Security Engineer - Data Security

About the role

The Security Engineer at Costco Wholesale is responsible for developing, designing, implementing, and integrating security systems to safeguard enterprise assets against cyber attack. This role involves analyzing and administering security policies, identifying and investigating security issues, and developing security solutions that address compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provides security and technical expertise to support the development of security objects to satisfy business requirements.
• Analyzes and administers security policies to control physical and virtual system access.
• Identifies and investigates security issues and develops security solutions that address compliance requirements that can/ do impact security.
• Assesses business role requirements, reviews authorization roles, and supports authorizations.
• Demonstrates a comprehensive skill set with testing authorizations for multiple environments and coordinates testing with business/technical users.
• Validates system configurations to ensure the safety of information systems assets and protects information systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction.
• Designs and coordinates activities/engagements with other departments (loss prevention, legal, networking, etc).
• Identifies security gaps that expose Costco to potential exploit and develop short- and long-term prioritized remediation to address those gaps.
• Develops and executes security controls, defenses, and countermeasures to intercept and prevent internal/external data infiltrations.
• Identifies and resolves problems often anticipating issues before they occur or before they grow; develops and evaluates options; and implements solutions that support the business.
• Configures, deploys, maintains, and supports security tools.
• Protects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information from being disclosed to unauthorized parties.
• Creates dashboards, configures alerts, implements and supports security software platforms, and monitors tools/apps.
• Identifies opportunities for streamlining, and increasing effectiveness through continuous process improvement.
• Develops and documents security events and incident handling procedures into Playbooks.
• Collaborates with business partners, project teams, and team members to build secure solutions that protects data and enables the business with tools and processes that make sense and adapt to changing business needs both on-premises and in the cloud.
• Builds automated workflows to ingest, parse, and analyze data security logs, reducing manual overhead for governance and compliance reporting.
• Engineers and deploys infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions to build, scale, and maintain SASE and DSPM architectures across multi-cloud environments.
• Designs and codes custom integrations between data security platforms (DLP, DSPM) and core business applications to ensure continuous data visibility without disrupting workflows.
• Translates enterprise data security policies and governance frameworks into deployable, automated code to enforce technical controls across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Implements policy-as-code mechanisms to automatically detect, alert on, and remediate unauthorized data sharing or non-compliant data storage configurations.
• Implements practices, processes, and procedures consistent with Costco's information security policy and IT standards.
• Provides data (metrics) to leadership that drives decision making and strategy.

Requirements

• Required GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials) or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Recommended Strong Understanding of Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Secure Browsers (Google Chrome), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Google Admin Console, Data Security Posture Management (DSPM).
• Proficient in the following tools: Wiz, Proofpoint, Lucid, GitHub, BigQuerry, BetterCloud.
• Proficient in Google Workspace applications, including Sheets, Docs, Slides, and Gmail.

Qualifications

• Required Documents: Cover Letter, Resume
• California Applicants: Please click here to review the Costco Applicant Privacy Notice.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance
• Health care reimbursement account
• Dependent care assistance plan
• Short-term disability and long-term disability insurance
• AD&D insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k)
• Stock purchase plan to eligible employees

Pay

• Level SR - $150,000 - $190,000, Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligible
• Level Staff - $180,000 - $225,000, Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligible

Schedule

• Flexible schedule to accommodate the needs of the position and the business.

Additional Information

Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com. If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States.