Security Engineer: Build Automations & Defenses

Flexport; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Flexport is seeking a security engineer to join the PSI-driven security team. You will focus on building automated security controls, managing device policies, and reducing SaaS risk while ensuring scalable protection across the company’s global engineering fleet.

You’ll work on identity, endpoint, and cloud posture, writing code and runbooks to replace manual processes and partnering with IT and people teams to minimize friction while increasing security coverage.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Identity & access: advance our identity posture, build detections and guardrails for security.
• Endpoint & device lifecycle: write and ship device policy as code; improve EDR coverage across the fleet.
• SaaS posture: reduce SaaS risk with SSPM tooling and manage configuration of Google Workspace, Slack, and similar apps.
• Automation & enablement: automate repetitive security tasks and write runbooks to empower the team.

Skills

Security engineering

Endpoint management

EDR tooling

Identity protocols

Scripting (Python/Go)

Clear communication

Tools

Jamf

Kandji

Intune

CrowdStrike

SentinelOne

Job description

Flexport is seeking a security engineer to join the PSI-driven security team. You will focus on building automated security controls, managing device policies, and reducing SaaS risk while ensuring scalable protection across the company’s global engineering fleet.

You’ll work on identity, endpoint, and cloud posture, writing code and runbooks to replace manual processes and partnering with IT and people teams to minimize friction while increasing security coverage.