Cybersecurity Automation Engineer

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking a Cybersecurity Automation Engineer to fortify security operations through robust automation across both on‑premises and cloud environments. In this role, you will act as a senior technical authority, guiding automation initiatives, integrating security tooling, and shaping playbooks that improve response times and reduce toil. The position is based in Washington, DC, onsite, and calls for hands-on leadership in building scalable, auditable automation workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain infrastructure and configuration automation to deploy, harden, and sustain enterprise security platforms at scale using configuration-management and orchestration tooling.
• Build and maintain integrations between security and IT tools via REST/Graph APIs and custom Python to automate data exchange, enrichment, and workflow handoffs.
• Develop, test, and operate SOAR playbooks that automate triage, enrichment, containment, and response actions in coordination with the SOC.
• Apply software‑engineering discipline to automation artifacts, including source control, peer code review, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable, auditable, and repeatable delivery.
• Maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot production automation, managing versioning, dependencies, and secret-handling lifecycles to keep workflows secure and current.
• Serve as the senior technical authority and escalation point for automation issues, leading projects end‑to‑end and directing the work of supporting contractor staff.
• Collaborate with the SOC, logging and observability teams, network operations, cloud infrastructure teams, and product vendors to scope, integrate, and improve automation capabilities.
• Engineer automation across hybrid environments, including serverless and AI-assisted cloud workflows where appropriate.
• Translate manual, repetitive operational tasks into resilient automated workflows to reduce toil and accelerate mean time to respond.

Requirements

• Citizenship: You must be a US Citizen.
• Selective Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/).
• Security Clearance: Entrance on duty is contingent upon completion of a pre‑employment security investigation; favorable results on a Background Investigation may be a condition of employment or selection to another position.
• PCS: Moving/relocation expenses are not authorized.
• Direct Deposit: All Federal employees are required to have salary payments via direct deposit.
• Probationary Period: Appointment may require a one-year probationary period.
• Duty Station: The selectee is required to report to the listed duty station(s).
• On-Call: Duties may require carrying a cell phone and being on call 24/7 on a rotational basis.
• Attention to detail and thoroughness in performing duties.
• Customer service orientation to assess needs, provide information, resolve issues, and ensure quality products and services.
• Oral communication skills to convey technical information clearly to diverse audiences.
• Problem-solving abilities to identify issues, evaluate alternatives, and make informed recommendations.
• Automating security workflows to support integrations, orchestration playbooks, and testing.
• Designing security automations that support secure deployment pipelines and infrastructure‑as‑code practices.
• Preparing guidance related to adopting or retiring automation capabilities in light of cloud automation.
• Applying AI/ML techniques to security automation initiatives with governance and risk-management controls.

Technologies

• Python
• REST APIs
• Graph APIs

Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
• Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position and whether the role is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.

This job is open to

• The public
• U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarification from the Agency

All US Citizens

Agency contact information

• Email: [email protected]
• Address: Office of Information Technology, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, US