Security Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture.

While traditional HR and payroll providers automate basic HR processes such as payroll and benefits administration, Paylocity goes further by developing tools that HR and businesses need to compete for talent and deliver against the expectations of the modern workforce.

We give our employees what they need to succeed, including great benefits and perks! We offer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and a 401(k) match, as well as perks that support you, your family, and your finances. And if it’s career development you desire, we provide that, too! At Paylocity, people matter most and have always been at the heart of our business.

Help Paylocity enhance communication and enable employees to connect, collaborate, and create from anywhere with a position in Product & Technology!

Want to develop the strategies and principles needed to deliver compelling software? Join our team and help us enhance our all-in-one software platform, elevate our one-of-a-kind technology, and improve the employee experience.

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This is a fully remote position, allowing you to work from home or location of record within the U.S. with no in-office requirements. You must be available five days per week during designated work hours. The work arrangement for this role is subject to change based on business needs and individual performance. This may include adjustments to on-site requirements or schedule expectations, as necessary.

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Primary Responsibilities

The below represents the primary duties of the position, others may be assigned as needed. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Develop innovative security controls to protect assets across a large and complex environment .
• Administer a wide and interesting range of security platforms and systems .
• Champion progressive infrastructure security technologies such as ZTNA, Passwordless, etc. .
• Implement security orchestration and automation in support of security operations .
• Work as a member of the security engineering team and cross functionally to help promote hybrid on-premise and cloud best practices.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in InfoSec, Computer Science, or related field
• 3 years’ experience in Security Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering or Systems Engineering
• You will need experience working with following platforms and tools:
• Windows OS / Linux administration
• Familiarity with authentication and authorization; single-sign-on systems e.g. Kerberos, Active Directory, LDAP Experience with compliance regulation requirements
• Zero Trust Network Architecture solutions (Cloudflare, Zscaler, etc.)
• Data Loss Prevention (Purview, Proofpoint, Forcepoint, Cloudflare, etc.)
• DNS Filtering and Web Proxies (Cisco, Cloudflare, Zscaler, etc.)
• Email Security (Proofpoint, Barracuda, Microsoft, etc.)
• EPM solutions (CyberArk, Microsoft Privileges, etc)
• Tines or equivalent central automation platforms
• Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell scripting experience
• AWS, Azure, and GCP experience (AWS strongly preferred)
• Infrastructure as code (IaC) (AWS CloudFormation, Hashicorp Terraform, etc.)
• Familiarity with Detection and response solutions (EDR, SIEM, SOAR etc)
• Familiarity with Web application Firewalls and Next-Generation Firewalls
• CompTIA Security+, CompTIA SecAI+, AWS Certified Security and/or Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate preferred

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer. Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers.

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact View email address on us.fitly.work. This email address is exclusively designated for such requests, aligning with federal and state disability laws. Please do not send resumes to this email address, as they will be removed.

The base pay range for this position is $83k - $135,000k/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual bonus and restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here. This information is provided per the relevant state and local pay transparency laws for the location in which this position will be performed. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via

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