secure software development, cloud-native architectures, APIs, distributed systems, and modern MLOps/LLMOps practices
Experience supporting production environments in regulated enterprises
Preferred Skills / Nice to Have
AI governance, model controls, guardrails, and audit frameworks
Knowledge of NIST AI RMF, OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, MITRE ATLAS, or ISO AI governance frameworks
Hybrid cloud architecture experience
Experience securing machine identities and non-human identities
Experience remediating privileged access risks and hardcoded credentials
Audit, compliance, and regulatory support experience
Financial services or other highly regulated industry experience
Key Responsibilities
Design, implement, and support enterprise Privileged Access Management solutions
Build secure AI-enabled automation for identity and security operations
Integrate AI solutions with enterprise identity, monitoring, and security platforms
Develop secure access controls for privileged, service, and machine identities
Support AI governance, monitoring, and security best practices
Collaborate with cybersecurity, IAM, cloud, infrastructure, application, and audit teams
Improve automation, operational efficiency, and security across enterprise platforms
Ensure AI-enabled solutions are secure, explainable, auditable, and compliant
Education Requirement
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
Certifications (Preferred)
CyberArk Defender or Sentry Certifications
BeyondTrust, Delinea, or One Identity certifications
Cloud certifications (AWS or Azure)
Security certifications such as CISSP, Security+, or similar
AI, machine learning, or cloud security certifications are a plus
Additional Notes
Hybrid position requiring three days onsite each week
Candidates may be based in New York, NY; Alpharetta, GA
Experience working in enterprise or highly regulated environments is strongly preferred
Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential
Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI security and privileged access initiatives
Employment Requirements
Candidate must be eligible for W-2 employment
No Corp-to-Corp (C2C) arrangements
Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship
Equal Opportunity Statement
The client is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or any other non-merit-based factor.