Security Engineer

Adobe•Seattle, WA

About The Position

The team focus is Identity Architecture & Solutions, where we craft, build, and operationalize scalable identity and SaaS security capabilities across the enterprise. This role is technical within the organization and depends on team members that are passionate about Identity & SaaS Security functions, identity architecture strategy, and working as an encouraging, cohesive group. As an organization, we collaborate on driving measurable reductions of identity-centric risk where each team member is critical to delivering security value and outcomes.

Requirements

Awareness of enterprise security controls and concepts, including how they are developed and applied.
Familiarity reviewing enterprise identity controls and solutions, including delivering outcomes built on Entra ID/AD, Okta, and SailPoint (or equivalents).
Knowledge of core information technology concepts associated with the network, user and data protection, and common cloud platforms.
Influence & collaboration with key partners in IT, security teams and the business to develop security outcomes that reduce risk and require creative problem solving.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including communicating problems and solutions to peers and technical specialists.
Ability to deliver measurable outcomes in a technical environment that aligns with long term goals.
Active team participation and an inquisitive mind passionate about delivering creative solutions and working collaboratively!
~2+ years relevant experience
Bachelor’s required or equivalent experience.
Experience in enterprise environments as a member of a technical team.

Nice To Haves

Engineering awareness of secure access control solutions (e.g. Teleport, Vault), secrets management, and CI/CD solutions and their customers.
Scripting/automation knowledge (e.g., Python, PowerShell) and curiosity about infrastructure‑as‑code (e.g., Terraform) for policy and pipeline automation.

Responsibilities

Engineer and deploy Zero‑Trust access controls across workforce and service identities.
Implement controls using RBAC and ABAC standards.
Include device and posture checks and risk‑adaptive policies for critical services and high-risk scenarios.
Harden privileged access and migrate administrators to right‑size entitlements and eliminate long‑lived elevated access across prioritized services.
Implement SaaS security posture controls by participating reviews and deployments; defining baselines for M365/Slack/GitHub/Workday/Google; building remediation runbooks and posture success measurements.
Instrument identity metrics collection and tracking as prioritized by the leadership team.
Capture authentication (AuthN)/authorization (AuthZ) and entitlement changes; publishing dashboards for privilege drift, misconfigurations, and access sprawl; coordinating risky events to security alert procedures.
Participation in architecture & standards implementation guides and reference architecture.
Include how adherence reduces risk reduction over time.