Cybersecurity Senior Engineer - Non Human Identity (Remote)

Employer description

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Position Purpose:

The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer – Non‑Human Identity (NHI) partners with Architecture, IAM, cloud, platform, DevOps, and application teams to design, build, and operate enterprise‑scale discovery, governance, and lifecycle automation for non‑human identities (NHIs). NHIs include service accounts, API tokens, cloud IAM roles, automation identities, CI/CD identities, and AI agents across on‑premises, hybrid, and multi‑cloud environments. This role focuses on automation, collaboration, and risk reduction, helping modernize authentication patterns and reduce reliance on long‑lived credentials.

Preferred Qualifications:

Non‑Human Identity Discovery & Automation

Work with IAM, Architecture, and platform teams to design and operate automated discovery capabilities for NHIs across servers, applications, cloud platforms, and CI/CD pipelinesContribute to development of automation and tooling (Python, PowerShell) to:Discover NHIs across infrastructure and environmentsParse configuration files, logs, APIs, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code to identify embedded or hard‑coded credentialsEnrich NHI metadata including ownership, purpose, environment, and lifecycle statePartner with engineering teams to automate NHI hygiene activities such as ownership validation, lifecycle tracking, and reporting
NHI Lifecycle & Governance

Collaborate with IAM, Architecture, cloud, and ITSM teams to design and integrate NHI lifecycle workflows, including onboarding, access reviews, credential rotation, and decommissioningIntegrate NHI workflows with enterprise platforms, including: IAM and PAM solutions, Cloud IAM services, Secrets management platforms, ITSM and workflow toolsSupport enforcement of clear ownership, purpose, and lifecycle accountability for NHIsAssist with enterprise access reviews, attestations, and audit evidence generation
Partner with application, platform, and DevOps teams to analyze authentication flows and refactor legacy patterns toward modern, password‑less NHI designs, including managed identities, OAuth client credentials, and short‑lived tokens.

Provide NHI context to security monitoring and incident response teams to support investigations involving service account misuse, anomalous automation behavior, or credential compromiseApply data‑driven techniques such as pattern recognition, baselining, and anomaly indicators to analyze NHI usage trends and detect drift or misuse.
AI Agent Identity Governance

Partner with architecture and platform teams to support onboarding and governance of AI agents as non‑human identitiesHelp ensure AI agents have clearly defined ownership, scoped access, and documented lifecycle expectations
Basic PKI Responsibilities (Foundational)

Support certificate‑based NHIs (e.g., TLS, mTLS, client authentication) as part of broader NHI governanceIntegrate NHI discovery and lifecycle workflows with enterprise PKI and certificate management platformsEnsure certificates and private keys follow approved standards for issuance, rotation, and expiration, without direct ownership of PKI infrastructureCollaborate across security, cloud, and platform engineering teams to align NHI controls with Zero Trust principles and THD security standards.Produce and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and onboarding guides, and support audit and compliance activities through NHI evidence and reporting.Continuously improve the NHI program by identifying automation opportunities, reducing operational toil, and improving accuracy, coverage, and maturity of non‑human identity controls.
Key Responsibilities:

100% Deliver Execution, Plans & Align, Problem Solving - Design automation workflows and capabilities in support of data collection, investigation and incident response Develop threat hunting and data analysis strategy and capabilities Identify and propose new technologies, methodologies and/or approaches to detecting malicious activity Utilize indicators to scope and respond proactively to emerging threats Design, build, configure, maintain and monitor cybersecurity threat defense capabilities and user access management
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

This Position typically reports to Manager or Sr. ManagerThis Position has 0 Direct Reports
Travel Requirements:

No travel required.
Physical Requirements:

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Working Conditions:

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Minimum Qualifications:

Must be eighteen years of age or older.Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Minimum Education:

The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED.
Minimum Years of Work Experience:

3
Competencies:

Action OrientedCollaboratesCommunicates EffectivelyCustomer FocusDrives Results
For California, Colorado, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Nevada, New York City, Ithaca (NY), Westchester County (NY), and Washington residents:
 

The pay range for this position is between $120,000.00 - $160,000.00