Security Engineer (IAM/EDR) - Flexible, Mentorship

JCPenney; Gaithersburg (MD); On-site; USD 88,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

JCPenney in Gaithersburg, MD seeks a mid-level Security Engineer to freelance on CEH and Identity and Access Management initiatives. You will work across incident response, architecture, and leadership features to strengthen defenses while contributing to a flexible, fast-moving tech roadmap.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, present to a MD-wide audience, and help patch vulnerabilities before they become incidents, all within a dynamic Gaithersburg operation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of CEH experience.
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams.
• Comfort presenting to a MD-wide audience.

Responsibilities

• Keep JCPenney's Analytical Thinking dependencies patched before CVEs become incidents.
• Investigate, diagnose, and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools.
• Drive the Endpoint Detection and Response incident postmortem to stop outages.
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging EDR and IAM.
• Ship leadership features that advance the technology roadmap.

Skills

Leadership

Identity and Access Management

Firewall Configuration

Cross-functional teamwork

Public speaking

Job description

JCPenney in Gaithersburg, MD seeks a mid-level Security Engineer to freelance on CEH and Identity and Access Management initiatives. You will work across incident response, architecture, and leadership features to strengthen defenses while contributing to a flexible, fast-moving tech roadmap.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, present to a MD-wide audience, and help patch vulnerabilities before they become incidents, all within a dynamic Gaithersburg operation.