Senior Cybersecurity Engineer – Non Human Identity

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. Partner with Architecture, IAM, cloud, platform, DevOps, and application teams to design, build, and operate enterprise-scale NHI discovery, governance, and lifecycle automation .

Posted 9/24/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $120,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in non-human identity discovery, governance, and lifecycle automation, with strong capabilities in Python and PowerShell for automation. Proficient in integrating IAM/PAM, Cloud IAM, and secrets management platforms while producing comprehensive technical documentation and reports.

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Non-Human Identity DiscoveryPython AutomationPowerShell AutomationIAM/PAM IntegrationCybersecurity Standards Knowledge

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Hard Skills

Non-Human Identity DiscoveryPythonPowerShellConfiguration File ParsingAPI IntegrationInfrastructure-as-CodeManaged IdentitiesOAuth Client CredentialsTLSMTLS

Tools & Technologies

IAM/PAM PlatformsCloud IAMSecrets ManagementITSM/WorkflowPKI/Certificate Management

Industry Keywords

Zero Trust PrinciplesCybersecurity StandardsLifecycle AutomationThreat DefenseIncident Response

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityITSMPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with Architecture, IAM, cloud, platform, DevOps, and application teams to design, build, and operate enterprise-scale NHI discovery, governance, and lifecycle automation
Discover non-human identities across servers, applications, cloud platforms, and CI/CD pipelines
Parse configuration files, logs, APIs, and Infrastructure-as-Code to identify embedded or hard-coded credentials
Enrich NHI metadata, including ownership, purpose, environment, and lifecycle state
Automate ownership validation, lifecycle tracking, reporting, onboarding, access reviews, credential rotation, and decommissioning
Integrate NHI workflows with IAM/PAM, Cloud IAM, secrets management, ITSM/workflow, and PKI platforms
Analyze authentication flows and refactor legacy patterns toward managed identities, OAuth client credentials, and short-lived tokens
Support security monitoring and incident response investigations involving service account misuse, anomalous automation behavior, or credential compromise
Apply pattern recognition, baselining, and anomaly indicators to analyze NHI usage and detect drift or misuse
Support governance of AI agents as non-human identities, including ownership, scoped access, and lifecycle expectations
Support certificate-based NHIs and ensure certificates and private keys follow approved issuance, rotation, and expiration standards
Produce technical documentation, runbooks, onboarding guides, audit evidence, and reporting
Design threat-hunting, data-analysis, and cybersecurity threat-defense capabilities
Identify malicious activity and proactively respond to emerging threats
Design, build, configure, maintain, and monitor cybersecurity threat defense capabilities and user access management
Continuously improve the NHI program by identifying automation opportunities and reducing operational toil

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must be eighteen years of age or older
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States
High school diploma and/or GED
3 years of work experience
Experience with non-human identity discovery, governance, and lifecycle automation
Experience with Python and PowerShell automation and tooling
Ability to parse configuration files, logs, APIs, and Infrastructure-as-Code
Experience integrating IAM/PAM, Cloud IAM, secrets management, ITSM/workflow, and PKI/certificate management platforms
Knowledge of managed identities, OAuth client credentials, short-lived tokens, TLS, mTLS, and client authentication
Knowledge of Zero Trust principles and cybersecurity standards
Ability to produce technical documentation, runbooks, onboarding guides, audit evidence, and reporting

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote/Virtual work arrangement
No travel required