Security Engineer 3

Adobe

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Seattle · San Jose, CA Posted 56 days ago $149,400$216,300 / year

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TL;DR

Join Adobe’s Identity Architecture & Solutions team as a mid-level engineer focused on enhancing Zero-Trust access controls and SaaS security posture across the enterprise. You will deploy RBAC and ABAC standards, harden privileged access, and implement device and posture checks to mitigate risk in critical services. Your responsibilities include instrumenting identity metrics, publishing dashboards for privilege drift, and collaborating with IT and security teams to develop creative solutions that reduce risk. Success requires a solid understanding of enterprise security controls, experience with Entra ID/AD, Okta, SailPoint, and familiarity with scripting languages like Python or PowerShell, as well as infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.

Skills

Entra ID AD Okta SailPoint Teleport Vault Python PowerShell Terraform Risk‑adaptive policies RBAC ABAC M365 Slack GitHub Workday Google CI/CD Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Engineer and deploy Zero-Trust access controls using RBAC and ABAC standards.
  • Harden privileged access by right-sizing entitlements for prioritized services.
  • Implement SaaS security posture controls and define baselines for M365/Slack/GitHub/Workday/Google.
  • Instrument identity metrics collection, including authentication and authorization changes.
  • Participate in architecture & standards implementation guides to reduce risk over time.

What we're looking for

  • Experience in engineering and deploying Zero-Trust access controls using RBAC and ABAC.
  • Expertise in hardening privileged access and managing administrator entitlements securely.
  • Knowledge of SaaS security posture controls for platforms like M365, Slack, GitHub, Workday, Google.
  • Skill in instrumenting identity metrics collection and tracking to reduce risk.
  • Familiarity with enterprise identity solutions such as Entra ID/AD, Okta, SailPoint.

Market check

Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $183k
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This role pays more than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$184,900 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $183k versus about $164k for comparable roles.

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About Adobe

Adobe Inc. is a global software company known for creative and multimedia software products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and its cloud-based Creative Cloud and Document Cloud suites. Industry: Creative & Digital Experience Software

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