Colossus Technologies Group is looking for Staff Identity Engineer in Columbus, OH. This local job opportunity with ID 3877212074 is live since 2026-10-08 20:40:15.
What You'll Do
Build and improve Watch products: static and dynamic scanning for MCP servers, skills, plugins, and agent behavior detection on endpoints
Develop shadow detection: identify unregistered MCP servers, skills, plugins, and agents running outside governance across the enterprise
Own AppSec for the platform: penetration testing, vulnerability management, dependency scanning, and security hardening of the control plane
Build automated version scanning: CI/CD-integrated security checks that run on each new MCP server version, skill update, or plugin release
Extend detection coverage to CLI agents (Codex, OpenCode) and browser-based agents
Responsibilities
Build and improve Watch products: static and dynamic scanning for MCP servers, skills, plugins, and agent behavior detection on endpoints
Develop shadow detection: identify unregistered MCP servers, skills, plugins, and agents running outside governance across the enterprise
Own AppSec for the platform: penetration testing, vulnerability management, dependency scanning, and security hardening of the control plane
Build automated version scanning: CI/CD-integrated security checks that run on each new MCP server version, skill update, or plugin release
Extend detection coverage to CLI agents (Codex, OpenCode) and browser-based agents
Qualifications
8+ years in security engineering with deep experience in application security, security tooling development, or endpoint detection
Required Skills
Builder, not operator. You've created scanning or detection systems: parsers, rule engines, analysis pipelines.
Experience with shadow IT detection, asset discovery, or endpoint monitoring in enterprise environments
Strong Python skills (our scanning pipeline and platform backend are Python/FastAPI)
Understanding of API and gateway attack patterns: SSRF, token theft, injection, supply-chain attacks
Awareness of emerging AI/LLM security threats: prompt injection, tool poisoning, jailbreaking, indirect prompt injection through tool responses