Information Security Specialist

Kaiser Permanente; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Penetration Testing coaching

Benefits package

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is hiring a Senior Information Security Specialist in San Jose, CA. You will own outcomes, driving security improvements across Active Directory security, malware analysis, and backend services while leading initiatives to simplify onboarding for the next senior engineer.

Join a team that values steady, reliable technology and customer-focused security outcomes, with coaching for penetration testing and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams on security projects.
• Track record of delivering reliable security solutions in complex environments.
• Demonstrated curiosity about customer-facing security needs and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design Active Directory security APIs used by San Jose teams.
• Deliver incremental improvements to Kaiser Permanente's San Jose platform on cadence.
• Build and maintain backend services with malware analysis and AD security.
• Decode undocumented Kubernetes security service for the team.
• Document leadership processes to shorten onboarding for future seniors.

Skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Customer-focused

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

Active Directory

Kubernetes Security

Malware Analysis

Backend development

Job description

This is a senior Information Security Specialist position for the person who automated their own job once and immediately wanted to do it again. This slow-to-anger senior role offers $142,000 - $230,000, the freedom to own your roadmap, and a team that helps you grow.

Key Responsibilities

• Design Active Directory Security APIs other San Jose, CA teams will still thank you for next year
• Ship incremental improvements to Kaiser Permanente's San Jose platform on a regular cadence
• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using Malware Analysis and Active Directory Security
• Decode the undocumented Kubernetes Security service nobody at Kaiser Permanente remembers writing
• Document the Team Leadership system so the next senior engineer onboards in days, not weeks

What You'll Bring

• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve
• Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
• Demonstrated wins in technology work somewhere near San Jose, CA
• A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself
• Real curiosity about why Kaiser Permanente customers do what they do

At Kaiser Permanente, the heads-down-and-happy San Jose crew believes technology should feel boring and reliable, never thrilling and fragile. Every Information Security Specialist at Kaiser Permanente owns an outcome, not just a checklist of tasks.

What we put on the table: $142,000 - $230,000, coaching for your Penetration Testing, benefits worth having, and freedom to grow at your own pace.

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