Security Engineer — Code-Driven Automation & Defense

Flexport; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 131,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Flexport is seeking a security engineer to join the PSI team, owning automation and secure-by-design tooling across identity, endpoints, SaaS posture, and governance. You will write code to replace manual tasks and build guardrails that catch threats before incidents occur.

You’ll work with modern EDR tools, IAM protocols, and scripting languages to scale security across a global engineering organization. This role emphasizes hands-on delivery and clear communication.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Identity & access: advance our identity posture, build detections and guardrails for security events.
• Endpoint & device lifecycle: write and ship device policy as code, maintain EDR coverage.
• SaaS posture: reduce SaaS risk with SSPM tooling and configuration for tools like Google Workspace or Slack.
• Automation & enablement: automate non-human security tasks and write runbooks.

Skills

EDR tooling

Identity protocols

Python or Go

Security engineering

Cloud security

Tools

Jamf

Kandji

Intune

CrowdStrike

SentinelOne

Job description

Flexport is seeking a security engineer to join the PSI team, owning automation and secure-by-design tooling across identity, endpoints, SaaS posture, and governance. You will write code to replace manual tasks and build guardrails that catch threats before incidents occur.

You’ll work with modern EDR tools, IAM protocols, and scripting languages to scale security across a global engineering organization. This role emphasizes hands-on delivery and clear communication.