# Staff Cloud Detection & Response Engineer at ID.me

- Company: ID.me
- Company website: https://www.id.me
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: McLean, Virginia
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-09
- Apply by: 2026-10-24
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/idme/jobs/7986926003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/id-me-staff-cloud-detection-and-response-engineer/

## About the role

ID.me is the next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with ID.me once and seamlessly login across websites without having to create a new login and verify their identity again. Over 152 million users experience streamlined login and identity verification with ID.me at 20 federal agencies, 45 state government agencies, and 70+ healthcare organizations.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of experience in information security, with extensive hands-on experience in incident response, threat hunting, and forensic analysis
- 3+ years leading incident response in cloud environments (AWS and/or GCP required)
- Scripting/automation proficiency (Python, Go, bash) for detection engineering and forensic tooling
- Deep, working knowledge of cloud IAM least-privilege design, including custom/managed roles, service account or role impersonation risk, workload identity federation, and organization-level policy constraints
- Deep, hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS/GKE) and container runtime security, covering container escape scenarios, runtime protection, admission control, and image scanning/provenance
- Demonstrated experience building or specifying immutable cloud forensics workflows, including automated snapshotting of disks and memory for ephemeral and autoscaled compute

Tags: Security