Senior Platform Engineer - Identity & Access Platform

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Job Description

At K&L Gates, we are looking for smart, imaginative and hard-working people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and ideas to join us.  Perhaps our search for talented visionaries and your search for important and impactful work lead to the same place.

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join the firm.  The Senior Platform Engineer (Identity & Access Platform) manages and enhances the firm’s identity platform and related automation processes. Combining Identity and Access Management (IAM) expertise with senior systems engineering, the role develops secure, scalable, and resilient identity services using Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD). Responsibilities include developing identity services, automating joiner/mover/leaver workflows, integrating applications and infrastructure with enterprise identity, and implementing auditable access controls. All tasks align with firm standards and compliance requirements, ensuring robust identity and access solutions for the organization.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS
Director, Security and Information Governance; Director, Enterprise Operations; Data Governance/GRC; Infrastructure & Application Owners

ESSENTIAL DUTIES
• Engineering and optimizing the enterprise identity platform using Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) to support secure authentication and authorization across cloud and on premises environments
• Designing modern identity controls including MFA, Conditional Access, SSO, federation, identity protection, and risk based access policies
• Delivering and maintaining secure identity integrations for SaaS and internally developed applications, ensuring consistent access patterns and configuration standards
• Building and managing automation first IAM lifecycle workflows covering joiner/mover/leaver processes, access approvals, entitlement changes, and access reviews
• Engineering integrations between identity platforms, authoritative data sources, and downstream systems to enable reliable provisioning, deprovisioning, and access governance
• Operating identity services as a production grade platform, including availability, performance, capacity management, incident response, root cause analysis, and effective change management
• Implementing observability and operational tooling such as logging, monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and runbooks for identity events, access changes, and platform health
• Standardizing and version controlling identity and access configurations using infrastructure as code and configuration as code practices with peer review and controlled releases
• Enforcing access governance and audit readiness by applying least privilege and RBAC principles, leading access reviews, remediations, and supporting audits and assessments

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS REQUIRED
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of access control principles and account management requirements
• Demonstrate knowledge of governance and control frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001/42001, NIST 800-171) as they relate to access controls.
• Hold Security/Identity certifications (CISSP/CISM and/or Microsoft identity-focused credentials)
• Show proven success building automation for identity lifecycle and access processes
• Have 7+ years of experience in platform/systems engineering, IAM engineering, or security engineering in complex enterprise environments
• Demonstrate extensive hands on experience with Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) in production
• Demonstrate expertise in designing dependable services, including monitoring, incident response, change management, and operational efficiency
• Modernize identity and access management programs or evaluate identity-as-a-service and identity and access management solutions.
 

Compensation Salary: $111,000 - $209,000

The compensation salary for this position will be determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to prior experience, relevant expertise, current business needs, and market factors.

ABOUT THE FIRM

K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents in more than 40 offices. We have experienced dramatic growth in the past decade and now rank among the largest U.S. based law firms in the world.  We take pride in constantly striving for innovation, imagination and an entrepreneurial spirit. We come up with big ideas and then roll up our sleeves to get the job done, guiding our clients through their most complex issues in a variety of industry sectors and across multiple regions of the world. 

The industry recognition the firm has garnered emanates from the foundation of a global community aligned on behalf of our clients. The people at K&L Gates are committed to working together to create a legacy for each other, the firm, our clients, and the communities in which we serve. We thrive in an inclusive and socially conscious environment that embraces diversity and takes a holistic approach to the career evolution of all our professionals.

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BENEFITS

K&L Gates offers our personnel a comprehensive suite of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time personnel include:

  • Medical/Prescription Drug Coverage (including a Health Savings Account feature)
  • Back-up Child/Elder Care and access to a caregiving concierge
  • Dental Insurance
  • Wellness Program
  • Vision Insurance
  • Pre-tax Commuting Benefits
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan and Profit Sharing
  • Business Travel Accident Insurance
  • Short- and Long-term Disability Protection
  • Pet Insurance
  • Life Insurance (including Basic, Supplemental, Spouse, Child, and Accidental Death and Dismemberment)
  • Health Advocacy Services
  • Paid Time Off (20 days/year through first 4 years of employment; 25 days/year after 5 years of employment)
  • Identity Protection/Restoration and Fraud Insurance
  • Parental Leave (18 weeks of which 6 are paid; short-term disability may provide additional paid time off)
  • Student loan refinancing options and access to a student loan concierge service
  • Paid Holidays (12)
  • Addiction Resources
  • Family Building Benefits
  • Breast Milk Delivery and Lactation Support Services
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Employees also may be eligible to receive bonuses and certain expense reimbursements
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Professional Development and CLE Credit Opportunities
  • 529 Deductions
  • Relocation
  • Accident Insurance
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Critical Illness Insurance
  • Hybrid/Remote Work Opportunities
  • Hospital Indemnity Insurance
  • Perks including: Technology, Entertainment, and Travel Discount Programs
  • Bereavement Leave
  • All other benefits (such as leaves of absence) required by law

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

The Firm is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the Firm that employment decisions shall be based on merit, qualifications and competence. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of a person’s race (including traits associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles such as afros, braids, locks, and twists), religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, gender, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, familial status, domestic violence victim status, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy governs all aspects of employment including, without limitation, recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, promotion, assignment, and dismissal. In addition, it is the Firm’s policy to provide an environment that is free of prohibited harassment of any kind including, without limitation, that which is based on sex, race, age, disability, ethnic background, or any other category protected by law (including the categories listed above). The Firm complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please contact askHR@klgates.com.