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Security Automation Engineer

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5 days ago
Remote, United States or Overland Park, KS, USAMid Level

Base Salary

$106k - $149k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop, test, deploy, monitor, and maintain Python-based security automation solutions.
  • Build reliable Python applications, services, APIs, workflows, internal tools, integrations, and reusable libraries.
  • Develop API-driven integrations across security tools, cloud platforms, authentication systems, source code platforms, third-party services, and internal technologies.
  • Build security and compliance automation that validates cloud resources, security tooling, and configuration standards.
  • Develop AI-enabled security automation using large language models and Model Context Protocol capabilities, including governance controls and usage guardrails.
  • Contribute to agentic security capabilities that analyze source code for vulnerabilities, exposed secrets, and infrastructure-standard compliance.
  • Troubleshoot application code, APIs, identity and authentication, cloud infrastructure, data flows, and automation runtime environments.
  • Collaborate through code reviews, operational support, shared tooling, reusable modules, documentation, and engineering practices.

Requirements

  • A degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 3 years of hands-on software development or equivalent experience.
  • Proficiency in Python and experience developing, testing, debugging, and maintaining production-quality code.
  • Experience building API-driven applications and integrations with authentication, pagination, error handling, retries, and logging.
  • Experience with Git, CI/CD, automated testing, code review, dependency management, and maintainable software design.
  • Experience using AI-assisted development tools and independently validating generated output.
  • Hands-on experience with large language models and understanding or development of Model Context Protocol-based capabilities.
  • Experience with automation in one or more cloud platforms and understanding of Infrastructure as Code and cloud-native development concepts.
  • Ability to work with ambiguous requirements, investigate unfamiliar technical environments, and explain technical concepts to non-software-development stakeholders.
  • Preferred experience with GitLab, cybersecurity automation, cybersecurity functions, AI-enabled security automation, agentic security capabilities, MCP-based integrations, or AI governance controls.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions up to 6%, financial advisory services, potential discretionary contributions, and investment options.
  • Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year.
  • Business-casual environment with the option to wear jeans.
  • Paid time off upon hire, including paid company holidays and floating holidays.
  • 16 hours of paid volunteer time per calendar year.
  • Paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave programs.
  • Business Resource Groups supporting inclusion and collaboration.
  • Flexible work environment; remote and hybrid employees must provide reliable high-speed wired internet and a suitable home workspace, and may be required to work in the office if requirements are not met.
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