Lead Security / Policy Engineer

EPAM Systems is a global leader in AI transformation engineering and integrated consulting, serving Forbes Global 2000 companies and ambitious startups. They have over thirty years of expertise in custom software, product and platform engineering, empowering clients to become AI-Native enterprises.

• 5+ years of experience in cloud security or identity engineering
• Hands-on experience with authorization or policy-as-code for AI agents in production projects, including Cedar/OPA policy engines
• Expertise in identity-aware authorization including OAuth 2.0, JWT, OIDC
• Skills in RBAC and ABAC design patterns
• Experience with policy-as-code like Cedar, OPA or agent-to-agent protocol depth
• Experience leading enterprise security review processes including InfoSec and ARB workflows
• Knowledge of AWS AgentCore Policy and Cedar policy language
• Proficiency in English at B2+ level

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with Cedar specifically or AWS Cedar (open source)
• Experience with policy-decision-point pattern and default-deny models
• Early experience with AWS Verified Permissions or AgentCore Policy
• Cloud-native AWS exposure
• Skills in zero-trust architecture design

• Lead the architecture of the policy engine and Cedar policy schema design across the platform
• Define authorization models governing agent-to-agent capability advertisement and invocation
• Drive enterprise InfoSec review processes and ensure alignment with ARB requirements
• Establish default-deny authorization patterns for agent interactions
• Integrate identity-aware authorization using OAuth 2.0, JWT, and MS Entra
• Build and maintain policy-as-code patterns for standardizing governance
• Oversee audit logging mechanisms for policy decisions and enforcement outcomes
• Guide staged rollout strategies for policy enforcement from monitoring to full enforcement
• Collaborate with engineering teams to reason about trust boundaries between agents

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