About the Role

• Rapid adoption of AI agents is creating a surge in machine identities across systems (APIs, cloud, SaaS, data stores).
  
• These identities require provisioning, monitoring, and governance outside traditional human identity models.
  
• Hiring a Senior Engineer to own non-human identity (NHI) governance end-to-end.
  
• High-visibility, newly created role spanning:
  
• Identity
  
• Cloud
  
• Enterprise Applications
  
• Cybersecurity
  

Responsibilities include:

• Leading rollout and operations of NHI governance platform
  
• Building workflows to enable safe AI adoption
  
• Establishing operational foundations for AI governance
  
• Focus is on engineering and operations—not policy writing.
  
• Direct impact on securing AI-enabled systems at scale.
  
• What You’ll Do
  
• NHI Governance Platform Rollout & Operationalization
  

Lead end-to-end deployment of NHI governance platform.

Integrate with:

• Cloud platforms
  
• Identity providers
  
• SaaS tools
  
• Internal systems
  
• Partner with Identity Management to:
  
• Define NHI discovery and classification
  
• Assign ownership
  
• Manage lifecycle processes
  
• Build dashboards, alerts, and reporting for real-time visibility.
  
• Machine Identity Governance
  

Establish workflows for:

• Intake
  
• Assessment
  
• Approval of machine identities and credentials
  
• Support lifecycle management:
  
• Provisioning
  
• Credential rotation
  
• Access reviews
  
• Decommissioning
  
• Manage:
  
• Secrets
  
• Service accounts
  
• API keys
  
• OAuth tokens
  
• Identify and remediate orphaned or ungoverned credentials.
  
• Cross-Functional Partnership
  

Act as a bridge between:

• Identity Management
  
• Cloud Operations
  
• Enterprise Applications
  
• Cybersecurity
  
• Translate security policies into automated controls.
  
• Enable governed adoption of AI (without slowing teams down).
  
• Represent organization in AI governance discussions.
  
• Program Development
  

Create and maintain:

• Runbooks
  
• Standards
  
• Documentation
  
• Track metrics for:
  
• Risk reduction
  
• Operational maturity
  
• Stay updated on:
  
• NHI risks
  
• AI security trends
  
• What You Bring
  

5+ years in:

• Infrastructure, identity, or security engineering.

Experience with:

• Secrets management tools (e.g., Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault)
  
• NHI or identity tooling
  
• Strong cloud knowledge:
  
• AWS, Azure, or GCP
  
• Familiarity with authentication protocols:
  
• OAuth, OIDC, SAML, API keys
  
• Experience operationalizing enterprise security/identity platforms
  
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills
  
• Clear and structured communication (written and verbal)
  
• Nice to Have
  

Experience with NHI/security platforms:

• Entro Security, Astrix, Elimity, etc.
  
• Exposure to:
  
• Agentic AI frameworks
  
• AI authentication models
  
• Certifications:
  
• CISSP, CCSP, or cloud security certs
  
• Industry experience:
  
• Media, publishing, or data-sensitive sectors

Why This Role

• Greenfield opportunity — build from scratch
  
• Strong executive support and investment
  
• High impact across all AI initiatives
  
• Collaborative environment with established teams across:
  
• Cloud
  
• Identity
  
• Cybersecurity