Jam City
Software Engineer
As a leading mobile games developer, Jam City is looking to “level up” our talent. We’re searching for innovators who consider themselves dynamic, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
PERKS & BENEFITS
Competitive salaries
Benefits
Professional Development Opportunities
Flexibility
Jam City IT focuses on providing world class end-user support and empowering employees with best-in-class technical resources. Our technology team is growing at Jam City and we are looking to add an IT Security Engineer to the organization. This hands-on role will support and strengthen our security posture through both proactive improvements and responsive actions. As a Security Generalist, you will monitor security systems, analyze events and logs, investigate and take necessary actions to resolve incidents. Furthermore you will implement and maintain security tools, automations, and infrastructure—including our future SIEM. You will lead operational security tasks such as vulnerability remediation, user access reviews, and code scan follow-ups.
As a SME combines deep technical engineering expertise with day-to-day operational responsibility across Jam City’s security controls, you will serve as both the builder and executor of security solutions.
Reporting to the VP of IT (Data Protection Officer), you’ll work cross-functionally to protect company assets, infrastructure, and applications from cyber threats while supporting compliance and security best practices across the organization.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead incident investigations across SaaS platforms including Okta, Google Workspace, Slack, Box as well as Cloud Computing & Infrastructure platforms such as GCP and AWS.
Design and implement automated security workflows in Okta (e.g., contextual access, dynamic MFA, threat response automation).
Design, implement and deploy SIEM tooling and develop detection rules/playbooks.
Maintain and execute User Access Reviews (UARs), vulnerability scans & remediations, and threat response.
Perform red teaming exercises and annual penetration testing campaigns.
Configure, test, and optimize endpoint, browser, and SaaS security controls.
Collaborate with DevOps and Engineering to ensure secrets and API keys are securely managed.
Monitor and triage alerts from EDR, DLP, and code scanning systems.
Participate in security awareness programs and phishing simulations.
Assist with compliance audits and security documentation including Business Continuity, DR/backup policies.
QUALIFICATIONS
Deep understanding of authentication protocols (SAML, OIDC, OAuth, Kerberos).
Experience with SIEM platforms and detection engineering (rule creation, log correlation).
Strong automation experience with Okta Workflows, scripting (Python/Bash), and APIs.
Familiarity with endpoint protection, browser session security, and DLP tools.
Ability to perform and lead internal red team assessments and penetration testing.
Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines and secure development knowledge (secrets management, hardcoded credential detection etc..).
Strong documentation and cross-team collaboration skills.
TOOLS / ENVIRONMENTS
Okta, Google Workspace Admin, GitHub Security, CrowdStrike, Nessus/Tenable, AWS/GCP IAM, AWS Security Tools (Guard Duty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, CloudWatch), GCP SCC
Scripting languages (Python, Bash), Terraform (optional), Okta Workflows/Workforce Identity Cloud.
Jira, Confluence, Google Drive for documentation.
CHECK OUT LIFE AS A JAM CITIZEN:
– Company news and events on our LinkedIn
– Company Blog
– Employee Feedback on our Comparably page
– Find videos on our teams and games on our Youtube
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
We believe in creating games that unite people across the world and that showcase our commitment to providing an environment that is both inclusive and diverse for our players and employees. We strive to create a workforce that is reflective of our global player community as we know that we are stronger and better when we play together. To help promote an inclusive culture, we celebrate the visible and invisible diversity of our Jam Citizens through initiatives including Employee Resource Groups, cultural events, trainings, speaker series, and more.
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