Job Description

Senior Identity & Security Engineer

Location: Houston, TX (Onsite)
Compensation: $130,000 – $140,000 base salary

Overview

High Sierra Talent is hiring a Senior Identity and Security Engineer to take ownership of enterprise security across identity, endpoint, network, and application domains. This is a highly hands-on role focused on designing, implementing, and improving security controls within a complex enterprise environment.

This position is ideal for an engineer who thrives in a technical, fast-paced setting and enjoys building and optimizing security systems end to end. You will partner closely with infrastructure, networking, and development teams to strengthen overall security posture and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise security solutions across identity, endpoint, and network environments

• Own identity and access management systems including governance, privileged access, and authentication controls

• Engineer and support endpoint security solutions including device management, threat detection, and system hardening

• Build and optimize privileged access management solutions, including account onboarding, session monitoring, and system integrations

• Develop and manage certificate and key infrastructure, including lifecycle automation and secure deployment across systems

• Configure and support network security platforms such as load balancing, web application protection, and secure access controls

• Lead incident response efforts including threat detection, investigation, containment, and remediation

• Perform root cause analysis and implement long-term security improvements

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security into infrastructure and application environments

• Support audits and align systems with established security frameworks and best practices

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity or security engineering roles

• Strong hands-on experience across identity, endpoint, and infrastructure security

• Deep expertise in identity governance, access control, and privileged access management

• Experience engineering endpoint protection, device compliance, and system hardening

• Strong knowledge of enterprise networking concepts including segmentation, firewalls, and load balancing

• Experience designing and managing certificate and encryption systems

• Proven ability to lead incident response and security investigations

• Strong understanding of authentication protocols, directory services, and enterprise identity architecture

• Experience working in Windows-based enterprise environments

• Ability to troubleshoot complex systems and drive technical solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with security monitoring and analytics platforms

• Scripting experience for automation and system management

• Exposure to virtualized environments and infrastructure platforms

• Familiarity with secure application development and API security

• Experience working in environments aligned with common security frameworks and standards

Why Join

• High-impact role with ownership over critical security systems

• Opportunity to work across multiple security domains in a complex environment

• Strong collaboration with engineering and infrastructure teams

• Competitive compensation and long-term career growth