Staff Security Engineer - PAM

Overview

Remote
Hybrid
$163000.00 - $183000.00 per annum
Full Time

Skills

Staff Security Engineer - PAM

Job Details



Location: 100% Remote in the US


Travel: There will be travel twice a year to Denver, Colorado


Salary: $137k - $183k (based on experience level)


Type: Full Time, Direct Hire



We're looking for a security-minded, hands-on senior individual with extensive Security Architecture and Engineering experience to support our security solution programs, focused on Privileged Access Management (PAM). The candidate must have strong operational knowledge of the security tool landscape and have a track record of optimizing and automating processes to achieve measurable gains in efficiency and accuracy. This role is integral to the GIS program, and works directly alongside the Security Architecture / Engineering, Security Operations, Cyber Risk Governance, Tech Infrastructure and Network teams.



Responsibilities



  • Be a thought leader and industry expert in the company for a significant technical vertical related to Security Technology (PAM)

  • Engage with Executive level leaders to explain PAM concepts and present roadshows for associated initiatives.

  • Lead global PAM security engineering projects, tool evaluations, deployments and mentor other engineers.

  • Designing and implementing security processes to support security architecture and engineering using best-in-class security engineering principles; experience with the MITRE standards is a plus

  • Security tool operations - building, maintaining, optimizing and configuring various tools across PAM.

  • Lead design and architecture strategy and associated projects for PAM across the company

  • Strong experience with security metrics and measurements and process automation - understand how to measure monitoring of PAM processes and how to improve them based on historical data

  • Partner with Security Operations (SecOps) Engineers to identify and evaluate best in class security solutions and plan production deployments and help document runbooks accordingly

  • Support enterprise cybersecurity tabletop exercises across cross-function teams

  • Assist with cybersecurity forensics and investigations



Knowledge and Skills



  • Experience with IAM products such as CyberArk, SailPoint, and Okta.

  • Strong understanding of security architecture and engineering concepts

  • Strong understanding of MITRE TTPs or similar

  • Demonstrated past contributor and "plugged-in" to the threat intelligence community and various industry sources

  • Understand what it means to "think like a hacker" and take the attacker viewpoint

  • Experience with operating security tools such as endpoint, server, and cloud PAM

  • Experience with managing approved software via a PAM solution



Required Experience



  • 8+ years of relevant security engineering experience

  • 10+ years of IT experience



Preferred Experience



  • CISSP or equivalent



Key Differentiator



  • Security operations and threat intelligence experience

  • Strong communicator who can partner internationally with senior security and application team members

  • Self starter, takes initiative with strong conviction



Benefits: Health, vision, and dental insurance, accident and life insurance, 401k matching, paid time off, and education reimbursement, to name a few.



Applicants for employment in the US must have valid work authorization that does not now and/or will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the US.



Please note that we are unable to support C2C or 1099.




All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. For unincorporated Los Angeles county, to the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions.

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