Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Humana • Louisville, KY

8d • Remote

About The Position

Become a part of our caring community. Candidate should be located in one of the following Metro locations: Louisville KY, NYC Metro, Dallas Metro, Charlotte NC Metro, South Florida, Washington DC metro, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Nashville). We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Security Engineer specializing in Identity and Access Management (IAM) with a strong focus on Policy Based Access Control (PBAC). This role is responsible for designing, authoring, and deploying dynamic authorization policies aligned with complex business requirements. The ideal candidate will have hands on experience with PBAC platforms, cloud native infrastructure, automation, and modern DevSecOps practices.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years of hands‑on experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Strong practical expertise in RBAC and PBAC concepts and implementations.
• Hands‑on experience authoring and deploying PBAC policies using enterprise authorization tools.
• Solid understanding of dynamic authorization and policy‑driven access control models.
• Strong experience working with REST APIs.
• Proficiency with SQL, including DDL and data modeling.
• Hands‑on experience with Azure infrastructure and AKS.
• Good understanding of networking fundamentals in cloud and distributed systems.
• Experience using GitHub, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Automation experience using PowerShell and/or shell scripting.
• Excellent documentation, communication, and collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience with PlainID or similar PBAC / authorization platforms
• Experience supporting enterprise‑scale IAM or Zero Trust architectures
• Background working in cloud‑native, microservices‑based environments
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field are preferred
• Industry‑recognized security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, or CompTIA Security+ are preferred

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy Policy‑Based Access Control (PBAC) policies to enable fine‑grained and dynamic authorization.
• Work closely with business, security, and application teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable, secure authorization policies.
• Author, test, deploy, and manage policies in PBAC platforms; experience with PlainID is highly preferred.
• Lead policy lifecycle management, including documentation, versioning, change tracking, and governance.
• Diagnose and resolve issues with existing authorization policies and implementations, improving stability and performance.
• Design and integrate authorization solutions using RESTful APIs.
• Work extensively with SQL, including schema design, DDL operations, and data analysis to support IAM use cases.
• Deploy, manage, and support IAM workloads on Azure infrastructure, with strong hands‑on experience in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of networking concepts, including secure API communication, authentication flows, and cloud networking fundamentals.
• Implement secure DevOps practices using GitHub, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipelines for policy and application deployments.
• Develop PowerShell and shell scripts to automate IAM processes, enhance operational efficiency, and reduce manual effort.
• Ensure all IAM and authorization solutions align with organizational security standards, compliance requirements, and best practices.
• Use your skills to make an impact.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision benefits
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
• short-term and long-term disability
• life insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior