Lead Security / Policy Engineer

EPAM Systems; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid by design

Remote within Poland

60 days abroad annually

Relocation opportunities

Stock Purchase Plan with 15% discount

Health insurance

Multisport

Shopping vouchers

Referral bonuses up to $2,000

English classes

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Lead Security / Policy Engineer to architect the policy engine and Cedar policy schema for an enterprise AI agent development platform. You will define authorization models, drive InfoSec reviews, and implement policy-as-code patterns to govern agent interactions across a cloud-native ecosystem on AWS AgentCore Runtime.

The role emphasizes identity-aware authorization, RBAC/ABAC, and staged rollout strategies, with hybrid work design and potential international

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cloud security or identity engineering.
• Experience with authorization or policy-as-code for AI agents.
• Expertise in identity-aware authorization (OAuth 2.0, JWT, OIDC).
• RBAC and ABAC design patterns.
• Policy language Cedar or OPA or A2A protocol depth.
• Experience leading enterprise security review processes (InfoSec/ARB).

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture of the policy engine and Cedar policy schema design.
• Define authorization models for agent-to-agent interactions.
• Drive enterprise InfoSec review processes and ARB alignment.
• Establish default-deny authorization patterns for agent interactions.
• Integrate identity-aware authorization (OAuth 2.0, JWT, OIDC).
• Develop policy-as-code patterns to standardize governance across teams.
• Oversee audit logging of policy decisions and enforcement outcomes.
• Guide staged rollout from monitoring to enforcement.
• Collaborate with engineers on trust boundaries between agents.

Skills

Cloud security

Identity engineering

Authorization

Policy-as-code

RBAC

ABAC

Cedar

OPA

OIDC

InfoSec review

Job description

We are seeking a Lead Security / Policy Engineer to architect the policy engine, Cedar policy schema, and InfoSec review processes for an enterprise-grade Agent Development Platform. This production-grade, cloud-native ecosystem enables engineering teams to define, orchestrate, deploy, and observe AI agents at scale, standardizing agent development across the organization using LangGraph and Strands Agents on AWS AgentCore Runtime. The role centers on authorization at the agent boundary, ensuring agents securely advertise and invoke each other's capabilities while enforcing consistent security, quality, and governance standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture of the policy engine and Cedar policy schema design across the platform
• Define authorization models that govern agent-to-agent capability advertisement and invocation
• Drive enterprise InfoSec review processes and ensure alignment with ARB requirements
• Establish default-deny authorization patterns for agent interactions
• Integrate identity-aware authorization using OAuth 2.0, JWT, and MS Entra
• Build and maintain policy-as-code patterns to standardize governance across agent development teams
• Oversee audit logging mechanisms for policy decisions and enforcement outcomes
• Guide staged rollout strategies for policy enforcement, from monitoring to full enforcement
• Collaborate with engineering teams to reason about trust boundaries between interacting agents

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in cloud security or identity engineering
• Hands-on experience with authorization or policy-as-code for AI agents in a production agentic AI project, such as Cedar/OPA policy engines enforcing agent-to-agent boundaries, capability/agent-card discovery, or default-deny agent authorization models
• Expertise in identity-aware authorization, including OAuth 2.0, JWT token inspection and claims mapping, and OIDC
• Skills in RBAC and ABAC design patterns
• Background in either direct policy-as-code experience (Cedar, OPA) or demonstrable A2A protocol depth, including agent identity, capability/agent-card discovery, and trust boundaries between interacting agents
• Experience leading enterprise security review processes, including InfoSec and ARB workflows
• Knowledge of AWS AgentCore Policy and Cedar policy language (principals, actions, resources, conditions)
• Proficiency in English at a B2+ level

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Cedar specifically, or AWS Cedar (open source)
• Practical familiarity with a policy-decision-point pattern, including evaluation of requests against declarative rules, default-deny models, and staged rollout from LOG_ONLY to ENFORCE
• Early experience with AWS Verified Permissions or AgentCore Policy
• Cloud-native AWS exposure
• Skills in zero-trust architecture design

We offer

• We gather like-minded people:
  • Top tech minds driving innovation in AI, cloud and digital platform modernization
  • Supportive team and agile, startup-like culture
  • Hybrid by design mode and opportunity to work remotely within Poland
  • Chance to work abroad for up to 60 days annually
  • Business-driven relocation opportunities
• We provide growth opportunities:
  • Career development programs
  • Thought leadership, mentoring, soft skills and well-being programs
  • Certification (Anthropic, Gemini, GCP, Azure, AWS)
  • English classes
• We cover it all:
  • Stable pay
  • Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 15% discount
  • Benefits package (health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers)
  • Referral bonuses up to $2,000
  • Offices featuring entertainment and relaxation zones, table tennis and football, free snacks, coffee and more
  • Corporate, social and well-being events
• Please, note:
  • Benefits listed above are available to employees only
  • We are open for working with Contractors. Terms of B2B cooperation agreements are agreed individually
  • We will reach out to selected candidates exclusively

EPAM is global leader in AI transformation engineering and integrated consulting, serving Forbes Global 2000 companies and ambitious startups. With over thirty years of expertise in custom software, product and platform engineering, we empower our clients to become AI-Native enterprises, driving measurable value from innovation and digital investments.