Job Title: Software Engineer II (IAM)
Duration: 06 months (Possibility of extension)
Location: Remote, EST or CST preferred otherwise needs to be willing to work EST
Summary:

• The Software Engineer should have prior experience with security policy, risk, and access management disciplines and be comfortable collaborating with cross-functional teams. This position will be responsible for identifying and enforcing solutions to control access to internal systems. An ideal candidate is someone that has technical knowledge of the broad aspects of information security and is able to identify deficiencies in the access management space. This role specifically needs deep conceptual understanding of the IAM concepts that can be applied to our internal IAM solutions. This role requires a broad mix of security, technical, coding and communication skills coupled with a strong desire to learn.

Must-Have Skills:

• Previous experience in information security
• Prior access management experience
• Experience in writing custom scripts in Python/C++ and PHP/Hack

Years of overall experience required:

• 5+ years

Degrees/certifications required:

• BS in Computer Science related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement systems that enhance the security of client’s Identity & Access Management Systems.
• Build and maintain tools that improve the Identity and Access Management posture.
• Conduct design and code reviews
• Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability for assigned product area and/or systems. Identify and drive changes as needed for assigned codebase, product area and/or systems.
• Interface with other teams to incorporate their innovations and vice versa.
• Articulate security findings to internal to a variety of stakeholders, including both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Provide defensible recommendations on technical, physical and administrative control implementations based on findings while balancing the cost versus benefits.
• Participate in the development and oversight of corrective actions relating to security issues.
• Participate in cross-functional, team, and status review meetings.
• Recommend process improvement and strategic initiatives as related to security.

Qualifications:

• Experience in writing custom scripts in Python/C++ and PHP/Hack.
• BS in Computer Science related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience building large-scale distributed systems or similar experience.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Experience in assessing security deficiencies in first party/internal information systems and recommending mitigating controls.
• 5+ years of proven experience working on Information Security teams or conducting Information Security consulting engagements.
• Knowledge of evaluating systems architectural designs, data-flow diagrams and technical security implementations, particularly in context of access management in different geographical locations. Experience with developing security reporting and recommendations that are meaningful, defensible and actionable for a variety of audiences
• Ability to manage competing priorities and simultaneous projects in a fast-paced environment with little supervision.
• Strong communication skills - both written and verbal, interpersonal skills, and ability to work cross-functionally with various teams.

Surrounding team & key projects:

• Partnering with both analysts and engineers to drive development. Help build enhancements from backlog.
• Within Cross-Security (X-Sec), the Identity, Authentication & Access Management (IAM) team are responsible for building and operating systems to ensure our workforce and machine identities have the right level of access to resources. Our work underpins all of client's products, corporate systems and infrastructure, and we process roughly ~2.3B authentication events a second, and ~20B authorization checks a second.

Typical Day-to-Day in the role:

• 1-2 weekly syncs with London team
• 2-3 syncs with analyst and engineers’ team to discuss process

What makes this role interesting:

• Handling how to secure internal tools. Interesting to someone who has an interest in security at one of the top global tech companies. This security spans across every product.

Interview Process:
How many rounds of interviews:

• 2 one with coderpad
• Types of Interviews 1 Coding focused and Security focused
• Interview Duration 30-45 minutes

 

About Us: SPECTRAFORCE is one of the fastest-growing workforce solutions firms in the United States. As a diversity-owned business, we place human connection at the heart of everything we do, building strong relationships with both clients and candidates to fill roles successfully. Our teams in North and Central America and India serve more than 150 Fortune clients globally, leveraging custom AI technology to provide direct hire, executive search, nearshoring, offshoring, and project staffing solutions.
 
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $70.00/hr.