Trupanion

Pet Insurance

CybersecurityEngineer

$120–160k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Cybersecurity Engineer at Trupanion. Skills: Microsoft Defender, Privileged Access Management, Security engineering, Azure security. Engineer Microsoft Defender stack. Operate Microsoft Defender stack”

What You'll Achieve.

Reduce risk; Deliver measurable security outcomes

Industry & Context.

Pet Insurance
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving; Analytical skills

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years security engineering experience, Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Nice to Have

Microsoft Security certifications, AZ-500 certification, CISSP certification, CISM certification, GIAC certification

What You'll Do.

Engineer Microsoft Defender stack

Operate Microsoft Defender stack

Improve Microsoft Defender stack

Administer Privileged Access Management tool

Onboard privileged accounts

Offboard privileged accounts

Configure PAM workflow

Manage PAM vault health

Integrate Defender and PAM signals

Integrate signals with SIEM/SOAR

Integrate signals with ITSM

Design security engineering solutions

Implement security engineering solutions

Develop security tooling lifecycle management

Maintain security tooling lifecycle management

Create detection engineering content

Maintain detection engineering content

Perform security assessments

Perform vulnerability management

Embed security controls into designs

Embed security controls into delivery

Respond to security incidents

Coordinate remediation

Drive root-cause fixes

Drive preventive controls

Produce reference architectures

Support regulatory exams

Implement pragmatic improvements

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering with IT teams; Partnering with engineering teams; Partner with infrastructure teams; Partner with identity/IAM teams; Partner with application teams

Communication Scope

Explain security issues; Explain tradeoffs; Explain remediation steps

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

Trupanion is a leading provider of medical insurance for cats and dogs in North America. Our mission is to help loving, responsible pet owners budget and care for their pets. At Trupanion, we offer a collaborative, casual, and pet-friendly environment where everyone is encouraged to be themselves. We are seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to help design, operate, and continuously improve Trupanion’s security controls and tooling across our Microsoft 365/Azure environment and supporting on-prem systems. This role balances hands-on ownership of core security platforms—particularly the Microsoft Defender suite and Privileged Access Management (CyberArk)—with strong security engineering practices such as automation, integrations, hardening, and detection and response improvements. The ideal candidate is proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable partnering with IT and engineering teams to reduce risk, respond to incidents, and deliver practical, measurable security outcomes. This position is open to candidates in the Seattle area. You will have a hybrid remote/in-office schedule where you will work from our casual, pet-friendly office at least 3 days a week. Key Responsibilities: * Engineer, operate, and continuously improve the Microsoft Defender security stack (e.g., Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, Defender for Office 365, Defender for Cloud Apps, Defender Vulnerability Management) to protect endpoints, identities, email, and cloud applications. * Own and administer Privileged Access Management tool, including onboarding/offboarding privileged accounts, policy and workflow configuration, vault health, upgrades, and integrations. * Integrate Defender and PAM signals with SIEM/SOAR and ITSM workflows to improve detection fidelity, reduce false positives, and accelerate response and remediation. * Design and implement security engineering solutions across cloud and on-prem environments (primarily Azure/M365), including baseline hardening, configuration stand

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