Sr Security Engineer

About the Team & Mission

The team focuses on Identity Architecture & Solutions by crafting, building, and operationalizing scalable identity and SaaS security capabilities enterprise-wide. This technical role depends on members passionate about Identity & SaaS Security functions, identity architecture strategy, and encouraging teamwork. We collaborate as an organization to reduce identity‑centric risk, with each member essential to delivering security value and outcomes.

• Engineer Zero‑Trust access controls for workforce and service identities. Develop and implement pipelines using RBAC and ABAC standards, including device and posture checks and risk‑adaptive policies for critical services and high‑risk scenarios.
• Harden privileged access: migrate administrators to right‑size entitlements and eliminate long‑lived elevated access across prioritized platforms (e.g., Entra , Privileged Access Management).
• Participate in tool POCs and deployments for SaaS security posture monitoring. Define baselines for M365, Slack, Git Hub, Workday, and Google. Build remediation runbooks and posture success measurements.
• Instrument identity metrics collection and tracking by standardizing log schemas for authentication, authorization, and entitlement changes. Publish dashboards showing privilege drift, misconfigurations, and access sprawl. Coordinate risky events with security alert procedures.
• Contribute and drive architecture & standards: author implementation guides and reference architecture that supports a multi‑year strategy passionate about measuring risk reduction over time. Inclusive of new technologies and risks.

• Experience with enterprise identity controls and solutions, including delivering outcomes that use Entra /AD, Okta, and SailPoint (or equivalents).
• Strong understanding of core Zero Trust principles, the least privilege and continuous verification models, and incorporating those into the enterprise.
• SaaS posture skills for securing large SaaS tenants (M365, Slack, Git Hub, Workday, Google), including security Authn and Authz for all identities accessing SaaS tenants.
• Influence and collaborate with key partners in IT and other security teams. Work together to develop security outcomes that reduce risk and require creative problem solving.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including communicating complex problems and solutions to business leaders and technical specialists.
• Ability to deliver measurable outcomes in a technical environment that align with long‑term goals.
• Active team participation and an inquisitive mind passionate about delivering creative solutions and working collaboratively.

• Engineering familiarity with secure access control solutions (e.g., Teleport, Vault), secrets management, and CI/CD solutions and their customers.
• Scripting/automation knowledge (Python, Power Shell) and infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform) for policy and pipeline automation.
• Exposure to service identity frameworks (SPIFFE/SPIRE) and workload identity patterns.
• Experience/Education requirements ~5+ years relevant experience;
  Bachelor’s required or equivalent experience.

The U.S. pay range for this position is $144,800 – $261,450 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

In California, the pay range for this position is $180,600 - $261,450. In Washington, the pay range for this position is $170,900 - $247,550.

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