Security Engineer

Kinaxis Inc.

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Information Security Engineer is a seasoned cybersecurity professional responsible for designing and implementing complex security controls across a hybrid environment spanning public cloud and on-premise infrastructure, supporting both Corporate IT environments and the Kinaxis Maestro SaaS platform. In this position, you will collaborate closely with IT, SaaS Operations, Product Development, and Business Systems teams to design durable controls, support and implement remediation activities, and strengthen detection and response capabilities. You will focus on solution design and technical execution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
6–8 years of experience in security engineering, cloud security, or enterprise security roles.
Strong hands-on experience implementing and operating security controls across multiple domains.
Experience securing GCP and/or Azure environments, including hybrid or multi-account deployments.
Solid understanding of modern authentication, identity federation, and access control models.
Working knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001/27002, and SOC 2.
Influencing architecture, risk decisions, and roadmap priorities without formal authority.
Adaptable and resilient in high-urgency operational contexts.
Demonstrated ability to coach or mentor junior team members.
Experience designing, implementing, and operating security controls to protect enterprise and SaaS environments, with direct responsibility for improving control effectiveness across identity, endpoint, network, workload, application, and data layers.
Experience identifying, validating, and prioritizing vulnerabilities and misconfigurations using a risk-based approach across cloud, SaaS, and enterprise systems.
Drives remediation of high-risk vulnerabilities, including hands-on implementation where required.
Proven experience collaborating with engineering teams to embed security controls into platform designs, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code workflows throughout system lifecycle.
Hands-on experience with SIEM and XDR platforms (Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Endpoint, or similar).
Proven experience implementing and managing controls such as firewalls, network segmentation, private connectivity, and secure ingress/egress, with a focus on reducing attack surface.
Experience with security technologies including firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, CNAPP, IAM, encryption, and authentication mechanisms.
Strong understanding of industry-recognized cybersecurity frameworks, including ISO 27001, NIST CSF, and SOC 2.

Nice To Haves

Certifications: CISSP, CCSP, Certified Security – GCP or Azure Security Engineer.
Certifications: GIAC Cloud Security, OSCP, HashiCorp Terraform Associate or policy-as-code certifications.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and operate security controls across Corporate IT environments and the Kinaxis Maestro SaaS platform, aligned with approved standards and architectures.
Translate security requirements into practical, scalable engineering solutions across identity, endpoint, network, workload, application, and data layers.
Contribute to secure configuration standards and reference architectures.
Lead security engineering efforts for complex initiatives such as cloud migrations, SaaS integrations, container and Kubernetes adoption, and platform modernization.
Embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code workflows.
Partner with Security Architecture to operationalize approved security patterns and guardrails.
Work closely with IT, SaaS Operations, Product Development, and Business Systems teams to identify, prioritize, and reduce exposure to known vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
Support risk-based remediation planning, track remediation actions to closure, and implement remediation directly where required and within scope.
Verify remediation effectiveness and contribute to durable control improvements that prevent recurrence.
Contribute to detection engineering and monitoring capabilities that enable early identification of threats and control failures.
Act as a technical escalation point during complex security incidents, supporting investigation, containment, and remediation.
Participate in post-incident root-cause analysis and corrective action implementation.