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# Sr Security Engineer

- **Company:** eMerge, Inc.
- **Location:** Houston, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $94,500.0 - $135,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** User Authentication, Cyber Security, Identity and Access Management, Windows PowerShell, Systems Integration, Scripting
- **Published:** August 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usb5320353e5d61a9a268c7ebecdde0029

## About the Role

* 6+ years of experience in IT security, cybersecurity, systems administration, infrastructure, or a closely related technical discipline.
 * Demonstrated experience owning, administering, and/or implementing a security or IT platform.
 * Hands-on experience managing users, roles, permissions, access controls, and security policies.
 * Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve technical problems independently.
 * Experience configuring and maintaining enterprise security technologies and integrations.
 * Ability to understand how security platforms interact with systems, applications, identity providers, networks, and infrastructure.
 * Strong understanding of security principles, access management, authentication, authorization, and least-privilege concepts.
 * Ability to work independently while partnering effectively with engineering, IT, and security teams.
 * Strong documentation and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Experience with PowerShell scripting and automation.
 * Experience with Python scripting and automation.

## Description

Our insurance client is looking for a hands-on IT Security Engineer to own, secure, and support critical security platforms and technologies across the organization. This role is ideal for an experienced security professional who enjoys getting into the details-managing users and access, configuring and enforcing policies, implementing security platforms, and troubleshooting issues when things don't work as expected.
The ideal candidate has 6+ years of experience in IT security or a related technical field and a demonstrated track record of taking ownership of a platform or security technology from implementation through ongoing administration, optimization, and support., * Own and administer security platforms and technologies, including implementation, configuration, upgrades, and ongoing maintenance.

 * Manage users, groups, roles, permissions, access controls, and security policies.
 * Configure and maintain security controls to protect systems, applications, and organizational data.
 * Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues across security platforms and integrations.
 * Investigate security-related alerts, configuration issues, access problems, and platform failures.
 * Partner with IT, infrastructure, engineering, and other technical teams to implement and maintain secure solutions.
 * Develop and maintain security policies, configurations, and operational procedures within assigned platforms.
 * Monitor platform health, identify gaps, and proactively improve security controls and configurations.
 * Participate in security technology implementations, migrations, upgrades, and integrations.
 * Document configurations, processes, troubleshooting procedures, and platform ownership responsibilities.
 * Evaluate new security capabilities and recommend improvements based on organizational needs and risk.
 * Support incident response and security investigations as needed.


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