Staff Software Engineer - Federal

10 days ago

Washington, DC, USAStaff+

H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$161k - $221k/yr

Responsibilities

Serve as a security subject matter expert for solution engineering and architecture reviews, especially in Detection and Response and enterprise security tooling.
Lead the evaluation, design, and implementation of enterprise security systems and feature enhancements.
Build and maintain custom automation and cloud infrastructure with Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools.
Develop integrations with APIs, AWS, GCP, Azure, and security infrastructure to improve detection, response, and remediation.
Create and maintain Python-based scripts and automations that streamline security operations.
Build scalable, fault-tolerant ETL/ELT and security event data pipelines and integrate log sources into the security data lake.
Establish monitoring and alerting for security posture, misconfigurations, and threats across endpoints, SaaS, and cloud workloads.
Identify and remediate security gaps and track emerging threats, solutions, and tooling.

8+ years of coding and scripting experience focused on automation and custom tooling for security engineering teams.
Python experience is required; Bash, PowerShell, or Go experience is a plus.
Experience developing and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines and onboarding security data into a security data lake.
Experience integrating log sources and building scalable, fault-tolerant security event data pipelines.
Experience automating security controls and workflows using a cloud-first approach.
Experience with Terraform or comparable infrastructure-as-code tools and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for security automation and drift management.
Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical staff, support teams, executive leadership, and external vendors.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret or Top Secret clearance when required by U.S. Government contracts.
Experience building engineering solutions in regulated environments such as FedRAMP High, IL4, IL5, or IL6 is a plus.
Experience with advanced identity technologies such as MFA, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, and WebAuthn is a plus.
Familiarity with Okta’s ecosystem, advanced configuration and integrations, continuous compliance, policy-as-code, or automated evidence gathering is a plus.

Annual base salary range of $161,000—$221,000 USD for specified locations, with equity where applicable, bonus, and health, dental, vision, 401(k), flexible spending, PTO, parental leave, and other benefits.
Hybrid work arrangement indicated by the #LI-HYBRID designation.
Immersive in-person onboarding and opportunities for talent development, social impact, and community connection.
Candidates may be subject to drug testing when required by U.S. Government contracts.

5,001-10,000 employees

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