Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - AI, Cloud & IAM Security

InterDigital, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

InterDigital is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to strengthen enterprise security across infrastructure, cloud, applications, data, AI, and R&D environments. This role balances hands-on engineering with security strategy and reports to the Sr Director, Head of Cybersecurity & Networking.

You will lead security engineering, governance, risk and compliance, IAM, and emerging tech protection, collaborating with IT, R&D, engineering and business teams to drive pragmatic security

Qualifications

• Strong experience in cyber security engineering, enterprise security, cloud security, IAM, GRC or infrastructure security.
• Expert level knowledge of AI security concepts, identity and access management, network security, endpoint security, vulnerability management, and incident response.
• Familiarity with security frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, CIS, SOC 2, or related standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain security solutions across enterprise, cloud, AI, IAM, and hybrid environments.
• Support GRC activities, including risk assessments, control validation, policy alignment, audits, and security framework adoption.
• Partner with IT, R&D, engineering, and business teams to identify risks and recommend practical security improvements.
• Support security reviews for R&D initiatives, AI-enabled systems, applications, platforms, and emerging technologies.
• Contribute to threat modeling, vulnerability management, incident response, identity governance, and access control improvements.
• Evaluate emerging threats, tools, and technologies to improve InterDigital’s security posture.
• Develop security standards, architecture patterns, documentation, and roadmap inputs.
• Mentor team members and provide technical leadership on security projects.

Skills

Cyber security engineering

Cloud security

Identity & Access Management (IAM)

GRC (governance, risk, compliance)

Security architectures

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

InterDigital is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to strengthen enterprise security across infrastructure, cloud, applications, data, AI, and R&D environments. This role balances hands-on engineering with security strategy and reports to the Sr Director, Head of Cybersecurity & Networking.

You will lead security engineering, governance, risk and compliance, IAM, and emerging tech protection, collaborating with IT, R&D, engineering and business teams to drive pragmatic security