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In this hands-on engineering role, you will maintain and optimize our CyberArk / Idira Privilege Cloud infrastructure while bridging operational maintenance with the deployment of new architectural blueprints.\nBeyond maintaining the core vault environment, you will drive technical implementations for adjacent privileged access products, including Workforce Password Management (WPM), Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM), and Vendor PAM, ensuring compliant, frictionless, and secure access across the organization.\nKey Responsibilities\n1. 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