Cybersecurity & Identity Automation Engineer
Company: Ad Hoc
Location: San Diego
Posted on: January 15, 2026
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Job Description:
Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in
public-sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that
connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access
affordable health care, and support important programs like Head
Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re
also changing how the government approaches technology. Our
culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work,
enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc,
remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit
their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to
achieve positive outcomes for our customers. Ad Hoc values
acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We
learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time.
We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our
partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that
works. The Federal Civilian business unit supports many customers
spanning the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our
customers include NASA, the General Services Administration, Office
of Personnel Management, the Library of Congress, Health & Human
Services, and the FDIC. We partner with these agencies to build new
capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset
for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build
the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission
impact. Primary Responsibilities: As Cybersecurity & Identity
Automation, you will be responsible for exhibiting a
forward-thinking vision for the Security and Compliance discipline.
Cybersecurity & Identity Automation is a people manager, leader and
mentor that effectively manages team operations in support of
delivery success. You will serve as a subject matter expert and the
primary decision maker for the Security and Compliance discipline.
A Senior Director of Cybersecurity & Identity Automation is
expected to successfully lead through direct reports and
effectively communicate and execute against organizational
objectives. In this role, Cybersecurity & Identity Automation will
actively partner with leadership peers to achieve business
objectives, but must also employ a strategic mindset to influence
organizational growth. The Senior Director of Security and
Compliance must exhibit strong communication skills, with the
ability to coordinate among varying teams and departments to
develop and implement standard processes and procedures in support
of operational efficiencies. Primary expectations of a Senior
Director of Cybersecurity & Identity Automation include: • Automate
Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Privileged Access
Management (PAM) workflows across the enterprise using dedicated
security tools. • Implementing automated entitlement provisioning
and JML (Joiner-Mover-Leaver) workflows in SailPoint. • Automating
privileged account onboarding/offboarding in CyberArk. Defining
RBAC models. • Configuring Network ACLs, firewalls, and security
groups to enforce policy and isolate sensitive workloads. • Design
secure network infrastructure enforcing Zero Trust principles for
the DXP. • Ensure 100% compliance with IRS/NIST boundary protection
standards. • Manages the security of information resources for the
company and customer assets for which it is responsible • Ensures
optimal return on investment on security-related decisions • Keeps
ahead of the threat landscape and prepares the organization to
proactively react to these threats • Educates the company on
industry security standards and ensures compliance • Advises
company executive-level leadership on how business decisions affect
its security posture • Meets with external parties as needed to
represent company interests in security-related matters • Leads
initiatives and fosters a culture that drives the importance and
value of security • Works across the organization with leaders to
educate on security gaps and coordinate on improvement efforts •
Articulates a forward-thinking vision for security and compliance
and executes a roadmap to evolve new capabilities and approaches to
meet it • Implements frameworks and processes that help teams
learn, build, measure, and evolve • Leads the senior security and
compliance leadership team to meet expectations for delivery
excellence • Ensures security and compliance team members have
clear pathways for growth and that support systems scale •
Identifies organizational roadblocks inhibiting success, delivering
on initiatives that support operational needs in partnership with
other groups in the organization • Supports growth efforts,
ensuring capabilities and interests of security and compliance
align with the business • Exhibits executive communication skills,
with the ability to clearly articulate business and practice
initiatives, goals and strategies • Responsible for budget planning
and management for their respective department Basic
Qualifications: • Internal Requirement: Bachelor’s degree in
computer science, information assurance, cybersecurity or related
field, 10 years of experience o Relevant years of experience may be
substituted for education • 6 years of people management
experience, responsible for defining expectations for team
operations and performance management; 7 years experience directing
assignments for cross-functional team • At least 10 years
experience in cybersecurity as a practitioner and at least 8 years
of exposure to various security frameworks • Expert knowledge of
audit methodologies and standard deliverables • CompTIA Sec and
CISSP or CISM required, CRISC or additional security certifications
are recommended Preferred Qualifications: • Deep expertise in
IAM/PAM solutions and identity lifecycle management. • Proficiency
in scripting and integrating security tools via APIs. • Strong
understanding of network security, FISMA/NIST compliance, and Zero
Trust architecture. • SailPoint, CyberArk, Active Directory (AD),
Python/Go (for automation/scripting), NIST 800-53/RMF, Security
Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools (e.g., Splunk,
Datadog), Terraform (for network security group management).
Keywords: Ad Hoc, Santa Ana , Cybersecurity & Identity Automation Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , San Diego, California
