Staff Security Engineer - IAM

Role Overview

The Staff Security Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining security identity services that support our business. You will understand data and automation are important ingredients to our mission and know how to actively employ these ingredients at scale. Beyond the technical expertise, we value individuals who can partner cross-functionally across various teams, driving impactful outcomes and further securing our digital landscape.

Primary Duties

• Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of comprehensive security strategies and solutions.
• Design and deploy advanced identity security controls to safeguard networks, systems, and applications.
• Work across disciplines to shape our security services strategy and execution.
• Set and uphold the standard for security processes to support high-quality engineering.
• Mentor and galvanize new engineers to do their best work.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS/BTech (or higher) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in software or security engineering within Cloud Native environments.
• Cloud IAM Architecture: Deep knowledge of cloud security architectures (AWS IAM, Azure Entra ID, or GCP IAM), including designing/enforcing least-privilege roles, RBAC/ABAC, and permission policies.
• Identity Protocols & Governance: Proficiency in identity standards and federation protocols (SAML, OIDC, OAuth, LDAP/Directory Services), user lifecycle automation, SSO, MFA, and Just-In-Time (JIT) access.
• Automation & IaC: Strong hands-on proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation) and scripting (Python or PowerShell) to automate identity provisioning, drift detection, and access workflows.
• Non-Human Identity (NHI) Fundamentals: Practical experience managing service accounts, API keys, bots, and automated workload identities across cloud infrastructure.

Preferred Qualifications & KSAs

• Experience architecting, developing, and deploying large-scale distributed systems at scale.
• Experience with cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience building continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Familiarity with server-side web technologies (e.g., Java, Python, Scala, C#, C++, Go).
• 4+ years of experience acting as a trusted technical decision-maker in a team setting.
• Experience with health-tech systems, like Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and clinical data.
• NHI Architecture: Designing secure, scalable, and automated solutions for managing service accounts, machine identities, secrets, certificates, APIs, and cloud-native workloads.
• AI/ML Security & Threat Modeling: Hands-on experience with AI/ML tools (e.g., Gemini, Claude, AWS Bedrock), conducting threat modeling for AI systems, or managing automated permission guardrails for AI agents.
• Advanced Protocols & Microservice Security: Familiarity with SPIFFE/SPIRE, zero-trust network architectures, or complex containerized identity frameworks.
• SIEM & Security Observability Tools: Experience orchestrating VPC flow logs and audit feeds into security analytics tools (e.g., CrowdStrike, Sumo Logic, Wiz, Zscaler).
• Regulatory Standards: Knowledge of HIPAA, SOC 2, and ISO 27001.
• Certifications: CISSP, OSCP, CEH, CAISS, or GMSE.

Physical Requirements

• Sitting for prolonged periods of time.
• Extensive use of computers and keyboard.
• Occasional walking and lifting may be required.