Staff IT Engineer

Join Headway, a mental healthcare startup, as a Senior IT Engineer specializing in Identity and Access Management (IAM). In this role, you will design and standardize the IAM lifecycle, drive automation and integration excellence, strengthen security foundations, and lead the transition to least-privilege access. You will collaborate with major stakeholders to establish IAM policies and governance, maintain documentation, and address identity-related incidents. The ideal candidate has at least 5 years of experience in IAM technologies, a strong understanding of SaaS environments, and a collaborative mindset.

• Design, develop, and standardize the IAM lifecycle and associated workflows for Headway employee accounts.
• Drive automation and integration excellence by configuring and managing workflows to automate provisioning, de-provisioning, and access changes.
• Lead the transition to least-privilege and actively drive and support the organization-wide Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) initiative.
• You excel at partnering with stakeholders across the business to synthesize and present technical solutions that drive business efficiency
• Stay up-to-date on the latest technology and privacy best practices and requirements
• You practice methodical project ownership and management with autonomy by consistently planning and executing work with visibility
• Possess subject matter expertise in IAM technologies; you’ve led large scale projects to completion centered on IdP implementation, JML automation, and integrating SaaS applications using APIs, SCIM, and OIDC/SAML protocols
• An experienced SaaS environment expert with at least 5 years in a fast paced, supporting a distributed workforce, specifically focused on Identity & Access Management (Okta experience is strongly preferred)
• Are a team player who actively seeks and provides feedback with a growth mindset
• You’ve driven organization change by leading or playing a significant role in large scale company access controls deployments that require cross functional collaboration and user impact management