Staff Security Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Wed, Aug 12, 2026
This job expires in: 29 days
Job Summary
To enhance security measures within a federal agency developer platform, the fully remote Staff Security Engineer will design and implement secure-by-design controls, automate compliance processes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure continuous compliance with regulatory standards.
Key responsibilities:
- Design and implement secure-by-design controls, policy-as-code, and identity federation across the platform
- Build audit-evidence automation to support continuous compliance and reduce manual audit burden
- Lead threat modeling, code scanning, dependency controls, and vulnerability remediation efforts
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Demonstrated leadership building secure engineering practices, including threat modeling and vulnerability remediation
- Experience aligning technical controls and evidence collection to regulatory, privacy, and audit requirements
- Proven ability to design and implement identity, access, encryption, and data protection controls in production systems
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Tier 4 High Risk Public Trust clearance
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