For months, this community has helped you understand IAM and get hands-on with free labs. Today, you can go all the way, and build a complete system with structured learning and support. The IAM Accelerator is the self-paced course that takes you from where you are now to interview-ready, with a real, working IAM system you build with your own hands. Not slides. Not theory. An actual identity system running on your own machine. Here is what is inside: ✅ Full IGA processes with hands-on on your own lab-based IGA system ✅ CIAM processes and the protocols that run them, SAML, OIDC, and OAuth, with more hands-on ✅ Advanced understanding of how IAM teams are set up and how the business and stakeholders really work ✅ Career help through regular weekly calls focused on getting you to the next level in your IAM journey ✅ A dedicated GitHub repository you build and grow as your IAM skills grow ✅ Resume, LinkedIn, and interview support targeted specifically for IAM roles Everything you build, you keep. And by the end, you can open your laptop and show a working IAM system you built yourself. This is just the start. The course is refined continuously from what works in the live cohorts, and more content and product-focused modules, on tools like Okta and others, get added over time. Your feedback shapes what comes next. This free community stays exactly as it is, and it keeps growing. The Accelerator and cohorts are for those of you ready to take the next step and go all in. Founding pricing is open for the first 30 members, then it rises. 👉 Join here: https://www.skool.com/simplifyiam-pro-5676/about 👉 See the full breakdown: https://www.simplifyiam.com/iamaccelerator Any questions, drop them below or DM me. The full FAQ answers what is covered, who it is for, and what you can get out it are here 👉FAQs

Just reached "build your first joiner workflow" stage of the lab. It's cool to see LDAP and IGA users getting updated after running reconciliation. 😀

My biggest fear of perusing my dream of becoming an IAM engineer is my age. I'm 63 years old and I've been in IT for over 2 decades now. All the way from desktop/technical support to Cisco voice engineer. My Cisco voice contract ended in 2020 during the pandemic. In 2022, I joined a Cybersecurity internship. I realized I still have that passion to work in IT. After some research, I came across IAM. And I knew right away that IAM is my destination path. Therefore at this age, I feel that I can work as an IAM engineer and not be over whammed.

Hey everyone, recently joined looking to transition to IAM career, form the UK.

Most people learn IAM and then go looking for jobs. Sometimes, this is a good approach if you are set on the job profile you want to get in to. From my experience, I'd suggest doing it the other way around. Start with the job descriptions in your area (location). Pick 5 to 10 IAM roles - analyst, engineer, administrator, whatever matches your target and read them carefully. Do not apply yet. Just read. You are looking for patterns: ➡️Which tools appear in 80% of the listings? That is your primary lab target. ➡️Which concepts come up repeatedly? JML, RBAC, SAML, OIDC, PAM, access certification - note them all. ➡️Which certifications are mentioned most? Note them but do not chase them yet. ✅Now you have a personalised plan to follow. ✅Not a generic IAM course. ✅Not someone else's roadmap. ✅Exactly what employers in your city are paying for right now. Then Build in this order: 1. Core concepts first - JML lifecycle, RBAC, authentication protocols. No tool, just the mental model. 2. Pick the tool that appears most in your job descriptions and build a lab around it. 3. Add the certification that comes up most - after you understand the concepts, not before. 4. Put the lab on your resume. Be ready to screen share it in an interview. 👉Try it now: Go to LinkedIn or most known job portal, search IAM analyst or IAM engineer in your city, open 5 job descriptions, and drop the most common requirement you see in the comments below. Let's map what the market actually wants in your area, that might be helpful for people in this community. 👇