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Access Operations Technical Manager

Waymo

Join our team as an Access Operations Technical Manager. In this hybrid role, you will be responsible for managing access processes and workflows, developing tooling requirements, mitigating access risks, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will also have the opportunity to automate access management and drive operational efficiencies. Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, competitive compensation, and a hybrid work model.

Responsibilities

  • Possess the technical depth to audit code-managed configurations, and comfort to make updates to reflect required access updates and policy tweaks to provide access paths in today’s environment.
  • Strong capability to manage project timelines, navigate ambiguity, align conflicting priorities, and communicate complex architectures to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to proactively identify access security risks, build mitigation and contingency plans, and track risk-reduction metrics (e.g., access latency, over-provisioning remediation).
  • IAM Expertise: Deep technical understanding of enterprise Identity Access Management frameworks (e.g., Okta, SailPoint, Google Cloud IAM, or custom frameworks)
  • Engineering & Coding Skills: Possess the technical depth to audit code-managed configurations, and comfort to make updates to reflect required access updates and policy tweaks to provide access paths in today’s environment. Focus on future state simplification by building requirements for internal access tools, processes and automation of workflows
  • Technical Program Leadership: Strong capability to manage project timelines, navigate ambiguity, align conflicting priorities, and communicate complex architectures to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Risk Management Mindset: Proven ability to proactively identify access security risks, build mitigation and contingency plans, and track risk-reduction metrics (e.g., access latency, over-provisioning remediation)
  • Hands-on Development: Experience in writing production-grade code (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or JavaScript) to build internal tools, automate workflows, and interface with REST/gRPC APIs
  • Application Architecture: Experience designing and developing lightweight applications or automation layers that sit on top of legacy vendor systems to optimize user experiences

Requirements

  • Access Auditing & Governance: Direct experience building automated compliance or automated review workflows that detect, flag, and de-provision orphaned or unnecessary access rights
  • Extended Workforce Operations: Familiarity with managing the unique security and lifecycle requirements associated with vendor, contractor, or temporary external workforces

Pay

USD 230,000 - 284,000