Senior Security Engineer — Cloud-Native Policy Platform

EPAM Systems; Poland; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid by design

Remote within Poland

Relocation opportunities

60 days abroad annually

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior Security Software Engineer to implement the baseline Cedar policy library and policy authoring standard for our Enterprise Agent Development Platform. The role focuses on building a cloud-native ecosystem to define, deploy, and observe AI agents with strong governance.

You will author and test Open Source Policies, configure AWS AgentCore modes, and develop Python tooling for policy validation while mapping Entra claims to policy attributes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in security or backend engineering.
• Familiarity with an Open Source Policy language.
• Hands-on experience with Open Policy Agent (OPA).
• Knowledge of AWS AgentCore Policy LOG_ONLY and ENFORCE modes.
• Proficiency in Python for policy validation tooling.
• Familiarity with MS Entra claims mapping and ABAC/RBAC patterns.
• Identity provider integration with Entra Okta and Cognito.
• Understanding of policy definitions in ABAC/RBAC systems.

Responsibilities

• Implement the baseline policy library and policy authoring standard.
• Author and test Open Source Policies governing agent access control.
• Configure AWS AgentCore Policy LOG_ONLY and ENFORCE modes for rollout.
• Build Python-based tooling to validate policy definitions.
• Map MS Entra claims to platform policy attributes.
• Design parameter-level access control patterns for agent tooling.
• Establish governance standards for policy authoring across teams.
• Collaborate with platform and security teams to enforce access control.

Skills

Security engineering

Backend engineering

Open Policy Language

Python programming

ABAC RBAC understanding

Entra/Okta integration

Cognito integration

Policy governance

Tools

OPA

AWS AgentCore

Cedar policy language

Okta

Cognito

LangGraph

Job description

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior Security Software Engineer to implement the baseline Cedar policy library and policy authoring standard for our Enterprise Agent Development Platform. The role focuses on building a cloud-native ecosystem to define, deploy, and observe AI agents with strong governance.

You will author and test Open Source Policies, configure AWS AgentCore modes, and develop Python tooling for policy validation while mapping Entra claims to policy attributes.