Lead Security Engineer

EPAM Systems, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

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Upskilling programs

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Global career opportunities

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. seeks a Lead Security Engineer to bridge regulatory obligations with hands-on engineering. You will convert regulatory findings into Azure DevOps work items, drive them to completion, and manage evidence gathering for audits across HIPAA, NIST 800-53, and related frameworks.

The role collaborates with ISRM, Privacy, Legal, and cloud teams. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in security/compliance, strong cross-team leadership, and experience with cloud IAM, encryption, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of security/privacy compliance, GRC, or compliance engineering experience.
• Experience coordinating with cross-functional teams and leading initiatives.
• Strong English communication skills (B2 or higher).

Responsibilities

• Translate regulatory and audit language into actionable backlog items with clear acceptance criteria and ownership.
• Monitor delivery and keep backlogs organized across privacy, access control, data classification, and audit logging initiatives.
• Support third-party audits, gather evidence, map controls to artifacts, and meet auditor timelines.

Job description

We are looking for a Lead Security Engineer to join our team. This role sits at the crossroads of legal/compliance obligations and hands-on engineering execution - interpreting raw regulatory or audit language, breaking it down into actionable technical tasks, driving that work through to completion, and managing the evidence-gathering process for external audits. Over time, this program will grow to encompass additional government and commercially regulated clients, as well as country-specific privacy frameworks across the UK, EU, Australia, and Canada.ResponsibilitiesConvert regulatory and audit language into concrete, actionable backlog items by transforming HIPAA gap assessments, NIST 800-53 privacy controls, and audit findings into well-defined Azure DevOps Features, Stories, and Tasks complete with acceptance criteria, effort estimates, and assigned ownership, such as reshaping \"HIPAA privacy requirements not yet defined\" into a clear engineering deliverableMonitor delivery progress and keep the backlog organized across live compliance initiatives, including access control, data classification, log scrubbing, audit logging, data retention and deletion, and data access restrictions, closing gaps in ownership or sprint planning before they turn into RAID-log issuesDevelop and run test cases confirming that controls operate as intended, such as privileged-access limitations, time-bound SailPoint access, PII minimization, and deletion-on-request functionality, capturing pass/fail results as supporting documentationManage the complete audit support lifecycle, from intake through tracking and fulfillment of third-party auditor evidence requests, such as Schellman FedRAMP Significant Change Reviews, linking each request to its corresponding NIST 800-53 control, working with engineering, ISRM, Privacy, and Legal to compile artifacts, and meeting the auditor's timelineGenerate ongoing compliance status updates for stakeholders and develop streamlined automation, including scripts, dashboards, and evidence pipelines, to cut down on manual work in future audit cycles as the program grows to serve new clients and regionsCollaborate across departments, working with ISRM, Privacy Office, Legal, SRE, and cloud platform teams to distinguish and document controls inherited from AWS/Azure (FedRAMP, SOC 2) versus those requiring internal ownership and developmentRequirementsAt least 5 years of relevant experience in security/privacy compliance, GRC, or compliance engineering, supporting HIPAA and/or FedRAMP/NIST 800-53 initiativesA minimum of one year of experience leading and managing teamsStrong familiarity with the HIPAA Security & Privacy Rules, covering administrative, physical, and technical safeguards, BAAs, breach notification requirements, and minimum necessary principles, as well as NIST 800-53 control families such as AC, AU, SI, and PMProven capability to convert compliance and regulatory text into scoped, estimable engineering backlog items using platforms like Azure DevOps, Jira, or similarHands-on experience supporting third-party audits, including SOC 2, FedRAMP, or HITRUST, covering evidence gathering, mapping controls to evidence, and meeting auditor timelinesWorking knowledge of cloud environments, such as AWS GovCloud and/or Azure Government, along with compliance-relevant controls, including IAM/RBAC, encryption/KMS, audit logging, and data retention and deletion practicesExcellent English communication skills (B2 level or higher)Nice to haveHands-on experience with FedRAMP Significant Change Requests (SCR) and working directly with assessorsAbility to script and automate tasks using Python or Bash to streamline evidence gathering, control testing, or compliance dashboard creationExperience with AWS IAM and identity governance platforms, such as SailPoint or similar tools, along with managing access policies across S3, RDS, DynamoDB, and RedshiftFamiliarity with international privacy regulations, such as UK/EU GDPR, Australia's Privacy Act, or Canada's PIPEDA, or willingness to quickly develop expertise as the program's scope broadensRelevant industry certifications, such as CIPP/US, CIPM, HCISPP, CISA, CISSP, or a security certification from AWS or AzureExperience tracking remediation from security scanning tools, such as Snyk, Wiz, Qualys, or Burp, along with managing programs for secrets and certificate rotationPrior experience supporting legal-tech, healthcare, or government SaaS platforms that manage regulated dataWe offerInternational projects with top brandsWork with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peersHealthcare benefitsEmployee financial programsPaid time off and sick leaveUpskilling, reskilling and certification coursesUnlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ coursesGlobal career opportunitiesVolunteer and community involvement opportunitiesEPAM Employee GroupsAward-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn