IAM Security Engineer — Threat Detection & Access Control

Aquent; Southlake (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent is partnering with a leading organization to strengthen its identity security capabilities in our engineering team in Texas. The role focuses on detecting and mitigating threats, designing robust detection mechanisms, and maintaining system integrity across platforms.

The ideal candidate has 2–5 years of security implementation experience, IAM federation expertise, and hands-on work with Docker and Kubernetes, Linux, VPNs, firewalls, and IDS/IPS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 2–5 years of security implementation experience.
• IAM solutions with federation technologies.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong troubleshooting and independent work.
• Good communication and self-starter mindset.

Responsibilities

• Monitor emerging security threats from multiple sources.
• Help create product detection mechanisms based on threats.
• Troubleshoot complex security issues, analyze network traces.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Self-starter

Communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

Firewalls

VPN

IDS/IPS

Penetration testing

Job description

Aquent is partnering with a leading organization to strengthen its identity security capabilities in our engineering team in Texas. The role focuses on detecting and mitigating threats, designing robust detection mechanisms, and maintaining system integrity across platforms.

The ideal candidate has 2–5 years of security implementation experience, IAM federation expertise, and hands-on work with Docker and Kubernetes, Linux, VPNs, firewalls, and IDS/IPS.