Security Automation Engineer

ZipStaff is seeking a Senior Security Automation Engineer to design and implement security automation at a major pharmacy and healthcare organization. You will automate Akamai origin lockdown, WAF and edge controls, certificate and secrets lifecycle, and perimeter policy using Terraform, APIs, and CI/CD. This is not a pure Akamai portal role and not a project-coordinator role.

What You’ll Do:

• Design and implement automation for Akamai origin lockdown, perimeter modernization, and security platforms.
• Build and maintain Terraform for security configuration, policy enforcement, and platform provisioning.
• Develop reusable frameworks, APIs, and services in Python, Java, or Go.
• Integrate controls across Akamai, F5, Palo Alto, DNS, network, cloud, and platform teams.
• Automate deployment and lifecycle of WAF, origin lockdown, TLS, certificates, and secrets.
• Build CI/CD and GitHub Actions for Secure SDLC, security-as-code, and policy validation.
• Support secure solutions on GCP, Kubernetes, and GKE.
• Own design, code review, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
• Mentor others and drive adoption of reusable automation.

• 5+ years application security, Secure SDLC, web and API security, WAF, edge security, Akamai security controls, origin lockdown, and TLS / certificate security.
• 5+ years Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, security-as-code, configuration and policy automation, automated testing, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD.
• 5+ years Python, and Java or Go, plus REST API development, microservices, and cross-platform integration.
• 4+ years GCP, Kubernetes, GKE, container security, and production support.
• 4+ years cloud and enterprise networking, DNS, load balancing, firewalls, proxies, F5, or Palo Alto.
• 3+ years secrets management and certificate lifecycle automation.
• U.S. Citizen or Green Card only. No sponsorship
• Reside in and work EST or CST hours.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future., * Akamai, F5, Palo Alto, or DNS APIs and centralized orchestration.
• AI-assisted security automation or LLM integration.
• Healthcare or another regulated industry.

• Health Insurance.
• Dental Insurance.
• Vision Insurance.
• 401(k) + 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off.
• Referral Program.

About ZipStaff.

ZipStaff partners with leading organizations to connect skilled technology professionals with high-impact contract opportunities. We focus on quality matches, clear communication, and long-term success for candidates and clients. To apply, submit your resume highlighting Terraform modules you own, Python or Go automation you built, and Akamai or WAF controls you automated. Portal-only Akamai experience with no IaC will not be considered. U.S. Citizen or Green Card, and EST or CST, required.