Centene

Senior Applications Security Engineer, AI & Automation Development

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1 day ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level / Senior

Base Salary

$87k - $161k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and maintain automation, integrations, APIs, and self-service tools for security technology teams.
  • Build AI-enabled capabilities for the AI Ops initiative, including models and agents for monitoring security tool health, identifying incident trends, troubleshooting, and natural-language health-data access.
  • Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot containerized workloads in Kubernetes, including shared observability and data collection services.
  • Apply secure software development practices including threat modeling, secure code review, authentication and authorization, secrets management, logging, and vulnerability remediation.
  • Define and promote source control, testing, automation, and CI/CD standards.
  • Document solutions, create runbooks, share knowledge, and support production services.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or business field such as statistics, mathematics, engineering, or computer science, or equivalent experience.
  • 4–6 years of related experience.
  • Hands-on software development experience building production automation, APIs, and integrations, with strong Python skills.
  • Practical experience developing AI/ML or LLM-based solutions such as agents, retrieval-augmented generation, tool calling, anomaly detection, or model evaluation.
  • Hands-on experience deploying, operating, and troubleshooting workloads on Kubernetes.
  • Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure or configuration as code.
  • Experience in a security, SRE, or DevSecOps environment is preferred.
  • CISSP is a bonus but not required.
  • Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employment-based visa sponsorship.

Benefits

  • Competitive pay, health insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, and holidays.
  • Flexible work arrangements including remote, hybrid, field, or office schedules.
  • Total compensation may include additional incentives, and benefits may depend on program eligibility.
Centene

About Centene

10,000+ employees

Centene is a publicly traded managed care company that delivers government-sponsored and commercial health insurance through local health plans across the U.S. It contracts with state and federal programs to administer Medicaid, Medicare, and Affordable Care Act Marketplace coverage, and provides related services such as pharmacy benefit management and behavioral health. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Centene trades on the NYSE under the symbol CNC.

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