Information Security Engineer - USA

Athena

$90K — $130K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Wilmington, DE
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in information security or IT security roles.
  • Experience with enterprise identity management and access control systems.
  • Familiarity with endpoint management and security tools.
  • Strong understanding of authentication protocols and identity security concepts.
  • Proficient scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
  • Experience in cloud-first environments utilizing SaaS platforms.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

  • Design and enhance identity and access management systems.
  • Optimize single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) processes.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders on implementing least-privilege access controls.
  • Support automated onboarding and offboarding workflows.
  • Secure and manage endpoints across various operating systems.
  • Assist with security monitoring and incident response efforts.
  • Develop automation solutions to enhance security operations efficiency.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance packages.
  • Flexible working hours and remote work options.
  • Professional development opportunities including training and certifications.
  • Support for work-life balance, including wellness programs.
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are looking for an Information Security Engineer to help scale and mature our corporate security program in a fast-moving, high-growth environment. This role will focus on identity and access management, endpoint security, SaaS security, corporate infrastructure security, and security operations enablement.

The ideal candidate is hands-on, automation-minded, and comfortable partnering across IT, Engineering, Infrastructure, HR, and Compliance teams to improve security controls while maintaining a strong employee experience.

You will help design and operate security systems that protect corporate assets, secure employee access, improve visibility, and reduce organizational risk across cloud-first and SaaS-heavy environments.

Responsibilities
Identity & Access Management
  • Design, implement, and improve identity and access management controls across enterprise applications and infrastructure.

  • Manage and optimize SSO, MFA, lifecycle management, conditional access, RBAC, and privileged access workflows.

  • Partner with IT and business stakeholders to implement least-privilege access models.

  • Support onboarding, offboarding, and automated provisioning/deprovisioning workflows.

  • Conduct periodic access reviews and help drive remediation efforts.

  • Improve authentication security and identity posture across corporate systems.

Corporate Security Engineering
  • Secure and manage corporate endpoints across macOS, Windows, and cloud-managed environments.

  • Improve endpoint visibility, hardening, monitoring, and response capabilities.

  • Help implement and tune modern endpoint protection, browser security, device trust, and web/data protection controls.

  • Partner with Infrastructure and IT teams on secure configuration standards and operational improvements.

  • Support security initiatives related to enterprise SaaS applications and collaboration platforms.

  • Assist with vendor and third-party security evaluations related to enterprise tooling.

Security Operations & Monitoring
  • Assist with security monitoring, detection engineering, and incident response activities.

  • Improve log visibility and telemetry coverage across identity, endpoint, and SaaS platforms.

  • Build and maintain detections, alerts, and operational playbooks.

  • Participate in incident investigations and post-incident remediation efforts.

  • Help operationalize security metrics and reporting.

Automation & Engineering
  • Build automations and integrations that improve security operations efficiency.

  • Develop scripts and workflows to reduce manual processes.

  • Partner with Engineering and Infrastructure teams to improve security guardrails and operational maturity.

  • Contribute to infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code initiatives where applicable.

Compliance & Security Programs
  • Support security compliance initiatives such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar frameworks.

  • Help document technical controls, processes, and operational procedures.

  • Participate in risk assessments and remediation tracking.

  • Contribute to security awareness and internal enablement efforts.

Qualifications
Required
  • 4+ years of experience in information security, security engineering, IT security, or related fields.

  • Experience administering enterprise identity providers and access management systems.

  • Experience with endpoint management and endpoint security tooling.

  • Familiarity with security monitoring, logging, and incident response workflows.

  • Strong understanding of authentication protocols and identity security concepts, including SAML, OIDC, OAuth, SCIM, MFA, conditional access, and RBAC.

  • Experience working in cloud-first environments using modern SaaS platforms.

  • Strong scripting or automation experience using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar.

  • Ability to balance security requirements with operational usability and business needs.

  • Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred
  • Experience securing macOS environments at scale.

  • Experience with modern browser security and data protection technologies.

  • Experience with cloud-native security monitoring or SIEM platforms.

  • Familiarity with MDM/UEM platforms, EDR solutions, identity governance, and SaaS security tools.

  • Experience implementing automation around identity lifecycle management.

  • Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code or cloud security practices.

  • Experience in high-growth startup or enterprise environments.

  • Security certifications such as Security+, CISSP, GIAC, identity provider certifications, endpoint management certifications, or equivalent.

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