Senior Security Engineer with Cedar

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

We are looking for a Senior Security Software Engineer to implement the baseline Cedar policy library and policy authoring standard for our Enterprise Agent Development Platform. This production-grade cloud-native ecosystem enables engineering teams to define orchestrate deploy and observe AI agents at scale using LangGraph and Strands Agents on AWS AgentCore Runtime. Our goal is to reduce agent development from months to days while enforcing consistent security quality and governance standards.

Responsibilities

• Implement the baseline policy library and policy authoring standard for the platform
• Author and test Open Source Policies governing agent access control
• Configure AWS AgentCore Policy LOG_ONLY and ENFORCE modes for staged policy 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 engineering teams
• Collaborate with platform and security teams to enforce consistent access control practices

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in security engineering 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 parameter-level access control patterns
• Skills in identity provider integration with Entra Okta and Cognito
• Understanding of policy definition in any ABAC or RBAC system

Nice to have

• Familiarity with LangGraph tool invocation patterns
• Knowledge of AWS AgentCore Gateway integration
• Expertise in Cedar policy language including authoring and testing

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.