Senior Security Automation Engineer

Role Description

Leads the design, development, and optimization of complex, cross-functional automation solutions. Acts as a technical authority on architecture decisions, integration patterns, and engineering best practices within the ORCA program.

This role is 100% remote.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Architect and implement end-to-end automation solutions
• Define integration standards, data flow patterns, and reusable framework components
• Design and maintain the data lake architecture for centralized automation telemetry and reporting
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design sessions, and knowledge transfer
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend platform improvements to enhance capability and scale

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or related field or equivalent combination of extensive experience and education
• 5-7+ years in software engineering, DevOps, or automation engineering, with at least 2 years in a security or infrastructure domain
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering production automation platforms or data pipelines at enterprise scale
• Track record of mentoring junior engineers and influencing technical direction
• Experience integrating across multiple enterprise systems (ITSM, identity, vulnerability management, threat intel)
• Python (advanced: library design, async patterns, packaging, CI/CD integration)
• REST API architecture (designing, versioning, auth patterns: OAuth 2.0, Managed Identity, API keys)
• Automation orchestration platforms (Apache Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, or equivalent)
• Data pipeline and data lake design (schema evolution, partitioning, storage optimization)
• AI/LLM integration (agent architectures, tool-calling patterns, multi-model orchestration, prompt engineering)
• Container orchestration (Kubernetes/AKS: deployments, Helm charts, troubleshooting, resource management)
• Linux administration (RHEL: systemd, networking, security hardening, performance tuning)
• Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, Terraform, or ARM templates)
• Git workflows (branching strategies, PR review processes, CI/CD pipeline design)
• SQL (complex queries, schema design, performance optimization)

Preferred Experience

• Master's degree in a technical discipline a plus
• Relevant certifications strongly valued: CISSP, AZ-305 (Solutions Architect), CKA/CKAD, AZ-400 (DevOps Engineer), AWS/Azure Security specialty
• Azure platform expertise (Key Vault, Blob Storage, Container Apps/AKS, Managed Identity, Azure OpenAI)
• Security domain knowledge (vulnerability management lifecycle, threat intel feeds, CVSS/EPSS scoring, SIEM/SOAR)
• Encrypted data handling (Parquet Modular Encryption, AES-256, key management)
• Graph database experience (Neo4j, Cypher)
• Experience building shared libraries or SDKs consumed by multiple teams
• Contribution to architecture decisions and technical roadmaps at the program level
• Experience with enterprise change management and production deployment processes

Compensation & Benefits

FNF, its affiliates, and subsidiaries carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate's education, training, specialty, experience, and work location. The base salary (exempt) or hourly rate (non-exempt) is just one component of the total rewards package offered to our employees, including potential bonus or commission eligibility, insurance (medical/dental/vision/life/disability), matching 401(k) plan and matching employee stock purchase plan.

Equal Opportunity Policy

FNF, its affiliates and subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.