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Description
Keeper Security is seeking an Information Security Engineer to help strengthen and scale our security operations and enterprise security controls across a global organization.This is a 100% remote position, with an opportunity to work a hybrid schedule for candidates based in the El Dorado Hills, CA or Chicago, IL metro area.
Keeper's cybersecurity software is trusted by millions of people and thousands of organizations globally. Keeper is published in 23 languages and sold in over 150 countries. Join one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and play a critical part in advancing Keeper's AI-driven threat detection capabilities for our Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform.
About Keeper
Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for organizations around the world with next-generation privileged access management. Keeper's zero-trust and zero-knowledge cybersecurity solutions are FedRAMP and GovRAMP Authorized, FIPS 140-2 validated, as well as SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certified. Keeper deploys in minutes, not months, and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance. Trusted by thousands of organizations to protect every user on every device, Keeper is the industry leader for best-in-class password management, secrets management, privileged access, secure remote access and encrypted messaging. Learn more at KeeperSecurity.com.
About the Job
As an Information Security Engineer, you will focus on security operations execution and security control ownership, not observability platform engineering or application security program leadership. You will work closely with our Observability Engineering team to leverage telemetry for investigations and response, with our Application Security team to route and track product vulnerabilities, and with our Vulnerability Management leadership to ensure timely remediation and risk reduction. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys turning security priorities into operational reality: clear workflows, strong controls, effective response, and measurable outcomes.
Responsibilities

• Support and execute security incident response activities, including triage, investigation support, containment coordination, lessons learned, and corrective action tracking
• Develop and maintain incident response playbooks, runbooks, and escalation paths; participate in and help run tabletop exercises
• Operate and improve enterprise security controls and tooling (e.g., endpoint protection/EDR, SaaS security controls, email security, access control workflows), ensuring reliable configuration and ongoing effectiveness
• Partner with Observability Engineering to ensure security-relevant telemetry is available for investigations and response (without owning SIEM/telemetry platform administration)
• Partner with Vulnerability Management to drive remediation execution, validate fixes where appropriate, and reduce repeat findings through hardening and control improvements
• Coordinate security investigations with DevOps, IT, and Engineering teams; track actions through to closure and document outcomes
• Support access governance and least-privilege initiatives, including periodic access reviews, privileged access workflows, and secure authentication controls
• Create and maintain security documentation for processes, controls, and operational procedures to enable consistency across teams and geographies
• Assist with security control evidence and operational readiness activities for compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP/GovRAMP, NIST 800-53) in partnership with Compliance and platform teams
• Identify opportunities for automation to improve security operations efficiency (ticketing workflows, control checks, integrations, scripting)

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Information Security, Security Engineering, or Security Operations roles within a SaaS or cloud-centric environment
• Hands-on experience supporting incident response and investigations, including building/using runbooks and participating in post-incident reviews
• Experience implementing and operating security controls and security tooling across endpoints, SaaS applications, and cloud environments
• Working knowledge of cloud security fundamentals (AWS, Azure, or GCP), identity/access concepts (SSO, MFA, RBAC), and modern security best practices
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical teams (DevOps, Engineering, Observability, AppSec) to drive remediation and measurable risk reduction
• Familiarity with vulnerability and risk concepts (CVEs, prioritization, remediation tracking), even if not the program owner
• Strong documentation habits and an operational mindset (clear processes, repeatability, auditability)
• Due to FedRAMP requirements, candidates must be a U.S. Person

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in compliance-driven environments (FedRAMP, GovRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST 800-53) and supporting evidence collection/operational readiness
• Experience with EDR, email security, and/or SaaS security controls (tooling specifics vary)
• Experience with identity security workflows (access reviews, privileged access processes, conditional access patterns)
• Scripting/automation experience (Python, Bash, PowerShell) and comfort integrating systems via APIs
• Exposure to detection engineering, threat intelligence workflows, or SOAR-style automation (without needing to be the SIEM/platform owner)
• Experience in cybersecurity or high-scale SaaS organizations

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships)
• Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental life
• Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401K (Roth/Traditional)
• A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc)
• Above market annual bonuses

Keeper Security, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Classification: Exempt
Keeper Candidate Privacy Notice
This notice explains how Keeper Security processes your personal data during recruitment. Depending on the role and location, the Controller of personal data (the organization responsible for determining why and how personal data is processed) will be Keeper Security Inc. (US), Keeper Security EMEA Ltd. (Ireland), or Keeper Security APAC K.K (Japan).
1. Data We Collect
Information You provide:

• Contact details, CV/resume, cover letter
• Employment history, qualifications, work eligibility
• Application responses and uploaded documents

Information We generate:

• Interview notes, assessments, communications
• Scheduling information

Information From Others:

• Recruiter/referral information who submit your profile
• References (with your consent, before final offer)
• Public professional profiles
• Background verification (post offer)

Voluntary Diversity and Equal Opportunity Information

• We may ask you to voluntarily provide diversity information including race/ethnicity, gender, disability status and veteran status (US). Providing this information is optional and Keeper collects this data in order to comply with EEOC and similar requirements

2. How We Use Your Data

• Assess your application and suitability
• Manage interviews and recruitment workflow
• Consider you for other/future roles (we may seek your consent to keep your information on our systems beyond the retention period specified)
• Comply with employment law obligations

3. Legal Basis

• Legitimate Interests (recruitment management, security and integrity of the hiring process)
• Contracting steps (for progressed candidates)
• Legal and regulatory compliance obligations; explicit consent where required

4. Who We Share Information With
Internal:

• HR, hiring managers, interviewers*, IT support for system administration

*Note - diversity and equal opportunity data is not shared with hiring managers.
Third Parties:
Service providers who assist with:

• Applicant tracking, recruitment systems and assessment providers
• Background verification vendors (post offer)
• Recruitment agencies (where applicable)
• Tools to support communication, collaboration and to securely store your data

Keeper ensures that all our third parties are contractually bound to protect your personal data with adequate safeguards in place.
5. International Transfers
Your data may be accessed by Keeper entities globally as needed for the purposes of hiring and decision making. We protect any such data transfer between Keeper entities using appropriate safeguards under applicable data protection laws.
6. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data, consistent with our industry leading security standards.
7. Retention
We keep your data for 24 months from your last application activity, then delete or anonymize it.
Exceptions:

• You opt into our talent database for further retention by providing consent (extended retention)
• You're hired (transfers to employee records)

8. Your Rights
You have the following rights and can contact us at the email below to exercise them:

• Access, correct, or delete your data, subject to applicable law and retention requirements
• Object to or restrict processing
• Withdraw consent (where applicable)
• Request data portability
• Lodge a complaint with your data protection authority

If you become an employee, your rights regarding your employee record are governed by our internal Employee Privacy Notice and certain data will be retained as required under relevant laws such as employment or tax law.
When you request access to your personal data, some information may be redacted if it includes the personal data of other individuals or information that we must protect in order to preserve their privacy rights.
9. Automated Decisions
Keeper does not make hiring decisions using solely automated processing.
10. Contact - Candidates can send privacy questions to: privacy@keepersecurity.com