Senior Security Engineer

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Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

The Senior Security Engineer position will be part of the Enterprise Security organization consisting of IAM professionals across several technologies. This specific position will have a specialized role in directory services and SaaS applications. It will focus on large implementations of Entra  integrations with other directories, IDPs, applications, and automated workflows. We give technical direction, administer tools, and provide support for various security technologies.

We participate in driving Enterprise Security projects that use our cloud directory services for various internal and external Adobe services. We work with other specialists, architects, security teams, and software engineer teams across Adobe and collectively provide services, guidance, and strategies that protect services and data as well as adhere to various global government regulations. You will work with business customers, management teams, infrastructure teams, development teams, project managers, and other security teams to help implement the vision, structure, standards, and plan solutions that support the future architecture.

• Managing deep and complex directory architectures and services spanning directories, IDPs, and federated environments.
• Providing guidance and architecting solutions for directory service strategies across a variety of internal customers at Adobe.
• Testing, implementing, and supporting secure services used by end‑users, devices, and application workflows across Adobe.
• Engineering secure identity solutions for on‑premises and cloud environments.
• Handling incoming requests, responding to issues, solving reported problems, and developing solutions.
• Meeting with teams to get business requirements, understand workflows, and devise solutions.
• Assessing SaaS implementations for identity integrations and general security.
• Generating useful metrics to help make decisions, identify issues, and manage our services.

• Possess a Bachelor’s or advanced degree in MIS, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or Engineering OR 10+ years in IT or Cybersecurity.
• Comfortable working on and leading different projects with many teams at one time.
• In‑depth understanding of Windows, Mac, and UNIX/Linux‑based systems, permissions, and interoperability.
• Strong knowledge of machine‑to‑machine and application‑to‑machine connections using MFA, certificates, tokens, and other methods.
• Strong understanding of the identity lifecycle, secure by design, least privileged and zero trust.
• In‑depth knowledge of managing and securing cloud directories (e.g. Entra , AWS, Okta) and integrating with traditional directories (e.g. Active Directory, 389DS, LDAP‑based directories).
• Proficient written and verbal communications, skilled at working alongside differing viewpoints to accomplish shared objectives.
• Able to work independently and as a team member.
• Capable of conveying technical concepts to diverse audiences including non‑technical users, architects, and senior leadership.
• Professional written, verbal, and presentation communication skills to engage with senior leadership.
• Deep understanding of Cloud Directories, especially Entra , and how to secure it, use conditional access policies, and apply/create automation.
• Ability to teach and mentor others while fostering a collaborative environment.
• Can model leadership behavior and help grow others’ leadership behavior.

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