Security Engineer

Principal Security Engineer, SaaS Security Posture Management, SSPM Platform Lead

Location: Hybrid – 4 days onsite, 1 remote in one of the following hubs: | Pittsburgh, PA | Cleveland, OH

Summary
Lead the strategy, rollout, and ongoing management of the enterprise SSPM program. Own the platform end to end, drive SaaS onboarding and security posture improvements, and partner across cybersecurity, risk, IT, and business teams to reduce data exposure and strengthen controls across a growing SaaS environment.

Key Responsibilities
• Own SSPM platform management across planning, onboarding, configuration, and operations for enterprise SaaS applications
• Develop and execute SSPM roadmap aligned to risk, business criticality, and regulatory requirements
• Configure and continuously tune SSPM controls to monitor SaaS security posture and align with policy and best practices
• Conduct threat modeling and risk assessments for SaaS integrations and APIs
• Integrate SSPM with SIEM, SOAR, ITSM, and identity platforms to enable automation, alerting, and reporting
• Partner with Cyber Operations to define detection rules, alert thresholds, and escalation processes
• Establish SaaS governance processes including onboarding, configuration baselines, access reviews, and third party risk
• Track and report SSPM metrics such as posture scores, remediation timelines, and coverage to leadership
• Drive remediation of misconfigurations, excessive access, and data exposure with application owners
• Support compliance by mapping SSPM findings to frameworks such as NIST, CIS, SOC 2, PCI DSS, ISO 27001
• Maintain awareness of emerging SaaS threats and continuously enhance SSPM capabilities
• Contribute to SaaS security policies, standards, and training programs

Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field
• 7+ years experience in cybersecurity engineering or related discipline
• 2+ years hands on experience with SSPM tools
• Deep knowledge of SaaS security models including APIs, OAuth, OIDC, federation, and SaaS integrations
• Experience securing enterprise SaaS platforms such as Microsoft 365, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday, Google Workspace
• Strong knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, ITSM, and security workflow orchestration
• Experience with identity and access management including least privilege, privilege escalation, and non human identities
• Understanding of regulatory frameworks including NIST, CIS, SOC 2, PCI DSS, ISO 27001 • Strong communication skills translating technical risk into clear actions • Proven ability to lead cross functional initiatives and deliver results