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# Security Automation Engineer

- **Company:** NewAgeSys, Inc
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Computer Programming, Distributed Systems, Electronic Design Automation, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, Systems Integration, Web Services, Data Logging, Scripting, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Data Management, Api Design, Security Orchestration, Automation & Response
- **Published:** July 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://newagesys.com/careers/jobs/details/REQ112848

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related technical field.
 * 6+ years of experience in security engineering or security automation.
 * Strong experience building production-grade automation systems.
 * Proficiency in scripting or programming (Python, PowerShell, or similar).
 * Solid understanding of:
 1. Security operations workflows
 2. Alert enrichment and suppression
 3. Containment and response patterns
 * Experience working with APIs, services, and distributed systems.
 * Ability to design automation that is safe, explainable, and auditable.

Preferred:

 * Experience integrating automation across IAM, endpoint, cloud, network, and data platforms.
 * Familiarity with workflow or orchestration platforms (e.g., ITSM, ticketing, or orchestration engines).
 * Experience designing rollback, TTL, and staged enforcement models.
 * Exposure to AI-assisted workflows where automation consumes decision outputs.
 * Experience building dashboards or metrics for automation outcomes.

## Description

* We are seeking a Senior Security Automation Engineer to design, build, and scale enterprise-grade security automation that reduces manual effort, suppresses operational noise, and accelerates cyber defense outcomes.
 * This role focuses on hands-on automation engineering across identity, endpoint, cloud, network, and data security domains.
 * The successful candidate will build safe, auditable, and production-ready automation workflows that integrate across security platforms and enterprise systems., * Design and implement security automation workflows that reduce manual intervention across security domains.
 * Build integrations using APIs and services to execute guardrail-enforced security actions.
 * Develop automation that operationalizes detection, enrichment, suppression, and containment workflows.
 * Extend automation into enterprise workflow systems where orchestration or approvals are required.
 * Implement safety controls including:
 1. Kill switches
 2. Dry-run and test modes
 3. Time-limited actions
 4. Staged deployments (development, testing, production)
 * Ensure observability and auditability by logging automation actions with correlation identifiers.
 * Create reusable automation patterns, connectors, and frameworks that scale across teams.
 * Collaborate with security engineers, platform engineers, and data scientists to deliver integrated solutions.
 * Mentor junior engineers and promote automation best practices.


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