Mid-Level Security Design Specialist

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The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Mid-Level Security Design Specialist to join our team in Kent, WA
. The Boeing Enterprise Security Team is searching for a talented and high-performing Access Controls Specialist to support single sign-on (SSO), federation, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and reverse proxy configurations across the entire Boeing enterprise. The successful candidate will work as a member of the team with enterprise-wide responsibilities for development and support of access control services. A positive attitude and self-motivated approach are essential, along with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding environment and the flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and support a global team.

• Support, operate, and troubleshoot access management systems (Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) and custom), including SSO, federation, MFA, and reverse proxy configurations.
• Administer and support Java applications running on Linux, including incident response, root cause analysis, JVM tuning, and deployment support.
• Integrate, maintain, and manage identity access control components (connectors, proxies, policy agents) and ensure secure authentication/authorization flows.
• Collaborate with development, security, and identity teams to design, implement, and harden access controls and secure application integrations.
• Support deployments and automation.
• Contribute to runbooks, playbooks, and after-hours incident response.
• Identify, triage, and remediate security issues related to application and access control misconfigurations.

• 3+ years of experience coding in Java with the ability to read, debug, and reason about code and native integration points.
• 3+ years of experience using Linux administration skills (shell scripting, process management, performance tuning, package management).
• 3+ years of experience supporting Java applications on Linux (application lifecycle, troubleshooting, JVM behavior).
• 3+ years of experience developing and supporting JavaScript.
• 3+ years of experience in web development.
• 3+ years of experience coding literacy in C (ability to read, debug, and reason about code and native integration points).
• Experience with access control concepts and tools, including MFA, reverse proxies, federation, and SSO.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Experience understanding secure coding principles and common vulnerabilities.
• Experience with Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) Top 10 and techniques to identify and mitigate them.
• Experience with Sys Admin, Audit, Network, Security/ Common Weakness Enumeration (SANS/CWE) Top 25 and techniques to identify and mitigate them.
• Experience supporting COTS access management products (installation, configuration, patching, integration) and custom access-management code or connectors.
• Experience with strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work cross-functionally with engineers, architects, security, and product teams.
• Experience with cloud infrastructures.
• Experience with Dev Ops / Dev Sec Ops .
• Experience collaborating with team members while also working independently.
• Experience with troubleshooting.

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

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