Security Automation Engineer - Remote / Telecommute

Security Automation Engineer

The Security Automation Engineer will support the automation of security and access management infrastructure within enterprise IT environments. The role focuses on building and maintaining infrastructure and configuration as code, automating deployments, and enhancing CI/CD pipelines for secure authentication, authorization, and access gateway services. The candidate will collaborate with engineering and security teams to streamline processes, reduce manual operational tasks, and improve system reliability and recovery capabilities.

Requirement/Must Have:

• Experience with Ansible Tower and automation frameworks.
• Experience working with GitLab for source control and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong scripting experience using Python and shell scripting.
• Experience working with Unix or Linux environments.
• Experience with container platforms such as OpenShift or Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of Identity and Access Management systems.
• Experience working with RESTful APIs.
• Experience with Argo CD and Agile development methodologies.

Experience:

• Minimum five years of relevant experience in automation engineering, DevOps, or security infrastructure roles.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code frameworks.
• Experience automating system deployments and infrastructure operations.
• Experience supporting secure authentication and access management environments.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain automated deployment processes for access management and security infrastructure.
• Design and implement infrastructure and configuration as code solutions to automate system deployments.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines to support secure and efficient application and infrastructure releases.
• Collaborate with security and engineering teams to automate authentication, authorization, web gateway, and API services.
• Improve existing automation processes and develop new automated health checks.
• Integrate monitoring and automated incident creation into security infrastructure environments.
• Develop automation to support rapid environment rebuilds and disaster recovery scenarios.
• Reduce manual administrative tasks by implementing automated processes and self healing system capabilities.
• Integrate automation with change management systems and source control repositories.
• Work with ServiceNow integration to streamline work intake and operational workflows.
• Document automation processes and share knowledge with internal teams to support continuous improvement.

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of modern authentication and authorization protocols including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, SCIM, and LDAP.
• Experience working with IBM security products.
• Experience with SQL and JavaScript.
• Experience with ServiceNow integration.
• Experience working with PKI infrastructure.
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments.
• Experience using Ansible Automation Hub, Ansible Galaxy, and artifact repositories such as Nexus.

Skills:

• Security automation and infrastructure automation.
• Identity and access management systems.
• DevOps and CI/CD pipeline development.
• Container orchestration and cloud infrastructure.
• Security operations and monitoring automation.

Qualification And Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Master’s degree preferred or equivalent professional experience with five or more years in automation or DevSecOps roles.