Senior Security Engineer

Adobe

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Lehi, UTSeattle, WASan Jose, CA
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39 days ago
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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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TL;DR · Senior Security Engineer

JOB TITLE: Sr Security Engineer The Sr Security Engineer joins the Identity Architecture & Solutions team to build and operationalize scalable identity and SaaS security capabilities. This role involves engineering Zero-Trust access controls for workforce and service identities using RBAC and ABAC standards, while hardening privileged access across platforms like Entra ID and Privileged Access Management. You will conduct tool POCs for SaaS security posture monitoring across M365, Slack, GitHub, Workday, and Google, while standardizing log schemas for authentication and authorization. Key technical requirements include experience with Entra ID, Okta, SailPoint, and core Zero Trust principles. Candidates should possess scripting skills in Python or PowerShell, infrastructure-as-code knowledge via Terraform, and familiarity with secrets management tools like Vault or Teleport to reduce identity-centric risk and manage privilege drift.

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What you'll do

  • Engineer Zero-Trust access controls for workforce and service identities using RBAC and ABAC standards.
  • Migrate administrators to right-sized entitlements and eliminate long-lived elevated access across prioritized platforms.
  • Conduct tool POCs and deployments for SaaS security posture monitoring across M365, Slack, GitHub, Workday, and Google.
  • Standardize log schemas for authentication and authorization to instrument identity metrics and tracking.
  • Publish dashboards showing privilege drift, misconfigurations, and access sprawl to coordinate risky events.
  • Author implementation guides and reference architectures to support a multi-year identity security strategy.
  • Automate policy and pipeline deployments using scripting, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD solutions.

What we're looking for

  • Experience with enterprise identity controls including Entra ID/AD, Okta, and SailPoint (or equivalents).
  • Strong understanding of Zero Trust principles, least privilege, and continuous verification models.
  • SaaS posture skills for securing large tenants including M365, Slack, GitHub, Workday, and Google.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills to convey complex solutions to business leaders and technical specialists.
  • Ability to deliver measurable technical outcomes aligned with long-term goals.
  • Engineering familiarity with secure access control solutions, secrets management, and CI/CD solutions (preferred).
  • Scripting/automation knowledge in Python or PowerShell and infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform (preferred).
  • Exposure to service identity frameworks like SPIFFE/SPIRE and workload identity patterns (preferred).

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