Senior Security Engineer

IBM

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Work type
Remote
Location
Armonk, NY
Salary
$202,880–$252,000 / yr
Posted
5 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $227k
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This role pays more than 84% of similar roles. Most pay $150,374–$208,800 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $227k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

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TL;DR · Senior Security Engineer

The Senior Security Engineer joins the security team to define metrics and implement best practices across multicloud environments. This role involves designing secure by default enterprise and product environments while developing security tooling and automation, including Nonhuman Identity frameworks, graph-based authorization models, and contextual access control policies. You will automate compliance pipelines, apply reliability engineering to identity services, and manage federated identity brokerage and dynamic credential management. Key responsibilities include building cloud-native applications and self-service identity provider workflows. The role requires proficiency in Python, Go, Typescript, React, and AWS, alongside experience with Active Directory, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, and AWS CloudWatch. You will utilize Terraform and GitHub Actions to scale identity services and maintain centralized access policies across internal systems and various cloud environments.

What does a Security Engineer earn in New York?

Median $192000 from 30 postings across 11 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Define metrics and implement security best practices for multicloud environments.
  • Design and support secure-by-default enterprise and product environments.
  • Develop security tooling and automation for Nonhuman Identity frameworks and contextual access control.
  • Automate and monitor compliance pipelines to meet internal and regulatory requirements.
  • Apply reliability engineering to maintain the availability and performance of identity services.
  • Implement federated identity brokerage and dynamic credential management using Terraform and GitHub Actions.
  • Develop security tools and cloud-native applications using Go and Python.
  • Participate in on-call rotations for infrastructure incidents.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Two years of experience as a Security Engineer, Software Engineer, or related role.
  • Two years of experience utilizing IAM, Active Directory, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, Python, Go, AWS, Typescript, React, NHI frameworks, and AWS CloudWatch.
  • Experience developing security tooling and cloud-native applications using Go and/or Python.
  • Experience implementing federated identity brokerage and dynamic credential management using Terraform and GitHub Actions.
  • Ability to design and support secure by default enterprise and product environments across multicloud environments.
  • Ability to automate and monitor compliance pipelines to meet internal security policies and regulatory requirements.
  • Ability to apply reliability engineering to maintain availability, performance, and stability of identity services.

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