Security Operations Engineer — Identity, Vulnerability & PAM

Cybersecurity Jobs; Maynard (MA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) plan with Cisco matching

Paid parental leave

Paid holidays

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Competitive vacation & sick time

Job summary

Acacia, part of Cisco, is hiring an IT Security Engineer to strengthen day-to-day security operations for global environments. The onsite role in Maynard, MA focuses on identity security, vulnerability management, and endpoint protection, with collaboration across Infrastructure and Network teams.

You will manage the vulnerability lifecycle, triage security alerts, and contribute to operational procedures. The role supports PAM improvements and incident workflows using monitoring platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of professional experience in security operations, infrastructure security, or identity management.
• Experience managing the end-to-end vulnerability lifecycle, including scanning, tracking, and verifying remediation.
• Active Directory administration, including group policy management and maintaining access control hygiene.
• Ability to triage and respond to security incidents using SIEM, EDR, or similar monitoring platforms.
• Capability to create and maintain technical security runbooks or operational procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day security operations, focusing on identity security, vulnerability management, and endpoint protection for global operations.
• Own the vulnerability lifecycle and triage security alerts to mitigate threats in real time.
• Partner with Infrastructure and Network teams to improve PAM processes protecting sensitive data.
• Develop and refine security runbooks and procedures to drive consistent standards across all sites.

Skills

Identity security

Vulnerability management

Endpoint protection

Privileged Access Management (PAM)

SIEM/EDR monitoring

Active Directory administration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

CrowdStrike

SentinelOne

Tenable

Rapid7

Cisco Umbrella

Zscaler

Splunk

Active Directory

Job description

Acacia, part of Cisco, is hiring an IT Security Engineer to strengthen day-to-day security operations for global environments. The onsite role in Maynard, MA focuses on identity security, vulnerability management, and endpoint protection, with collaboration across Infrastructure and Network teams.

You will manage the vulnerability lifecycle, triage security alerts, and contribute to operational procedures. The role supports PAM improvements and incident workflows using monitoring platforms.