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Senior Security Engineer in USA

  • Kin Insurance
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Remote

Responsibilities

  • Own and tune the EDR/MDR stack, including detection policies, response runbooks, and security automation.
  • Lead incident response from investigation through containment and remediation across endpoint, cloud, and identity incidents.
  • Manage endpoint security for managed and BYOD devices, including device posture standards, hardening baselines, and access policies.
  • Define identity security requirements, shape RBAC and SSO policies, and drive recurring access reviews with IT.
  • Build and remediate security controls across AWS, Google Workspace, identity systems, and data protection environments.
  • Respond to security tickets and questions, conduct threat modeling and risk assessments, and promote security awareness across the company.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in security operations, detection and response, or security engineering.
  • Hands-on experience operating an EDR program, tuning detection logic, writing response runbooks, and leading investigations through containment.
  • Experience securing managed and BYOD endpoint fleets, including device posture, hardening baselines, and MDM.
  • Strong identity and access management experience with access controls, RBAC, SSO, and access reviews.
  • AWS security experience covering IAM, network controls, logging, configuration management, and direct remediation of findings.
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code, security-task automation, threat modeling, IT partnership, and driving remediation to completion.
  • Preferred qualifications include Terraform and CI/CD experience, zero trust networking, NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, SOX, remote-workforce security, Google Workspace security administration, security awareness programs, and certifications such as AWS Certified Security Specialty, GCIH, or GCIA.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and company equity through RSUs, plus a 401(k) with company match up to 4% of eligible earnings.
  • Medical, dental, vision, HSA contributions, company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and supplemental insurance options.
  • Mental health support, confidential counseling, flexible PTO for exempt employees, and eight company-observed holidays.
  • Paid parental leave of up to 14 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 8 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents.
  • Professional development budgets for certifications, conferences, and learning, subject to management approval.
  • Remote-first work arrangement; eligible positions may be based full-time in listed U.S. states, and Canadian technical employees must reside in Ontario; offices are available in Chicago and St. Petersburg.

Salary: $142k - $160k/yr

Kin Insurance

Kin Insurance is a privately held insurtech that sells homeowners and related property insurance directly to U.S. homeowners online, without traditional agents. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, it operates in 14 states and focuses on catastrophe-exposed markets such as Florida and th...

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