Impulse Space

In-space propulsion and payload mobility

Identity Governance Engineer

Security Engineering & ArchitectureConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeRedondo Beach, CA, USA$140k - $180k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

At least 3 years of relevant professional experience.
At least 5 years of relevant professional experience.
Experience in Identity and Access Management, Identity Governance, Security Engineering, or a related discipline.
Strong hands-on experience administering and engineering Microsoft Active Directory.
Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD and hybrid identity environments.
Experience managing Conditional Access, multi-factor authentication, authentication methods, and privileged access.
Experience with identity lifecycle management, role-based access control, least privilege, access reviews, and entitlement governance.
Experience with enterprise authentication and federation technologies such as Security Assertion Markup Language, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and System for Cross-domain Identity Management.
Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell and APIs.
Working knowledge of public key infrastructure, X.509 certificates, and certificate-based authentication.
Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

Maintain and enhance enterprise Identity Governance and Administration capabilities.
Manage and improve identity lifecycle processes, including provisioning, deprovisioning, access changes, and periodic access reviews.
Maintain and enhance Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID, including users, groups, roles, privileged identities, and hybrid identity integrations.
Maintain and continuously improve Microsoft Entra Conditional Access, authentication methods, and identity security policies.
Support and enhance certificate-based authentication for user and device identities.
Maintain and improve Privileged Identity Management and integrations with Privileged Access Management capabilities.
Maintain enterprise single sign-on, federation, and automated provisioning integrations using technologies such as Security Assertion Markup Language, OAuth/OpenID Connect, and System for Cross-domain Identity Management.
Govern employee, contractor, partner, business-to-business, service account, application, and other non-human identities.
Maintain and enhance identity governance across Microsoft 365, Azure, Amazon Web Services, software-as-a-service applications, and enterprise systems.
Develop automation using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, REST APIs, and Python.
Partner with Security Operations and Security Engineering to monitor, investigate, and remediate identity-related security risks.
Maintain identity and access controls supporting organizational security and compliance requirements.

As an Identity Governance Engineer at Impulse, you will maintain, enhance, and scale our enterprise identity and access management capabilities. This role will help ensure that users, devices, administrators, applications, and other identities have appropriate access throughout their lifecycle. The Identity Governance Engineer will work across Information Security, IT, Engineering, and business teams to strengthen identity governance, authentication, privileged access, directory services, and identity automation across corporate, cloud, and regulated environments. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone with strong experience in Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, identity governance, Conditional Access, and enterprise authentication technologies.

3+ years of professional relative experience
Maintain and enhance enterprise Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) capabilities
Manage and improve identity lifecycle processes, including provisioning, deprovisioning, access changes, and periodic access reviews
Maintain and enhance Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID, including users, groups, roles, privileged identities, and hybrid identity integrations
Maintain and continuously improve Microsoft Entra Conditional Access, authentication methods, and identity security policies
Support and enhance certificate-based authentication for user and device identities
Maintain and improve Privileged Identity Management (PIM) and integrations with Privileged Access Management (PAM) capabilities
Maintain enterprise SSO, federation, and automated provisioning integrations using technologies such as SAML, OAuth/OIDC, and SCIM
Govern employee, contractor, partner, B2B, service account, application, and other non-human identities
Maintain and enhance identity governance across Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, SaaS applications, and enterprise systems
Develop automation using technologies such as PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, REST APIs, and Python. Partner with Security Operations and Security Engineering to monitor, investigate, and remediate identity-related security risks. Maintain identity and access controls supporting organizational security and compliance requirements

5+ years of professional relative experience
Experience in Identity and Access Management, Identity Governance, Security Engineering, or a related discipline
Strong hands-on experience administering and engineering Microsoft Active Directory
Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD and hybrid identity environments
Experience managing Conditional Access, MFA, authentication methods, and privileged access
Experience with identity lifecycle management, RBAC, least privilege, access reviews, and entitlement governance
Experience with enterprise authentication and federation technologies such as SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SCIM
Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell and APIs. Working knowledge of PKI, X.509 certificates, and certificate-based authentication
Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills

About the Company

Impulse Space

In-space propulsion and payload mobility

Impulse Space builds in-space mobility services and propulsion to move payloads after launch. Its products include Mira for precise maneuvering and rendezvous, Helios high-energy kick stage, Caravan rideshare to higher-energy orbits, and propulsion lines Saiph, Deneb, and Rigel. These tools act as in-space tugs and stages to push, dock, and deploy payloads in orbit. Led by SpaceX veteran Tom Mueller, Impulse Space uses flight-proven hardware and a growing network of facilities to make reaching higher-energy orbits faster and cheaper, expanding access for customers.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Series D
Total funding: $1.4B
Headquarters: Redondo Beach, CA
Founded: 2021

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