Lead Agent Identity Engineer

EPAM is a global leader in AI transformation engineering and integrated consulting, serving Forbes Global 2000 companies and startups. They have over thirty years of expertise in custom software, product and platform engineering, enabling clients to become AI-Native enterprises driving value from innovation and digital investments.

• 5+ years of experience in cloud security or identity engineering
• Hands-on experience with identity and access control specifically for AI agents in production, such as On-Behalf-Of token exchange across agent-tool-API chains, AgentCore Identity, or agent identity federation (e.g., Microsoft Entra Agent ID)
• Expertise in AWS Bedrock AgentCore Identity or similar technology, including inbound and outbound authentication and token vault
• Hands-on implementation experience with OAuth 2.0, OpenId Connect, and JWT, including token issuance, validation, and exchange
• Experience with On-Behalf-Of / token-exchange flows in production (RFC 8693 or equivalent)
• Background in enterprise identity federation with Microsoft Entra, Okta, or Cognito
• Skills in secure credential/secret management and token lifecycle including rotation and vaulting
• English language proficiency at B2 level or higher

Nice to have:

• Early adoption experience with AWS Bedrock AgentCore Identity or equivalent
• Familiarity with AWS AgentCore Gateway outbound-auth integration
• Knowledge of MCP / A2A tool-invocation authentication patterns
• Exposure to AgentCore Policy (Cedar) or AWS Verified Permissions

• Own runtime identity and access control for the agent platform, including inbound and outbound authentication
• Design and implement On-Behalf-Of (OBO) token exchange and scoped identity propagation across agent → tool → API chains
• Integrate identity into the agent invocation lifecycle within AgentCore Runtime
• Manage Gateway outbound authorization and per-target credentials, ensuring secrets are never exposed to the calling agent
• Build and maintain token vault and workload identity brokering capabilities
• Coordinate Cedar / Microsoft Entra claims mapping for identity-aware authorization with Runtime Controls
• Validate claims, scopes, audience, and issuer for JWT / OAuth 2.0 / OpenId Connect tokens, including short-lived scoped tokens
• Partner with platform and security teams to enforce consistent identity governance across the agent ecosystem

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