Senior Security Engineer

Adobe

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Work type
On-site
Location
Lehi, UTSeattle, WASan Jose, CA
Salary
$180,600–$261,450 / yr
Posted
91 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar 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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TL;DR · Senior Security Engineer

Sr Security Engineer The Sr Security Engineer joins the Identity Architecture & Solutions team to build and operationalize scalable identity and SaaS security capabilities enterprise-wide. This role focuses on reducing identity-centric risk by engineering Zero-Trust access controls for workforce and service identities using RBAC and ABAC standards. You will develop pipelines, harden privileged access across platforms like Entra ID, and implement risk-adaptive policies. Key responsibilities include performing tool POCs, defining baselines for M365, Slack, GitHub, Workday, and Google, and creating remediation runbooks. The role requires expertise in Entra ID, Okta, SailPoint, and core Zero Trust principles. Technical requirements include experience with Python, PowerShell, Terraform, and infrastructure-as-code. You will also manage service identity frameworks like SPIFFE/SPIRE while authoring reference architectures to address complex security challenges involving authentication, authorization, and entitlement management across large SaaS tenants.

What does a Security Engineer earn in California?

Median $196000 from 31 postings across 16 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Engineer Zero-Trust access controls for workforce and service identities using RBAC and ABAC standards.
  • Implement risk-adaptive policies including device posture checks for critical services and high-risk scenarios.
  • Harden privileged access by migrating administrators to right-sized entitlements and removing long-lived elevated access.
  • Conduct tool POCs and deployments to monitor SaaS security posture across platforms like M365, Slack, and GitHub.
  • Develop remediation runbooks and establish metrics to measure security posture success.
  • Standardize log schemas for authentication and authorization to build dashboards tracking privilege drift and misconfigurations.
  • Author implementation guides and reference architectures to support multi-year identity strategy and risk reduction.
  • Automate policy and pipeline deployments using scripting languages like Python or PowerShell and infrastructure-as-code tools.

What we're looking for

  • Must have at least 5 years of relevant experience.
  • A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required.
  • Experience with enterprise identity controls and solutions including Entra ID, Okta, and SailPoint.
  • Strong understanding of Zero Trust principles, least privilege models, and continuous verification.
  • Skills in securing large SaaS tenants such as M365, Slack, GitHub, Workday, and Google.
  • Preferred knowledge of scripting/automation (Python, PowerShell) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform).
  • Preferred familiarity with secure access control solutions, secrets management, and CI/CD tools.
  • Exposure to service identity frameworks like SPIFFE/SPIRE and workload identity patterns is preferred.

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