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RemoteRemote US100k - 160k USD
Saviynt's AI-powered identity platform manages and governs human and non-human access to all of an organization's applications, data, and business processes. Customers trust Saviynt to safeguard their digital assets, drive operational efficiency, and reduce compliance costs. Built for the AI age, Saviynt is today helping organizations safely accelerate their deployment and usage of AI. Saviynt is recognized as the leader in identity security, with solutions that protect and empower the world’s leading brands, Fortune 500 companies and government institutions. For more information, please visit www.saviynt.com.
The Senior/Principal Federal Security Engineer reports into Federal Information Security leadership, and will specialize in detection, response, and vulnerability triage. They will also serve as a high-level technical authority responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of threat management. This hands-on engineering role will own the systems that identify and mitigate organizational risk as they relate primarily to the FedRAMP Program (FedRAMP Moderate and FedRAMP High).
The candidate should be familiar with policy and compliance requirements, including policy documentation and system requirements to successfully respond to potential audits as well as prior experience operating in Federally regulated environments.
### CORE RESPONSIBILITIESLead the Detection Lifecycle: Build and maintain our threat detection capabilities, from researching emerging TTPs to writing custom detection logic in our SIEM and EDR platforms.
Incident Response: Respond to alerts and triage findings coordinating across engineering, security, and leadership teams.
Modernize Vulnerability Management: Architect and maintain automation to prioritize vulnerabilities (from Code, to Containers, to Cloud) based on risk and exploitability.Automation: Operationalize security tasks by building, developing, and optimizing SOAR playbooks to automate containment and remediation.
Execute Proactive Threat Hunting: Design and lead hunt missions to identify threats that bypass traditional security controls, utilizing advanced forensics and log correlation techniques.
Industry Awareness: Incorporate industry news, events, IOCs, and other intelligence into our Detection and Response capabilities.
### WHAT YOU BRING
The Selected candidate must:
If required for this role, you will:
- Complete security & privacy literacy and awareness training during onboarding and annually thereafter
- Review (initially and annually thereafter), understand, and adhere to Information Security/Privacy Policies and Procedures such as (but not limited to):
> Data Classification, Retention & Handling Policy
> Incident Response Policy/Procedures
> Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Policy/Procedures
> Mobile Device Policy
> Account Management Policy
> Access Control Policy
> Personnel Security Policy
> Privacy Policy
Saviynt is an amazing place to work. We are a high-growth, Platform as a Service company focused on Identity Authority to power and protect the world at work. You will experience tremendous growth and learning opportunities through challenging yet rewarding work which directly impacts our customers, all within a welcoming and positive work environment. If you're resilient and enjoy working in a dynamic environment you belong with us!
Saviynt is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome everyone to our team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Saviynt
View company pageSaviynt delivers enterprise control over AI, securing every identity across the organization, including human, non-human, and AI, so businesses can build and deploy AI innovation with complete confidence.
Key team members
Kevin Spurway
Fredrik Hörnell
Hemendra Rana
Evelyn Acosta Behrendt
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