Principal Security Engineer

• Provide technical security expertise in support of PCI-DSS and other security compliance programs.
• Interpret PCI-DSS requirements and translate them into practical technical controls and implementation guidance.
• Design and validate network segmentation and scope-reduction strategies for PCI environments.
• Work with Engineering, Architecture, Governance, Risk and Compliance teams to ensure security controls satisfy technical and regulatory requirements.
• Support security assessments, technical evidence gathering, remediation activities, segmentation validation, and discussions with internal and external assessors.
• Help evaluate compensating controls and alternative technical approaches when standard implementation patterns are not practical.

• Serve as a recognized technical authority and trusted advisor on cybersecurity engineering matters.
• Mentor security engineers and other technical professionals and help develop security expertise across engineering teams.
• Lead complex cross-functional security initiatives involving engineering, architecture, applications, infrastructure, networking, cloud, and security teams.

Communicate complex security issues clearly to engineers, architects, technology leaders, risk teams, and other stakeholders

Could this be you?

• 10+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, network security, infrastructure security, application security, or related technical disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience operating as a senior or principal-level individual contributor responsible for solving complex, cross-domain security problems.
• Deep knowledge of networking and network security, including segmentation, routing, firewalls, proxies, DNS, load balancing, TLS, and secure network architecture.
• Demonstrated experience designing network segmentation strategies for security and regulatory scope reduction, particularly within PCI DSS environments.
• Strong experience with Identity and Access Management, including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, federation, SSO, authentication, and authorization.
• Hands-on experience with Okta and/or Auth0, including application integrations, authentication flows, federation, authorization, and troubleshooting complex identity implementations.
• Experience designing secure identity solutions for workforce IAM, customer identity (CIAM), APIs, and service-to-service authentication.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise security technologies, particularly Akamai Web Application Firewall (WAF) or comparable application and edge security platforms.
• Strong knowledge of PCI-DSS, including experience supporting compliance assessments, remediation, technical controls, and scope-reduction strategies.
• Strong knowledge of AWS security, including IAM, VPC and network security, encryption, logging, monitoring, and workload security.
• Experience applying security best practices to web applications, APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD principles, DevSecOps, secure SDLC practices, Infrastructure as Code, and automated security testing.
• Knowledge of common application and API security vulnerabilities and mitigation techniques.
• Experience conducting security design reviews, technical risk assessments, and threat modeling.
• Experience collaborating with engineering and architecture teams to develop and implement secure solutions.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical security issues spanning applications, identity, networking, cloud infrastructure, and security platforms.

Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex security topics to both highly technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience working in large-scale, highly distributed, global, or regulated technology environments.
• Advanced experience with Okta and Auth0 administration, configuration, integration, and security architecture.
• Experience securing payment platforms, e-commerce environments, APIs, or other high-volume transactional systems.
• Experience with Zero Trust architecture and identity-centric security models.
• Experience with container and Kubernetes security.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies and automated cloud security.
• Familiarity with security frameworks such as NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, SOC 2, or CIS Controls.
• Experience with threat modeling and architecture risk assessment methodologies.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, or equivalent credentials.

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We are an equal opportunities employer and will consider all qualified applicants purely on their skills and abilities.

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