The Nuclear Company is a rapidly growing startup in the nuclear and energy sector, focused on a fleet-scale approach to building nuclear reactors.
The Principal Digital Identity Engineer will design, implement, and maintain secure and scalable digital identity systems across the enterprise.
This role is essential for establishing the identity foundation for the workforce, third parties, and connected systems, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and cyber best practices.
The engineer will shape the identity architecture, policy enforcement, and access governance programs as the company scales.
Responsibilities include managing the overall enterprise identity and access management (IAM) architecture, developing identity lifecycle processes, implementing access governance and controls, deploying IAM tools, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Requirements:
A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field is required, with a preference for candidates with strong foundations in identity architecture and authentication protocols.
Candidates must have 8–10+ years of experience in identity and access management, infrastructure engineering, or security engineering, focusing primarily on IAM.
Deep hands-on experience with enterprise IAM platforms such as Okta, Azure Active Directory, or similar tools is required.
Strong knowledge of SSO, MFA, RBAC, directory services, and authentication/authorization protocols such as SAML, OAuth2, and OIDC is necessary.
Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and scale identity lifecycle management processes integrated with HRIS, ITSM, and cloud infrastructure is essential.
Experience operating in regulated or compliance-driven environments (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, ITAR, NRC, DOE) is required, along with a strong understanding of access control and audit requirements.
Prior experience in the energy, infrastructure, aerospace, or defense industries is preferred.
Benefits:
The position offers competitive compensation packages.
Employees will have access to a 401k plan with company match.
Medical, dental, and vision plans are provided.
A generous vacation policy, in addition to holidays, is included.
Annual company retreats are part of the benefits package.
