Cybersecurity Automation Engineer

The Security Automation Engineer role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining automation and integrations that improve cybersecurity operations across enterprise platforms. The work connects tools, reduces repetitive operational tasks, and translates security requirements into reliable engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automation workflows across SIEM, SOAR, endpoint security, identity, vulnerability management, cloud, and ticketing platforms.
• Develop integrations using REST APIs, web-hooks, SDKs, and scripting languages such as Python and PowerShell.
• Automate alert enrichment, investigation support, case creation, evidence collection, notifications, and incident response actions.
• Engineer workflows that correlate information across platforms to improve visibility, reduce manual effort, and support faster security decisions.
• Partner with security analysts and incident responders to identify automation opportunities and translate operational playbooks into technical workflows.
• Automate vulnerability management activities including asset enrichment, remediation ticket creation, ownership assignment, escalation, and closure validation.
• Build safeguards into automated actions, including approval requirements, access restrictions, validation checks, and rollback procedures.
• Implement secure authentication, secrets management, least-privilege access, and audit logging for integrations and service accounts.
• Maintain automation code through version control, peer review, testing, documentation, and established change management processes.
• Monitor automation health, troubleshoot failures, and handle API limits, platform changes, retries, and exception handling.
• Document integration architectures, data flows, dependencies, operating procedures, and troubleshooting guidance.
• Measure automation effectiveness using time saved, execution reliability, reduced manual handling, and improved response times.
• Support security control implementation and audit readiness by automating evidence collection and reporting.
• Identify opportunities to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance security automation, including alert enrichment, investigation summaries, incident prioritization, and response recommendations.
• Integrate AI capabilities into security workflows with appropriate human oversight, data protection, output validation, and audit logging.
• Evaluate AI-assisted workflows for accuracy, reliability, and measurable improvements in analyst efficiency and response time.

Requirements

• Three or more years of experience in security engineering, security automation, software development, or a related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining automation solutions using Python, PowerShell, or comparable languages.
• Practical experience integrating enterprise platforms through APIs, including authentication, JSON data handling, pagination, and error handling.
• Working knowledge of security operations, incident response processes, and common endpoint, identity, network, and cloud threats.
• Experience with SIEM or SOAR platforms and workflow orchestration tools.
• Familiarity with Git, code review, testing, and secure development practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex workflows and dependencies across multiple systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including explaining technical solutions to nontechnical stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize work, manage competing requirements, and independently deliver maintainable solutions.
• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Technologies

• SIEM, SOAR, REST APIs, web-hooks, SDKs
• Python, PowerShell, Git, JSON
• Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Microsoft Intune
• Palo Alto Networks, Jira, KQL
• CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code
• NIST incident response guidance, MITRE ATT&CK, CMMC, NIST SP 800-171
• Large language models (LLMs), AI-enabled security tools
• Azure Government, Microsoft GCC High

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision
• 401K with company matching
• 9/80 work schedule
• Paid holiday shutdown

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies

• Experience with Microsoft security technologies and platforms such as Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Microsoft Intune, Palo Alto Networks, or Jira.
• Experience integrating AI capabilities, large language models (LLMs), or AI-enabled security tools into automation workflows, including understanding limitations and secure use.
• Experience supporting regulated environments such as Azure Government and Microsoft GCC High.
• Familiarity with KQL, cloud automation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code.
• Experience implementing automated response actions that include human approval and operational safeguards.
• Familiarity with NIST incident response guidance, MITRE ATT&CK, CMMC, and NIST SP 800-171.

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in an office environment (Constant)
• Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)

Clearance Level

No Clearance

Compensation and Location

Location: Huntsville, AL (onsite)
Salary: USD 111,500 - 170,000 per yearly

ITAR and EAR Requirement

This position requires access to information subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under ITAR and EAR, or be a person approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction.

A “U.S. person” under ITAR includes a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or a protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. Some positions may require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.