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Staff Security Engineer

Cognowiz
Seattle, WA Contractor
POSTED ON 6/26/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/24/2026

Job Title: Staff Security Engineer- ( MUST HAVE RUST OR GOLANG EXPERIENCE )  

Location: Hybrid in one of these places 2 days a week  Orange County, CA, Seattle WA, Columbus OH, or DC

Mode of interview: 2 Vitural Interviews

Refferal Pay $10/HR

Candidate pay: 100-120/HR W2

 

 

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary
The Application and Security Engineering team is looking for a Staff Security Engineer to focus on identity and access management and build and maintain world-class defensive controls to protect the systems we use to build our advanced defense technology products.

Responsibilities

  • Build an identity engine that powers the whole company and supercharges our security program
  • Create applications that enable and enforce our identity framework across the company
  • Develop integrations that unify identities across IdPs, cloud providers, SaaS tools, and internal systems
  • Automate identity lifecycle operations, including provisioning, access reviews, and offboarding
  • Collaborate with other IAM engineers and partner teams to define architecture and ship iteratively

Required Qualifications

  • Strong programming ability in one or more general-purpose languages (Go, Rust, etc.)
  • Experience with one or more infrastructure-as-code languages (e.g., Terraform, AWS CDK) in a production capacity
  • Experience with identity protocols (SAML, OIDC, SCIM, OAuth) or identity providers (Okta, Azure AD, etc.)
  • Proven ability to translate system design requirements into clean, maintainable implementations
  • Experience leading or contributing to architecture and design reviews
  • Experience working with cloud platforms and deploying applications through CI/CD pipelines
  • Ability to work autonomously, take ownership of projects, and collaborate across teams
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance
  • Experience working in environments with complex identity or access issues, including troubleshooting across distributed systems is preferred
  • Familiarity with RBAC, ABAC, or policy-as-code frameworks (e.g., OPA, Cedar)- preferred
  • Experience building bespoke solutions in high-growth and high-complexity environments is preferred
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform ecosystems and tooling is highly preferred

Salary : $100 - $120

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