• Senior Security Engineer

    Eliassen Group (Oakland, CA)


    Senior Security Engineer

    Oakland, CA

    **Type:** Contract

    **Category:** Security

    **Industry:** Financial Services

    **Reference ID:** JN -042025-101888

    **Date Posted:** 04/28/2025

    **Shortcut:** http://careers.eliassen.com/0mVQ8C

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    Hybrid | Oakland, CA

     

    Our client has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Security Engineer.

     

    Due to client requirement, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

     

    Rate: $80 - $95 / hr. w2

    Responsibilities:

    + Work on a cloud native environment leveraging Containerized Workloads, Serverless Architecture and Automated CICD Pipeline to manage Infrastructure-as-a-Service

    + Perform Scripting and Coding to build security tooling and for automating redundant tasks.

    + Use terraform to deploy security baseline controls, perform code reviews, and provide recommendations for improved security.

    + Build and deploy home-grown security tooling to detect, report and remediate infrastructure security vulnerabilities as part of risk mitigation activities

    + Experience with integrating log feeds from various sources into SIEM systems like Splunk and enable detective controls on critical security events

    + Be part of the On-Call Support for addressing security tickets and serve as a Security System SRE on a rotational basis

    + Collaborate with engineering and operations teams toward implementing controls and processes that address identified gaps

    + Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities and incidents

    Experience Requirements:

    + BS or equivalent. Minimum of 4+ years of experience in security engineering.

    + Strong understanding of cloud providers and their security technologies, operation and limitations including: Compute, GKE, Serverless technologies, Firewalls, IAM, Network Access Control solutions ,IPSec and TLS based VPNs , Web Application Firewalls, Egress controls.

    + Deep expertise and hands-on experience in IAM, including identity solutions (Okta/Sailpoint) and protocols (SAML/OIDC/OAuth2)

    + Experience with building scalable cloud security solutions that are well instrumented

    + Solid grasp of data formats (JSON, YAML, XML).

    + Experience with programming and scripting languages (Python, Go, Terraform, GCP CLI) and API integrations.

    + Experience with CI/CD Platform tools like Jenkins, GitHub Enterprise, Artifactory CircleCI and automate security within CI/CD pipelines.

     

    _Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range._

     

    _W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality._

     

    _Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact [email protected]._

     

    _About Eliassen Group:_

     

    _Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate._

     

    _Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status._

     

    _Don’t miss out on our referral program! If we hire a candidate that you refer us to then you can be eligible for a $1,000 referral check!_