Remote Staff Security Engineer — IAM & Cloud Leader

Motion Recruitment; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

PTO

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Staff Information Security Engineer (Senior to Principal) for a fully remote role. You will work on modern cloud infrastructure, IAM programs, and application security across a large-scale SaaS environment in healthcare, insurance, and data analytics.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in information security, strong IAM and cloud security expertise (AWS, OAuth/SAML/OIDC), and hands-on engineering experience.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of information security or security engineering experience.
• 5+ years of Identity and Access Management (IAM) experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience.
• Experience with AWS cloud environments.
• Experience with IAM platforms such as Okta, Entra ID, Auth0, or Ping Identity.
• Strong knowledge of OAuth, SAML, OIDC, and LDAP.
• Experience securing web applications and APIs.
• Knowledge of cloud security principles and best practices.
• Experience with Terraform, Docker, Git, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices.
• Familiarity with OWASP, NIST, CIS, or similar security frameworks.
• Experience performing security assessments and vulnerability remediation.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead IAM and access management initiatives
• Improve organizational security programs and controls
• Design and implement cloud and application security solutions
• Partner with development teams to integrate security throughout the SDLC
• Conduct security assessments and threat analysis
• Respond to security incidents and emerging threats
• Drive security awareness and education efforts
• Develop security architecture recommendations and long-term strategies
• Help maintain compliance with regulatory and industry standards

Skills

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring engineers

Security strategy

Education

Advanced degree in cybersecurity

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Git

CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps

Okta

Entra ID

Auth0

Ping Identity

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Staff Information Security Engineer (Senior to Principal) for a fully remote role. You will work on modern cloud infrastructure, IAM programs, and application security across a large-scale SaaS environment in healthcare, insurance, and data analytics.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in information security, strong IAM and cloud security expertise (AWS, OAuth/SAML/OIDC), and hands-on engineering experience.