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Senior Identity & Access Management (IAM) Lead

    Job description

    Senior Identity & Access Management (IAM) Lead, Security & IT
    San Carlos, CA (on-site)

    About 1X
    We build humanoid robots that work alongside people to solve labor shortages and create abundance.

    The Role
    As the Senior Identity & Access Management (IAM) Lead, you will own and scale 1X’s identity ecosystem to ensure access is secure, automated, and audit-ready—without slowing teams down. This is a hands-on senior role responsible for architecting, implementing, and operating our IAM infrastructure across core systems. You will design automation-first lifecycle processes, strengthen authentication controls, and establish scalable governance standards. Your work will directly enable secure growth as we expand our teams and systems.

    You Will

    • Own IAM end-to-end across Okta, Google Workspace, 1Password, and HRIS-driven lifecycle management

    • Build and automate Joiner, Mover, Leaver workflows to enable fast onboarding and reliable, secure offboarding

    • Standardize and scale SSO and SCIM integrations across SaaS applications with a secure-by-default approach

    • Design and implement RBAC strategies, group governance models, admin boundaries, and approval workflows

    • Strengthen authentication and access controls, including risk-based policies, least privilege models, and privileged access management patterns

    • Configure, troubleshoot, and continuously improve IAM systems directly, without reliance on external consultants

    • Establish dashboards, metrics, and lightweight runbooks to maintain identity health as the organization scales

    • Ensure offboarding processes fully revoke sessions, remove access, and secure credentials consistently

    • Maintain clean and well-governed 1Password vault structures with clear ownership and healthy credential rotation practices

    Job requirements

    Must Have

    • 6+ years of experience in IAM, IT Security, or Security Engineering with hands-on ownership of Okta

    • Strong expertise in SSO protocols (SAML, OIDC), SCIM lifecycle automation, and RBAC/group governance

    • Experience owning and securing Google Workspace environments, including admin role design

    • Experience implementing and managing secrets governance with 1Password or similar tools

    • Proven ability to automate identity lifecycle processes through HRIS platforms such as Rippling or equivalent

    • Experience implementing phishing-resistant MFA and strengthening administrative access controls

    • Familiarity with audit readiness practices and incident response playbooks related to account compromise

    • Experience operating in fast-scaling organizations where security standards and automation are critical

    Benefits & Compensation

    • Salary Range: $180,000 – $235,000 + Equity

    • Health, dental, and vision insurance

    • 401(k) with company match

    • Paid time off and holidays

    Equal Opportunity Employer
    1X is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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    On-site
    • San Carlos, California, United States
    $180,000 - $235,000
    Information Technology (IT)