Security Engineer

Public Affairs Institute; Kent (WA); On-site; USD 101,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

wellness perks

the Penetration Testing training

hours you actually control

Job summary

Public Affairs Institute in Kent, WA is seeking a Security Engineer to push our platform to the next level. You will own security pipelines, scale data processing, and collaborate with QA to prevent regressions.

We offer ownership of technology outcomes and a competitive salary of $101,000 - $151,000. Join a crew that backs you in Kent, WA and builds tinker-friendly products used worldwide.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Security Engineer experience.
• OAuth 2.0 knowledge and practice.
• Hands-on experience with Endpoint Detection and Response workflows.

Responsibilities

• Reach into legacy NIST Cybersecurity Framework modules and improve them.
• Keep resilience schemas backward-compatible to avoid breaking upgrades.
• Collaborate with technology users in Kent to learn what the Multitasking tool needs.
• Investigate, diagnose, and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools.
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Endpoint Detection and Response.
• Partner with QA to define test coverage and catch regressions early.

Skills

OAuth 2.0

Interpersonal skills

EDR workflows

Job description

Public Affairs Institute builds tinker-friendly products used by teams worldwide, and we need a Security Engineer to push our platform to the next level. The pitch is honest — $101,000 - $151,000, real ownership of technology outcomes, and a Public Affairs Institute crew in Kent that has your back.

Key Responsibilities

• Reach into legacy NIST Cybersecurity Framework modules and leave them cleaner than you found them
• Keep Resilience schemas backward-compatible so Public Affairs Institute never forces a breaking upgrade
• Sit with technology users in Kent to learn what the Multitasking tool really needs
• Investigate, diagnose, and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Endpoint Detection and Response
• Partner with QA to define test coverage and catch regressions early

What You'll Bring

• 3 years of OAuth 2.0 práctica, plus a hunger for what's next
• Resilience measured across 3 years of technology cycles
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, steady-handed environment
• Roughly 3+ years operating in a similar Security Engineer position
• A solid foundation in Interpersonal Skills, refined over 3+ years
• Hands-on experience with modern Endpoint Detection and Response workflows and tooling

Public Affairs Institute was founded in Kent, WA on the idea that technology should be powerful yet refreshingly community-minded. Politics die fast at Public Affairs Institute because we put the awkward stuff on the table early.

Money matters, so we lead with $101,000 - $151,000; then come the

• wellness perks
• the Penetration Testing training
• hours you actually control

The Public Affairs Institute team is expanding in Kent, WA this quarter, and this seat is part of that growth.