Sr Lead Security Automation and Platform Engineer

Job Description
Senior Security Engineer will design and implement security automation
solutions supporting Akamai Origin Lockdown perimeter security
modernization and future security orchestration initiatives. This
role will use Terraform APIs CI/CD pipelines and cloud native
technologies to reduce manual operations accelerate application
onboarding strengthen security posture and enable scalable policy
enforcement across CVS Healths internet facing applications.




The engineer will combine security engineering software development
cloud infrastructure and automation expertise. This role will partner
with Akamai Application Security Network Security DNS Cloud
Engineering and Platform Engineering teams to deliver secure by
default and automated security controls.




Job Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities




Design and implement security automation solutions supporting Akamai
Origin Lockdown perimeter security modernization and enterprise
security platforms.
Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform to
automate security configurations policy enforcement and platform
provisioning.
Develop reusable automation frameworks APIs and microservices using
Python Java or Go to reduce manual effort and accelerate security
service onboarding.
Integrate security controls across Akamai F5 Palo Alto DNS
Network Cloud and Platform Engineering environments through APIs and
centralized orchestration workflows.
Automate the deployment configuration testing and lifecycle
management of web API and edge security controls including WAF
Origin Lockdown TLS certificates and secrets.
Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions workflows
supporting Secure SDLC Security as Code configuration automation
and automated policy validation.
Engineer and support secure scalable and resilient cloud native
security solutions within GCP Kubernetes and GKE environments.
Perform solution design code reviews testing production deployment
monitoring troubleshooting and root cause analysis for security
automation services.
Establish operational dashboards health checks alerting
documentation and support procedures to ensure platform reliability
availability and long term sustainability.
Collaborate across security and engineering teams to define secure
architectures enterprise standards reference patterns and
engineering best practices.
Identify and automate manual processes to improve onboarding speed
security posture compliance scalability and operational efficiency.
Evaluate emerging capabilities including AI assisted security
automation and orchestration to improve remediation and security
operations.
Provide technical leadership mentoring and guidance while driving
adoption of reusable and scalable security automation solutions.








Required Skills




Security Engineering




Application security
Web and API security
Akamai security controls
WAF and edge security
TLS and certificate lifecycle management
Secrets management
Network security and networking fundamentals
Secure SDLC and Security as Code
Software Development and Integration




Python
Java or Go
REST API development and integration
Microservices architecture
GitHub Actions
Automated testing and policy validation
Infrastructure and Automation




Terraform high priority
Infrastructure as Code
CI/CD pipelines
Configuration and deployment automation
Security platform orchestration
Monitoring dashboards and health checks
Cloud and Platform Engineering




Google Cloud Platform
Kubernetes and GKE
Container security
Cloud networking
Load balancing
Secure and resilient platform architecture








Preferred Skills




Akamai APIs
Akamai Origin Lockdown
F5 integration
Palo Alto integration
DNS management and automation
AI assisted security automation
Enterprise certificate and secrets lifecycle automation








Critical need - 5 Years: Application Security Secure SDLC
Web and API Security WAF Edge Security Akamai Security Controls
Origin Lockdown TLS SSL and Certificate Security




Critical need - 5 Years: Terraform Infrastructure as Code
Security as Code Configuration and Policy Automation Automated
Testing GitHub Actions and CI/CD Pipelines




Critical need 5 Years: Python Java or Go REST API
Development Microservices Architecture Reusable Automation
Frameworks and Cross Platform API Integration




High need 4 Years: GCP Kubernetes GKE Container Security
Cloud Native Deployment Platform Engineering Monitoring and
Production Support




High need 4 Years: Cloud and Enterprise Networking DNS
Load Balancing Firewalls Proxies Routing F5 and Palo Alto




High need 3 Years: Secrets Management Certificate Lifecycle
Management Automated Provisioning Rotation Renewal Deployment and
CI/CD Integration




Preferred need 2 Years: Akamai F5 Palo Alto and DNS APIs
Centralized Security Orchestration Workflow Automation and Platform
Visibility




Preferred need 1 Years: LLM Integration AI Assisted
Remediation Security Workflow Automation and Contextual Security
Guidance

Required Skills:

APIAUTOMATIONPYTHONJAVANETWORKINGLOAD BALANCINGAUTOMATION FRAMEWORKSMICROSERVICES ARCHITECTURECI/CDPROXIESTESTINGKUBERNETESAPI SECURITY