Staff Security Engineer
$147,000–$253,000 year
On-site · Costa Mesa, California, United States
Job Summary
Staff Security Engineer responsible for building and maintaining an identity and access management program, integrating identities across IdPs, cloud providers, and internal systems, and automating identity lifecycle operations. Role emphasizes security engineering, integration across IAM components, architecture and design reviews, and collaboration across teams to deploy secure, scalable identity solutions. Key skills include Go/Rust programming, Terraform or AWS CDK, identity protocols (SAML, OIDC, SCIM, OAuth), identity providers (Okta, Azure AD), CI/CD, cloud platforms, and capability to work with a U.S. TS clearance. The role focuses on enabling and enforcing the company’s identity framework and ensuring secure access across environments.
Required Qualifications
- Strong programming ability in one or more general purpose languages (Go, Rust, etc)
- Experience with one or more infrastructure as code languages (e.g., Terraform, AWS CDK) in a production capacity
- Experience with identity protocols (SAML, OIDC, SCIM, OAuth) or identity providers (Okta, Azure AD, etc.)
- Proven ability to translate system design requirements into clean, maintainable implementations
- Experience leading or contributing to architecture and design reviews
- Experience working with cloud platforms and deploying applications through CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to work autonomously, take ownership of projects, and collaborate across teams
- Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance
- Familiarity with RBAC, ABAC, or policy-as-code frameworks (e.g., OPA, Cedar)
- Experience building bespoke solutions in high-growth and high-complexity environments
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP ecosystems and tooling
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