Cybersecurity Engineer II
Cox AutomotiveResponsibilities
- Build and operate API-based ingestion pipelines from security and cloud platforms, including authentication, pagination, rate limits, incremental loads, and schema changes.
- Develop and maintain a full-stack AWS reporting application, including its front end, API layer, and infrastructure.
- Create self-service tools for engineering teams to submit suppressions and exceptions and receive automated notifications.
- Model data in Snowflake and write tested SQL supporting controls, scoring, and trend reporting.
- Develop compliance controls and reporting domains, and partner with security, IAM, cloud, and engineering teams to deliver features.
- Define infrastructure as code and ship through GitHub Actions with automated testing, environment promotion, and secure release practices.
- Write specifications and documentation and use AI-assisted development tools in the standard workflow.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and two years of related experience, or an alternative combination including a master’s degree with up to two years of experience or 14 years of related experience.
- At least two years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or a combination of both.
- Strong Python skills, including building and consuming REST APIs.
- Experience developing web applications with a modern front-end framework and backend API layer.
- Hands-on AWS experience with Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/Fargate, S3, IAM, and CloudWatch.
- Infrastructure as code experience with Terraform, CDK, or CloudFormation.
- Strong SQL skills and experience with a cloud data warehouse, ideally Snowflake.
- Comfort with Git-based workflows and CI/CD, ideally GitHub Actions.
- Ability to break down ambiguous problems and deliver incrementally, with clear written communication for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Preferred qualifications include familiarity with security tools, compliance or GRC reporting, Power BI or Streamlit, containerized deployments, SSO or SCIM, and AI coding assistants or agentic workflows.
Benefits
- Work on a highly visible platform that shapes enterprise security risk measurement and reduction.
- Influence architecture as the team expands API-driven ingestion and custom application development.
- Join a team that invests in modern engineering practices and employee growth.
About Cox Automotive
Cox Automotive is the world’s largest automotive services and technology provider. Fueled by the largest breadth of first- and third-party data fed by 2.3 billion online interactions a year, Cox Automotive tailors leading solutions for car shoppers, auto manufacturers, dealers, lenders and fleets. The company has 29,000+ employees on four continents and a portfolio of industry-leading brands that include Autotrader®, Kelley Blue Book®, Manheim®, vAuto®, Dealertrack®, NextGear Capital™, CentralDispatch® and Cox Fleet®. Cox Automotive is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Inc., a privately owned, Atlanta-based company with $23 billion in annual revenue. Cox Automotive has been included on Glassdoor’s Best Companies in Tech & AI 2026 and Best Place to Work in 2026 lists.