# Principal Cloud IAM Engineer (US Federal)

Hiring organization: [Workday](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/workday)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d5d4131d-2469-48d8-8231-15a68a963c4f

Listed on Workday's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Reston, VA
- Salary: 191500 – 287300 USD per year

## Summary

This role involves designing and implementing identity and access management systems for U.S. federal government cloud environments, working across AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms. It suits experienced cloud engineers with a strong background in IAM, compliance frameworks, and security who are interested in mission-critical infrastructure work serving federal agencies.

_Our summary, not Workday's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), GitHub, Infrastructure as Code, Microsoft Azure, OAuth, Okta, Python, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Splunk, Terraform

## Required

- US Citizenship
- 8+ years as a cloud engineer with IAM focus
- Experience centralizing authentication and authorization
- Infrastructure as code management using Terraform or similar
- Automation tool development in Python or equivalent
- Cloud platform integration with Okta, EntraID, or similar SSO solutions
- SIEM tool experience for log aggregation and threat analysis

## Nice to have

- Active TS/SCI with CI Poly security clearance
- DoD 8570/8140 compliance with IAT Level II certification
- NIST 800-53 and DoD/Intel control framework familiarity
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or cybersecurity
- Identity governance and user lifecycle management experience

Apply on Workday's site: https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Workday/job/USAVAReston/Principal-Cloud-Engineer--US-Federal-_JR-0104997