Benchling

Biotech

EnterpriseSecurityEngineer

$189–256k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Enterprise Security Engineer at Benchling. Skills: Enterprise Security, IAM, Zero Trust, Automation. Drive zero trust strategy. Design least-privilege access patterns”

Industry & Context.

Biotech

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years security engineering, 5+ years IAM-focused role, Hands-on IdP expertise, SSO expertise, SCIM expertise, MFA expertise, Lifecycle Management expertise, NHI management expertise, Zero trust architecture implementation, Continuous verification implementation, Device trust integration, Least-privilege enforcement, SAML knowledge, OIDC knowledge, OAuth 2.0 knowledge, SCIM knowledge, Manage macOS endpoints at scale, Cloud IAM experience, Build automation, Scripting proficiency, Python scripting proficiency, Operating systems fundamentals knowledge

Nice to Have

ZTNA platforms experience, VPN replacement experience, AI coding assistants use, Governing AI/ML service identities, Securing LLM API integrations, PAM solutions familiarity, Okta Certified Administrator, Okta Certified Consultant

What You'll Do.

Drive zero trust strategy

Design least-privilege access patterns

Design Just-in-Time access

Design Privileged Access Management controls

Maintain least-privilege access patterns

Maintain Just-in-Time access

Maintain Privileged Access Management controls

Deploy MDM infrastructure

Configure MDM infrastructure

Maintain MDM infrastructure

Enforce SSO-required policies

Restrict OAuth scopes

Audit third-party integration access

Build processes to detect shadow IT

Build processes to detect unauthorized OAuth app grants

Build processes to detect bypassed SaaS tools

Build tooling to detect shadow IT

Build tooling to detect unauthorized OAuth app grants

Build tooling to detect bypassed SaaS tools

Evaluate AI-native security tooling

Deploy AI-native security tooling

Define security standards for AI agent identities

Define security standards for LLM service identities

Enforce security standards for AI agent identities

Enforce security standards for LLM service identities

Develop configuration baselines

Enforce configuration baselines

Reduce manual toil through automation

Reduce manual toil through AI-assisted tooling

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Technical teams; Non-technical stakeholders

Communication Scope

Engage with technical teams; Engage with non-technical stakeholders

Full Job Description

We are rebuilding biotech for the AI era. When a breakthrough is delayed, the world waits. Getting a molecule from discovery to patients, or a crop from lab to field, involves thousands of slow, manual, disconnected steps. AI has the potential to change this, compressing decades of R&D work into years. But that only happens when clean, structured scientific data and AI are built into how science gets done. Benchling is the AI platform for biotech R&D. Scientists use Benchling to design experiments, capture structured data, and run AI agents and models directly in their workflows. Over 200,000 scientists around the world trust Benchling to power their most important work, from academic labs to Sanofi, Moderna, and more than half of the world's top 50 biopharma. We’re building an AI scientist for our customers. We can’t do that if we haven’t built the muscle ourselves. AI fluency is the foundation we build on; it's core to how we work, and we're committed to helping every new hire integrate it into their day-to-day. As part of our interview process, you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about and use AI to drive impact in your role. Feel free to reference any tools, platforms, or workflows you use today. ROLE OVERVIEW As an Enterprise Security Engineer at Benchling you’ll be joining a team responsible for building a best-in-class security program from the ground up. Our focus is on providing value to the organization by emphasizing real world security and embracing automation and AI. We’re looking for engineers who are excited to apply their expertise to our mission of securing some of society's most sensitive data.   RESPONSIBILITIES -  Drive the organization's zero trust strategy end to end — treating identity, device health, network context, and application sensitivity as continuous inputs to access decisions rather than one-time gates - Design and maintain least-privilege access patterns, Just-in-Time (JIT) ac

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