AlignerrCybersecurity
IAM Solutions Engineer
up to $80/hr
About this role, in Alignerr's words
What if your deep knowledge of identity and access management could directly strengthen the security posture of real organizations? We're looking for an experienced IAM Solutions Engineer to evaluate identity workflows, surface misconfigurations, and deliver clear, actionable findings across complex access-control environments.
What you'll do
- Review identity workflows for authentication and authorization logic, identifying gaps and inconsistencies
- Analyze access policies for least-privilege alignment and flag misconfigurations
- Validate SSO, MFA, federated identity, and directory integrations across platforms
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- Identify security weaknesses in privilege provisioning, role assignments, and identity lifecycle management
- Summarize complex permission structures in clear, structured documentation
- Support recurring identity reviews across diverse environments and IAM platforms
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IAM Solutions Engineer
About the Role
What if your deep knowledge of identity and access management could directly strengthen the security posture of real organizations? We're looking for an experienced IAM Solutions Engineer to evaluate identity workflows, surface misconfigurations, and deliver clear, actionable findings across complex access-control environments.
This is a fully remote, flexible contract role built for IAM professionals who think critically about authentication, authorization, and privilege — and know how to document what they find.
- Type: Hourly Contract - Location: Remote - Commitment: Flexible, with recurring review cycles
What You'll Do
* Review identity workflows for authentication and authorization logic, identifying gaps and inconsistencies * Analyze access policies for least-privilege alignment and flag misconfigurations * Validate SSO, MFA, federated identity, and directory integrations across platforms * Identify security weaknesses in privilege provisioning, role assignments, and identity lifecycle management * Summarize complex permission structures in clear, structured documentation * Support recurring identity reviews across diverse environments and IAM platforms
Who You Are
Must-Have: * Hands-on experience with IAM platforms, identity protocols, and access-control models * Strong working knowledge of authentication flows — SAML, OIDC, and OAuth * Proven ability to evaluate and clearly document complex permission structures * Detail-oriented and systematic — you don't miss what's hiding in the configuration * Comfortable working independently and delivering structured written output
Nice to Have: * Experience designing or implementing enterprise IAM solutions * Familiarity with zero-trust architecture principles and frameworks * Background in security auditing, compliance review, or identity governance
Why Join Us
* Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule from anywhere * Engage with technically interesting, high-stakes identity problems across varied environments * Freelance autonomy with consistent, structured work and clear deliverables * Potential for ongoing engagement and contract extension across new review cycles * Work that has a direct, measurable impact on organizational security
Working with AlignerrPay, getting started and work, from Alignerr's own pages
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- Getting paid
- Billed weekly, Monday to Sunday, with approved work paid by the following Friday, according to Labelbox's help center. Payment goes through Stripe Connect or PayPal depending on your location, with one provider per country. intercom.help/labelbox/en/articles/13600616-alignerr-paym..., alignerr.com/process
- Before your first paid task
- Sign up, apply, verify your identity, set up billing and onboard. Some jobs add a Zara AI interview or domain assessments. alignerr.com/process
- How much work
- Time to your first project depends on demand and your skills, and there is no minimum number of hours. alignerr.com/faqs
- Contract
- Independent contractor, under terms with ALIGNERR LLC. alignerr.com/faqs, alignerr.com/privacy
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How does the pay compare?Across Cybersecurity roles, not this role alone
From our own daily reads of every open listing on the platforms we follow, not from Alignerr's posting. How we count.
Pay across the field: Cybersecurity
Across 54 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 10 platforms, the middle half pays $60 to $120 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $90. This role's top rate, $80, is in the middle half. Of the 27 distinct rates we count, 10 are lower and 15 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr (this platform) | 31 | $55 to $120 · median $60 |
| Mercor | 4 | $90 to $250 |
| micro1 | 4 | $95 to $175 |
| AfterQuery | 4 | $75 to $135 |
| DataAnnotation | 3 | $125 |
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- First seen here on 27 Aug 2026, and still on Alignerr's list when we last read it on 13 Oct 2026.
- The listed pay has not changed since then.
- Posted by Alignerr
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- Listing ID
- 22c9fbc9-3619-48af-bf09-65a87f002571
Pay as the source states it: “$40-80/hr”.
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