Senior Security Engineer (This position is EXEMPT from the State of Delaware Merit System)
State of Delaware
DE · From $95k a year · Posted November 3, 2026
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About the job
Opening Date: 11/3/2026. Closing Date: 11/16/2026 11:59:00 PM Type of Recruitment: Exempt-Non Merit. Salary: Yearly: $94,610.00 - $105,741.00. Pay Grade: FR2 Shift Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm Employment Type: Actual Vacancy Employment Term: Regular Agency: DTI/Security Office Location(s): William Penn Building: (801 Silver Lake Blvd, Dover, DE, 19904) Contact Name: DTI Talent Acquisition Contact Phone: DTI_HR_Manager@delaware.gov Summary: The principal responsibility is to provide highly effective security engineering support for DTI’s cloud environments, applications, and identity services. Services will be delivered efficiently, meet the needs of DTI and other state agencies, and comply with DTI policies and procedures. The position will work collaboratively with infrastructure, application development, security, and agency teams to design, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot security controls.
The Senior Security Engineer is expected to be highly technical with a strong background across cloud, application, and identity security, including but not limited to:
Cloud security platforms, services, and configuration management. Cloud identity and access management, privileged access, and secrets management. IAM administration and support, including single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication (MFA), application integrations, access policies, and user lifecycle management. Application and application programming interface (API) security. Application security testing, secure code review, and vulnerability remediation. Secure architecture reviews and threat modeling. Security automation, infrastructure as code, and integration of security controls into development and deployment pipelines. Troubleshooting cloud, application, and identity security issues in collaboration with technical teams and vendors.
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