Cloud Platform Engineer
McKinsey & Company · Prague, Czechia · 2d ago
Mid levelOn-siteDevOps, SRE & Infrastructure
Who you'll work with
You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.
In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.
When you join us, you will have:
- Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
- A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
- Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- Exceptional benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
What you'll do
You will design and implement scalable privileged access and identity management solutions to secure enterprise environments across multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructures.
You’ll be part of the Cybersecurity IAM Domain, responsible for securing Privileged identities, across cloud and on-prem environments. Working in a multi-regional, multi-cloud ecosystem, you will collaborate with stakeholders across Security, DevOps, Compliance, and Engineering teams to implement best-in-class IAM controls and capabilities.
You will work with a team of Identity, Security and PAM experts to reduce risk, improve security capabilities, and execute deliverables against the PAM strategy. You will design and implement scalable Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Additionally, you'll execute the IAM Security Strategy, aligning with Zero Trust, PAM, Identity Governance, and DevSecOps principles. You'll engineer IAM solutions (e.g. integrations and implementations), focusing on PAM.
Lastly, you will implement and on-board solutions to manage non-human-identities (NHI) against defined patterns, apply automation to IAM processes using Infrastructure-as-Code, SCIM APIs, and security orchestration tools.
Your background
- Preferred Certifications: AWS/GCP Professional DevOps or Security Engineer; CISSP a plus
- 5+ years of experience in designing, developing production REST APIs (e.g., Python/Node/Java)
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills to drive security strategy execution
- Ability to leverage AI-assisted engineering tools and agentic development practices to enhance IAM automation, security operations, and operational efficiency
- Any knowledge of IAM concepts and identity lifecycle (JML / IML) okta OUD, OPA, OIG,Entra ID, AWS IAM, Google Cloud IAM, authentication protocols (OAuth, OIDC, SAML, SCIM) and an understanding of Zero Trust frameworks (Shared Signals Framework) a plus