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Sr. Solutions Engineer

C1· Sales
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Remote$100k - $200kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior technical pre-sales engineer focusing on identity governance and access management, delivering technical solutions and guiding customers through evaluations to enable secure, scalable IAM/IGA deployments.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to prospects and customers on identity governance, authentication, authorization, and access control strategies.
  • Architect and deliver technical solutions spanning IGA, IAM, CIEM, and PAM, mapping business requirements into scalable identity architectures.
  • Lead workshops, whiteboard sessions, and demos that showcase the business value of identity automation, access governance, and zero trust.
  • Design and implement integration strategies across AWS, GCP, and Azure, with a strong understanding of native identity services, policies, and entitlement models.
  • Nerd out on protocols and standards like SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SCIM, and FIDO2 — and explain them to both engineers and CISOs.
  • Build, test, and troubleshoot custom integrations and workflows using APIs, SDKs, and Terraform/automation frameworks.
  • Stay ahead of industry trends (IGA, CIEM, Just-in-Time access, Zero Trust, identity for machine/non-human accounts) and share thought leadership with internal teams and customers.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in a technical pre-sales, solutions engineering, or identity architect role, OR equivalent hands-on experience in IAM/IGA.
  • Strong understanding of authentication and authorization frameworks, MFA, step-up auth, conditional access, least privilege, and Zero Trust.
  • Practical knowledge of directory services (Okta, Azure AD/Entra ID, LDAP, Google Workspace, on-prem AD).
  • Hands-on cloud experience with AWS IAM/IAM Identity Center, GCP IAM, and Azure AD/role-based access models, including how to govern them with IGA.
  • Comfort with GO, APIs, SDKs, JSON/YAML, scripting, and automation, Terraform or similar IaC tools.
  • Excellent communication skills, able to run deep technical conversations with engineers while articulating value to business stakeholders.
  • Willingness to travel for customer meetings, partner events, or industry conferences.

Skills

Required:Identity governance and access management (IGA)IAM/CIEM/PAMAuthentication protocols (SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SCIM, FIDO2)Cloud IAM (AWS, GCP, Azure)APIs/SDKs/TerraformCommunication with engineers and business stakeholders

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Competitive compensation (100K – 200K)
Last updated Jul 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Access for the agentic era

C1 equips security and IT teams with a powerful autonomous identity security platform. Secure access with complete visibility, just-in-time provisioning, automated access reviews, and more.

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