Principal Security Automation Engineer

Role Overview

ID.me is seeking a Principal Security Automation Engineer to lead the development, integration, and optimization of security automation across our cloud and DevSecOps environments. This mastery-level role requires deep expertise in security engineering, scripting, tool integration, and DevSecOps best practices, with a secondary focus on incident response for cloud and web application security.

As the highest-level security automation expert, you will design, build, and optimize automated security workflows, custom tooling, and security orchestration solutions to enhance ID.me’s ability to detect, respond to, and mitigate security threats efficiently. Your expertise in coding (Python, Go, Bash), API integration, and security automation platforms (SOAR, XDR, SIEM, cloud-native tools) will drive security innovation and operational efficiency.

Beyond automation engineering, you will collaborate with SOC, Threat Intelligence, and DevOps teams to ensure that incident response playbooks, security tooling, and cloud security controls are seamlessly integrated into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps workflows.

Responsibilities

Security Automation & Tool Integration 

• Develop, integrate, and optimize security automation workflows to enhance detection, response, and remediation efficiency.
• Build custom security tools and scripts using Python, Go, Bash, and APIs to improve security operations.
• Automate repetitive security tasks, including threat intelligence ingestion, alert triage, IOC enrichment, vulnerability management, and remediation tracking.
• Integrate security tools into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring SAST, DAST, SCA, SBOM scanning, and infrastructure-as-code security are fully automated.
• Develop custom detection rules and response automations for SOAR, XDR, SIEM (Chronicle, Splunk), and cloud-native security platforms.
• Work closely with DevOps and Engineering teams to embed secure-by-design automation into application and infrastructure deployments.
• Optimize IAM, secrets management, and API security automation, ensuring strong access controls and cloud security posture management.
• Continuously evaluate and implement new security automation technologies to enhance scalability, efficiency, and real-time security response.

Incident Response & Cloud Security 

• Support incident response teams by automating investigation, containment, and remediation workflows, reducing response times for cloud and web security incidents.
• Contribute to post-incident reviews and root cause analysis (RCA), driving security automation improvements to prevent repeat incidents.
• Provide forensic and security automation expertise during major cloud and web application security incidents, assisting SOC and IR teams in rapid mitigation.
• Help refine incident response playbooks and adversary emulation techniques, ensuring automation is at the core of response strategies.

DevSecOps & Continuous Security Improvement

• Drive security automation adoption across DevSecOps teams, ensuring security best practices are seamlessly integrated into software development.
• Automate compliance and security controls to align with FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIST 800-53 frameworks.
• Collaborate with Threat Intelligence and Security Operations teams to improve real-time detection and automated response to evolving adversary tactics.
• Mentor and guide security engineers, SOC analysts, and DevOps teams, fostering a culture of security automation and continuous learning.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with 7+ years focused on security automation, scripting, and tool integration.
• Advanced programming skills in Python, Go, or  Bash for automating security operations.
• Extensive experience integrating security tools via APIs, webhooks, and cloud-native security services.
• Hands-on expertise with SOAR, SIEM, XDR, and security telemetry platforms (e.g., Chronicle, Splunk, AWS Security Hub, GCP Security Command Center).
• Strong background in DevSecOps methodologies, embedding security automation into CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native environments.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) to enforce security best practices in cloud deployments.
• Deep understanding of threat intelligence automation, IOC enrichment, and detection engineering.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security in AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, and containerized environments, with experience automating security controls in serverless architectures.
• Working knowledge of incident response methodologies and security frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, Cyber Kill Chain, OWASP Top 10).
• Strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and technical communication skills, with the ability to drive security automation strategies at an enterprise level.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced certifications such as CISSP, GCP Professional Security Engineer, AWS Security Specialty, CKS (Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist), GCIH, GCFA, or OSCP.
• Experience with machine learning and AI-driven security automation.
• Familiarity with adversary emulation frameworks (Atomic Red Team, CALDERA, or MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations).
• Prior experience in cloud-native security engineering, API security, and zero-trust architecture.

Ideal Candidate Will Thrive In Our Culture

• Is obsessed with security automation, continuously seeking new ways to eliminate manual processes and improve security efficiency.
• Can build and integrate custom security solutions, rather than just relying on vendor-provided tools.
• Enjoys working in fast-paced, high-impact security environments, where innovation is encouraged.
• Thinks strategically and operationally, balancing hands-on technical expertise with big-picture security leadership.
• Values mentorship and knowledge-sharing, helping upskill security teams and DevSecOps engineers.
• Stays ahead of emerging threats, technologies, and adversary tactics, constantly pushing security automation to the next level.

Candidates must be located in the continental U.S. and available to work on site at McLean VA or Mountain View CA.

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