Senior Entrerprise Identity & Access Management Engineer

Job Description

At Careem we are led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve lives in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan. Were pioneering the development of innovative services to aid the mobility of people, the mobility of things and the mobility of money.Were in the driving seat as we help to define how technology will shape progress in some of the fastest-growing countries in the world. Our teams are building tech to meet the needs of the future in areas including data and AI, e-commerce, technology-enabled logistics, maps, identity, and fintech.We?re well placed to solve complex and meaningful challenges at scale, with deep tech expertise, strong regulatory relationships, a local presence, and increasingly specialised global teams which are structured to operate as autonomous start-ups. Our team of over 400 engineers and developers are empowered to develop cutting-edge technology every day.Careem was established in July 2012, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Uber Technologies, Inc. in January 2020, and today operates in over 100 cities across 12 countries.About the teamCareem is looking for a Senior Enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM) Engineer. As a member of an agile team, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of our current and future enterprise Identity & Access Management services (e.g., Okta, SailPoint, Thycotic, CyberArk etc.) in addition to helping onboard existing and new applications into such systems. You will be expected to drive constant innovation on the ground in a dynamic environment experiencing exciting hyper growth across geographies and verticals. As well as working independently, you will also be responsible for making technical decisions, implementing them and pushing for wider adoption within the rest of the team members and across the wider department.The individual will work closely with our Infrastructure, IT, Compliance and Legal teams to help build secure and robust enterprise IAM systems. We are a remote-first company and this brings interesting challenges for you to solve in the IAM space. We are passionate about our employees experience, and we are looking to reduce friction in every aspect of our colleagues Identity and Access Management areas by using modern and pragmatic IAM practices to meet the stringent security requirements we put on ourselves.What youll do

• Combine your knowledge and expertise in IAM with the goals of our business to support and maintain a world-class enterprise IAM infrastructure to enable our continued growth;
• Implement, maintain and modernize Careem?s Identity and Access Management systems ensuring they are widely adopted, provide a world-class experience to our colleagues and stay secure and compliant;
• Solve business and colleague experience problems through judicious use of technology;
• Assist in driving the identity architecture and strategic decisions as Careem moves along its growth and maturity curve;
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with stakeholders;
• Mentor the junior members of the team to ensure they grow

What youll need

• You have an extensive and deep level of hands-on understanding of authentication concepts and implementation details (e.g., SSO, OAuth2, SAML, OpenID Connect);
• At least 7 years of hands-on experience in enterprise/corporate Identity and Access Management systems;
• You have a ?can do? attitude and you are more proactive than reactive;
• Excellent communication skills;
• You are passionate about automation and toil reduction;
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems; Information Systems, or a related field/experience is required.
• Extensive experience with designing and implementing IAM systems using vendors products (Okta, Sailpoint )
• Experience in implementing IAM controls needed by regulations like SOx, GDPR etc.
• Hands-on experience working with cloud IAM systems like AWS Directory and identity and access management systems;
• Demonstrable ability to challenge, steer, and implement the future vision and roadmap for Identity, Authentication and Authorization;
• Skills to design and implement systems to enable seamless and secure access to applications that support our internal colleagues and their operational needs while keeping the systems stable and secure;
• You are passionate about automation and working with tools and languages to support it (e.g., Python, scripting languages, Git, CI/CD pipelines);
• Mentoring junior members of team to grow their technical skills;
• Strong Plus: Demonstrable experience in managing a Privileged Access Management (PAM) system.
• Plus: Experience working in hyper growth e-commerce environment.

Where youll be

• This role is part of a remote distributed team! This means you can be based in any of the countries where we currently have an engineering site. If you would like to join us in Dubai, Berlin, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Pakistan, Egypt, Lebanon or Jordan, thats fine with us (Visa permitting)!
• Even though we are working remotely, we are strong believers in collaboration and the power of building social connections with our teams. For that reason, our offices are still open and provide plenty of collaboration-friendly spaces at times when teams need it or if you need a quiet space to work outside of home.
• You?ll be working in the location you?re hired from. Due to legal and compensation considerations, you will need to be based out of the country you?re hired from as your primary work location

What well provide youIn addition to a competitive long-term total compensation with salary and equity, we have a reward philosophy that expands beyond this.As a Careem colleague you will be able to:

• Be part of a Remote-First organisation
• Work from any country in the world for 60 days a year
• Use Unlimited Vacation days throughout the year
• Access fitness reimbursements for health activities including: gym, health club and training classes.
• Work and learn from great minds
• Create impact in a region with untapped potential
• Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day

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