What is the opportunity?
The Senior IAM Systems Engineer, Authorization is a pivotal role responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-grade authorization solutions that enhance security, compliance, and operational efficiency. This role operates at the intersection of automation, DevSecOps, and enterprise authorization platforms, driving the evolution of RBC’s identity and access management (IAM) strategy.
As part of the Platform Enablement Engineering team, this engineer will collaborate with security, infrastructure, application, and compliance teams to establish a robust authorization framework. The focus will be on policy-driven access control, dynamic entitlement management, and centralized attestation services, ensuring seamless integration with RBC’s diverse systems and platforms.
Authorization is a strategic pillar of RBC’s IAM roadmap, directly improving risk management, regulatory compliance, and user experience by ensuring precise, context-aware access controls across the enterprise.
What will you do?
Develop and maintain authorization policies in JSON-structured Rego, ensuring scalability, reusability, and alignment with business and regulatory requirements.
Integrate Policy Decision Points (PDPs) with Policy Information Points (PIPs) across RBC’s ecosystem (e.g., Workday, Salesforce, Beeline) to centralize entitlement data.
Engineer a centralized attestation service by aggregating authorization policies, roles, entitlements, and physical access data into a unified compliance framework.
Collaborate with Security, Risk, and Audit teams to ensure authorization controls meet regulatory standards (FRB, OSFI, Part 30).
What do you need to succeed?
Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or Java for policy automation and integration.
Working knowledge of DevOps/DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
Familiarity with enterprise IAM platforms (e.g., Entra, Auth0, SailPoint, CyberArk, ForgeRock, Okta).
Experience with AI/ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) for policy optimization or anomaly detection.
Hands-on expertise with Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Rego for policy-based access control
A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
Job Skills
Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Programming Languages, Software Change Request Management, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Engineering, Software Integration Engineering, Software Product Design, Software Product Technical Knowledge, Software Release Management, System Testing Tools
Additional Job Details
16 YORK ST:TORONTO
Toronto
Canada
37.5
Full time
TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS
Regular
Salaried
2026-05-29
2026-06-10
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above
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