Senior Security Engineer

Posted:
1/28/2026, 4:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Indiana, United States ⋅ Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
IT & Security

Workplace Type:
Remote

Job Description:

We’re KSM, one of the top 50 largest independent advisory, tax, and audit firms in the United States. But more than our size, it’s our people and culture that set us apart. We believe great things happen when people are supported, challenged, and given the freedom to do their very best work. That’s why we’ve built a workplace where your career and personal life can thrive together – where you have the flexibility to manage your time, the resources to grow, and a team that genuinely cares about your success.

We’ve been employee-owned since 2001, giving every team member a stake in our collective success. This ownership mentality fosters a culture of collaboration, curiosity, and excellence  – where new ideas are welcomed, different perspectives are valued, and you’re encouraged to explore what excites you most. Whether you’re expanding your skills, tackling new challenges, or making an impact beyond the office, we provide the resources and support to help you grow in the direction that’s right for you.

At KSM, your contributions matter – not just to the firm, but to your colleagues, clients, and the communities we serve across the U.S. If you’re looking for a place where you can do meaningful work, build lasting relationships, and grow in ways that align with what’s most important to you, we’d love to meet you.

Key Responsibilities 

  • Own remediation of cloud, identity, and application security findings in partnership with engineering and IT teams 

  • Design, implement, and maintain security controls across AWS, identity platforms, and CI/CD pipelines 

  • Triage and validate security alerts and indicators of compromise 

  • Lead technical investigation, containment, and recovery efforts for security incidents 

  • Coordinate incident response with IT, engineering, and external partners as appropriate 

  • Perform root cause analysis and drive preventative improvements to controls and processes 

  • Improve detection quality by tuning alerts and reducing false positives 

  • Support compliance efforts such as SOC 2 by providing clear, auditable technical evidence 

  • Automate repeatable security tasks to reduce manual effort and operational friction 

  • Document incidents, risks, remediation actions, and outcomes for both technical and leadership audiences 

  • Act as a technical escalation point and mentor for security-related engineering questions 

 

Qualifications & Experience 

Required 

  • 6+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering, cloud security, or infrastructure security roles 

  • Strong practical experience securing AWS environments, including networking, compute, and managed services 

  • Deep understanding of identity and access management, least privilege principles, and credential hygiene 

  • Demonstrated experience triaging security alerts and leading technical investigation of security incidents 

  • Proven ability to remediate security findings and validate fixes across cloud and application environments 

  • Experience implementing security controls within CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code workflows 

  • Ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and own issues from detection through resolution 

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain risk and remediation clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences 

 

Preferred 

  • Experience improving detection quality by tuning alerts and reducing false positives 

  • Experience leveraging native cloud provider security services to identify, investigate, and remediate risk across AWS and Azure environments, including but not limited to the following 

  • IAM Access Analyzer 

  • CloudTrail 

  • GuardDuty 

  • Security Hub 

  • AWS Config 

  • Azure AD sign-in logs and Activity Logs 

  • Defender for Cloud 

  • Service-level security controls 

  • Prior experience collaborating closely with engineering and IT teams in production environments 

  • Experience supporting compliance efforts such as SOC 2, HITRUST, or similar frameworks 

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, veteran status, or any other protected category. 

KSM only accepts resumes directly submitted by a candidate and referrals submitted by current KSM employees. Unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles sent by staffing agencies and fee-based referral services will not be considered outside of a signed KSM vendor contract. KSM will not pay a fee to recruiters or agencies that do not have a signed KSM vendor contract.