Principal SaaS Security Engineer
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Principal SaaS Security Engineer-Hybrid-Boston
Onshape is a next-generation, global Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product development platform that helps businesses of all sizes modernize and accelerate their design and manufacturing processes. The cloud-native platform is the only all-in-one system that combines robust computer-aided design (CAD) with powerful data management and collaboration tools. Onshape helps extended design teams work together faster from any location and helps executives make better decisions with real-time business analytics and unprecedented visibility into their company’s operations.
As a Principal SaaS Security Engineer, you will be a subject matter expert responsible for the security operations and continuous monitoring of our commercial and US government cloud environments. The government environment supports customers with ITAR/EAR requirements and is pursuing a FedRAMP Moderate ATO. You will play a critical role in maintaining compliance with NIST SP 800-53 controls, driving incident response, and enhancing our security posture through automation, engineering best practices, and mentoring. This role requires a deep technical background in cloud security and experience with US federal security and compliance frameworks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Continuous Monitoring and Compliance:
- Lead the planning, implementation, and reporting of all FedRAMP continuous monitoring (ConMon) activities.
- Manage and submit monthly ConMon deliverables, including vulnerability scan results, Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) updates, and incident reports to the FedRAMP Program Management Office (PMO), agency sponsor, and Internal Stakeholders.
- Ensure all necessary documentation, such as the System Security Plan (SSP), is kept up-to-date and accurately reflects the current security posture.
- Security Engineering and Automation:
- Evaluate, deploy, and configure security tools and services in a large-scale, public cloud environment (100% AWS) to deliver a FedRAMP Moderate compliant service.
- Develop and manage defensive security tool rules, alerts, and dashboards to proactively detect threats and anomalies.
- Incident Response:
- Serve as a senior responder for security incidents within the FedRAMP authorization boundary.
- Lead incident response efforts, from initial triage and containment to mitigation and recovery.
- Ensure all incidents are reported in accordance with FedRAMP Incident Communications Procedures.
- Conduct post-mortem analysis of security incidents to identify root causes, implement defensive measures, and improve the incident response process.
- Threat and Vulnerability Management:
- Oversee comprehensive vulnerability management, including authenticated and unauthenticated scanning of systems, databases, containers, and web applications.
- Track and manage the remediation of vulnerabilities according to FedRAMP timeliness requirements (e.g., High-risk findings within 30 days).
- Implement and manage Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDPS) and host-based security systems to protect the system boundary and monitor for threats.
- Collaboration and Team player:
- Act as a technical leader, mentoring junior engineers and promoting security best practices across engineering and operations teams.
- Collaborate with 3PAOs (Third-Party Assessment Organizations) during annual assessments and audit readiness activities.
- Partner with other technical stakeholders to provide security expertise and ensure solutions align with compliance requirements.
Required Qualifications:
- 7-10 years of hands-on professional experience in security operations, security engineering, or a related field.
- US Citizen for security clearance requirements for FedRAMP.
- Experience with US federal compliance frameworks, specifically FedRAMP Moderate, ITAR and NIST SP 800-53 controls.
- Proven expertise with cloud security services (e.g., AWS IAM, GuardDuty, Security Hub).
- Extensive experience with SIEM platforms (e.g., SumoLogic, OpenSearch) for log analysis, alerting, and security
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