Security Engineer: Automation & IAM Gatekeeper

Flexport; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Flexport is seeking a security engineer in California to build automation, policies, and tooling across identity, endpoints, and SaaS security. You will work within the PSI team to ship scalable security controls that protect laptops, identity providers, and cloud applications.

You will develop detections, write policy as code, and automate routine security tasks while collaborating with IT and People teams. A strong coding background and practical communication are essential.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in corporate, enterprise, or IT security engineering.
• Hands-on experience with modern endpoint management and EDR tooling (e.g., Jamf, Kandji, Intune, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne).
• Working knowledge of identity protocols (SAML, OIDC, SCIM) and major IDPs (Okta, Entra, Google Workspace).
• Comfort writing real code or scripts (Python, Go) to automate work.
• Clear, practical communicator who can explain tradeoffs to engineers, sales, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Identity & access: advance SSO coverage, MFA rollout, SCIM automation and least-privilege access.
• Endpoint & device lifecycle: write and ship device policy as code; maintain EDR detection and response.
• SaaS posture: reduce SaaS risk using SSPM tooling and automate configuration across tools.
• Automation & enablement: automate routine security tasks and write runbooks to improve team capability.

Skills

Security engineering

Identity & access

Endpoint management

Scripting (Python/Go)

Communication

Tools

Jamf

Kandji

Intune

CrowdStrike

SentinelOne

Job description

Flexport is seeking a security engineer in California to build automation, policies, and tooling across identity, endpoints, and SaaS security. You will work within the PSI team to ship scalable security controls that protect laptops, identity providers, and cloud applications.

You will develop detections, write policy as code, and automate routine security tasks while collaborating with IT and People teams. A strong coding background and practical communication are essential.