Identity and access management engineer with 9 years of experience running workforce and privileged access programs for enterprises of 10,000+ users. Automated joiner-mover-leaver provisioning that cut access removal from 5 days to under 1 hour. Brings Okta, SailPoint and CyberArk depth plus audit-ready access governance.
Experience
Senior IAM Engineer, Crestline Healthcare Group (Phoenix, AZ)
Sep 2021 – Present
Integrated Workday with SailPoint IdentityNow to automate joiner-mover-leaver flows for 14,000 workers, cutting deprovisioning from 5 days to 45 minutes
Federated 210 applications to Okta with SAML and OIDC, retiring 3 legacy SSO systems
Vaulted 2,300 privileged accounts in CyberArk with session recording for HIPAA and SOX scope
Ran quarterly access certifications with 98% completion and no repeat audit findings
IAM Engineer, Sonoran Utilities (Tempe, AZ)
Oct 2018 – Aug 2021
Designed role-based access models for 40 business roles, reducing ad hoc access requests 35%
Rolled out MFA for 6,000 users via Azure AD Conditional Access in 4 months
Systems Administrator, Desert Sky Credit Union (Mesa, AZ)
Jan 2017 – Sep 2018
Administered Active Directory and Group Policy for 900 users across 22 branches
Education
B.S. Information Technology, Arizona State University (Aug 2012 – Dec 2016)
Skills
Identity Platforms: Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Ping Identity
A strong IAM Engineer resume shows the systems you built, the scale they run at, and the measurable effect on speed, reliability or cost. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
Sections, in order
Summary
Experience
Projects
Skills
Education
Length: One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Summary: Write two or three lines: your role, your strongest skills, and one result that proves them.
Skills to feature
Programming languages
System design
Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
CI/CD
Testing and code review
Databases and SQL
Observability
Security fundamentals
APIs and integrations
Technical documentation
Example bullet points
Rebuilt the checkout service in Go, cutting p95 latency from 900 ms to 180 ms for 2M monthly users
Introduced contract tests and staged rollouts, reducing production incidents by 45% in two quarters
Migrated 30 services to Kubernetes with Terraform, lowering cloud spend by $250k a year
Tips from recruiters
Group skills by category (for example "Languages: Go, TypeScript") so recruiters and ATS parsers find them quickly.
Link to a repository, demo or write-up for at least one project you can talk about in depth.
Name the stack inside each bullet; keyword matching happens at the bullet level, not only in the skills list.
Recommended templates
Classic (ATS-friendly): Jake's-style LaTeX classic: small caps and hairline rules
Tech (ATS-friendly): Developer style: mono headings and tags, sans body
Modern (ATS-friendly): Clean single column with accent headings and rules
IAM Engineer resume FAQ
What should a IAM Engineer resume include?
A IAM Engineer resume should show the systems you built, the scale they run at, and the measurable effect on speed, reliability or cost. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Experience, Projects, Skills and Education. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
What is the best resume template for a IAM Engineer?
Classic, Tech and Modern work well for IAM Engineer roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.
How long should a IAM Engineer resume be?
One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Which skills should a IAM Engineer put on a resume?
Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for IAM Engineer roles are Programming languages, System design, Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), CI/CD, Testing and code review and Databases and SQL.
How do I write strong IAM Engineer resume bullet points?
Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as latency, uptime and deploy frequency. For example: "Rebuilt the checkout service in Go, cutting p95 latency from 900 ms to 180 ms for 2M monthly users."