• Security Engineer

    Robert Half Technology (Oakland, CA)


    Description

    About the Role:

    We are seeking a Security Engineer to join our Infrastructure Security Engineering team. In this role, you will help secure our cloud-native systems by building scalable, automated security solutions and working closely with cross-functional teams to drive the security posture of our environment forward.

    What You'll Do:

    + Build and deploy homegrown security tooling to detect, report, and remediate infrastructure vulnerabilities.

    + Use Terraform to enforce security baseline controls and conduct code reviews for best practices.

    + Script and automate security processes using Python, Go, and other programming languages.

    + Integrate logs from diverse systems into SIEM platforms like Splunk and enable detective controls.

    + Support containerized and serverless architectures in a cloud-native environment.

    + Participate in on-call rotations, addressing security incidents and SRE responsibilities.

    + Collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams to identify and close security gaps.

    + Implement infrastructure-as-code and automate security checks in CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Enterprise, Jenkins, Artifactory, and CircleCI.

    Requirements

    What We’re Looking For:

    + Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

    + 8+ years of experience in enterprise identity and security engineering.

    + Strong knowledge of Identity & Access Management (IAM) including SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, MFA, and SSO.

    + Hands-on experience with tools like Okta, Ping Identity, SailPoint, Active Directory, and LDAP.

    + Expertise in GCP, AWS, and/or Azure security models and services (e.g., GKE, IAM, NAC, Egress Controls).

    + Proficiency with JSON, YAML, XML, and Terraform.

    + Familiarity with CI/CD automation, infrastructure monitoring, and cloud compliance.

    + Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence and guide stakeholders.

     

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