Job Description
The Role: At General Motors, our Cyber Security organization protects the company’s global operations through secure, scalable solutions that enable innovation. Within Security Enablement, we partner with application teams to integrate enterprise applications into GM’s security ecosystem with strong controls, streamlined onboarding, and automation. What You’ll Do: We are seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to lead security enablement and automation for enterprise application onboarding. This role will drive secure, scalable integration patterns across GM’s identity and access management ecosystem, with a strong focus on automation, standardization, and self-service with guardrails. The ideal candidate brings deep cybersecurity and IAM expertise, along with a development background and experience building tools or automation that improve operational efficiency and control consistency. Technical Leadership Lead secure application onboarding design and implementation across the enterprise Define and support authentication and authorization patterns including SAML, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect Establish scalable standards for identity integration, access management, and application onboarding Automation and Process Improvement Design and build automation to streamline onboarding, validation, configuration, and support processes Develop reusable tools, scripts, APIs, and workflows to reduce manual effort and improve consistency Expand self-service capabilities for application teams while maintaining security guardrails Security Enablement Partner with application owners, developers, architects, and business stakeholders to gather requirements and guide secure onboarding Advise teams on secure integration patterns and control requirements Drive onboarding strategy aligned to cybersecurity, IAM, and enterprise architecture goals Support deployment and user adoption of enterprise security tools and systems across application teams and stakeholders Partner with product, engineering, and security teams to improve security tools by identifying user pain points and providing feedback on features, usability, and integration needs Risk and Compliance Ensure onboarded applications meet internal security standards, policies, and compliance requirements Conduct risk assessments and help implement appropriate controls Improve onboarding quality through documentation, standardization, and continuous improvement Collaboration and Mentorship Work across Cyber Security, IAM, infrastructure, and application teams to deliver secure outcomes Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team technical direction and roadmap priorities
