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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 21 days Lantern's roles stay open a median of 23 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 52% of Lantern's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Lantern
- moderate 5 stale, 1 reposted of 21 open
- Hiring momentum
- 55 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Lantern's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Lantern.
About this role
As a Principal IAM Engineer at Lantern, you will be responsible for owning the identity control plane, managing access to protected health information (PHI), and implementing identity lifecycle automation. You will work closely with various teams to set standards for identity management, enforce security measures, and ensure compliance with regulations while maintaining a focus on automation and efficiency.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Lantern as an employer.
What you need
- Eight or more years in identity and access management, including principal- or staff-level ownership of an identity control plane.
- Deep Microsoft Entra ID engineering, including Conditional Access policy design, phishing-resistant MFA, single sign-on, and federation across SAML, OIDC, and OAuth2.
- Identity lifecycle automation across cloud, SaaS, and privileged systems, with role- and attribute-based provisioning (RBAC/ABAC) and deprovisioning verified against an entitlement inventory.
- Zero Trust identity design, including least-privilege, just-in-time (JIT) access, and risk-based or adaptive access controls.
- Identity governance and administration (IGA) platform engineering, including privileged access management.
- Automation and scripting (PowerShell, Python, or similar) to build lifecycle workflows and custom connectors.
Nice to have
- Healthcare or another regulated environment where identity controls gate access to PHI.
- Hands-on Saviynt with PAM, Azure PIM, and Keeper, or transferable depth in comparable platforms.
- Experience remediating a Conditional Access enforcement gap or a deprovisioning failure, and making the structural change that prevented recurrence.
- Passkeys and FIDO2, or phishing-resistant authenticator experience, aligned with NIST SP 800-63 Rev. 4.
- Experience growing a technical scope into a broader leadership remit.
What you get
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Short & Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- 401k with company match
Worth weighing
- Role is currently individual-contributor with potential for future leadership, which may appeal to those looking for growth.
- The emphasis on automation and security may require a strong technical background and adaptability to new technologies.
- No salary information provided in the posting.
Summarised from Lantern's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Lantern on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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