Principal Cybersecurity Engineer (IAM)
- Recruiter
- Ceridian
- Location
- Canada
- Salary
- CAD 100,300.00 - 179,300.00 per year
- Posted
- 27 Feb 2025
- Closes
- 29 Mar 2025
- Ref
- -1523475613675452920
- Job Type
- Cyber Security
- Employer Sector
- Technology, IT & Telecoms
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region. Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity and compliance for the global workforce. Our brand promise - Makes Work Life BetterTM- Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.
Location: Work is what you do, not where you go. For this role, we are open to remote work and can hire anywhere in the United States or Canada
About The Opportunity
Dayforce is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer Prin (IAM) to join our global Cybersecurity organization. This engineering role is key in delivering IAM program foundational capabilities such as Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), Access Management (AM), and Privileged Access Management (PAM). This role will work in close partnership with Cybersecurity Architects, Technology, and P&T (Product & Technology) teams and interface across all business areas.
What you'll get to do
Skills and Experience we value
What's in it for you
Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.
We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.
Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.
With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.
About the Salary Ranges
Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate's experience, skills, budget and location. Our company is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value an individual brings to the organization.
Fraudulent Recruiting
Beware of fraudulent recruiting. Legitimate Dayforce contacts will use an @dayforce.com or @Ceridian.com email address. We do not request money, checks, equipment orders, or sensitive personal data during the recruitment process. If you have been asked for any of the above, or believe you have been contacted by someone posing as a Dayforce employee, please refer to our fraudulent recruiting statement found here:
Location: Work is what you do, not where you go. For this role, we are open to remote work and can hire anywhere in the United States or Canada
About The Opportunity
Dayforce is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer Prin (IAM) to join our global Cybersecurity organization. This engineering role is key in delivering IAM program foundational capabilities such as Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), Access Management (AM), and Privileged Access Management (PAM). This role will work in close partnership with Cybersecurity Architects, Technology, and P&T (Product & Technology) teams and interface across all business areas.
What you'll get to do
- Integrate IAM capabilities such as IGA, AM, and PAM with business applications and SaaS applications for provisioning, identity authentication, and developing connectors between IAM tools
- Analyze complex issues and define new direction or significant advancement of product and services. Implement capabilities include MS Entra & AWS by leveraging modern and emerging IAM technologies for multi-cloud public platforms
- Provide engineering hands-on technical support in all aspects of IAM project life cycle, from the initial kickoff through the requirements analysis, design, product selection, and implementation.
- Participate in POCs of new Access Management products and services and validate integration capabilities aligned with business needs
- Excel at being agile and responsive to changes in plans and see it as an opportunity to excel
- Administer RBAC (role-based access control) between IAM and systems
- Provide Tier 3 support during major incidents and work closely with respective teams during these incidents to troubleshoot to help drive response efforts
- Complex powershell scripting integration with CRM products and MS Entra Services
Skills and Experience we value
- 5+ years engineering experience with IAM capabilities / technologies such as IGA, PAM, and AM
- Expert knowledge and hands-on technical experience with MS Entra, Onprem AD, PAM, AM, and IGA solutions
- Expert knowledge and hands-on technical experience with automation
- Expert knowledge of SSO, MFA, Federation, RBAC, MS Entra PIM
- Strong knowledge of cloud Identity Access Management functions in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS public cloud environments (MS Entra & AWS)
- Highly proficient in automation scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, and JavaScript
- Superior communication skills (written and verbal) with an ability to articulate complex topics in a business understandable manner at all levels in an enterprise
- Strong ability to identify, analyze, and resolve problems to drive solutions to completion.
- Ability to prioritize workload and consistently meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Certifications such as CISSP, Cloud Security (CCSP, CCSK, AZ-305, AZ-500) are highly desirable
- Knowledge and experience of working with CI/CD frameworks and methodologies such as automated testing (unit / integration) and release pipelines (e.g. ADO, GitHub Actions) is a plus
- Bachelor's degree is a plus
What's in it for you
Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.
We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.
Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.
With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.
About the Salary Ranges
Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate's experience, skills, budget and location. Our company is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value an individual brings to the organization.
Fraudulent Recruiting
Beware of fraudulent recruiting. Legitimate Dayforce contacts will use an @dayforce.com or @Ceridian.com email address. We do not request money, checks, equipment orders, or sensitive personal data during the recruitment process. If you have been asked for any of the above, or believe you have been contacted by someone posing as a Dayforce employee, please refer to our fraudulent recruiting statement found here: