Zero Trust Automation, Orchestration Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create automation workflows that facilitate Zero Trust telemetry ingestion, policy enforcement, and identity-driven decision-making.

• Execute automated provisioning, configuration, and access workflows across mixed environments.

• Connect Zero Trust systems, identity services, monitoring tools, and policy engines through APIs and automation frameworks.

• Automate the collection of data, reporting, and compliance checks to enable continuous monitoring.

• Work collaboratively with cybersecurity, IAM, cloud engineering, and networking teams.

• Design scripts, pipelines, and orchestration workflows to enable repeatable Zero Trust operations.

• Develop event-driven automation that reacts to security indicators, risk signals, or deviations from policy.

• Resolve automation problems, workflow breakdowns, and integration issues across various systems.

• Keep documentation up to date for automation standards, runbooks, and configuration processes.

• Identify potential automation enhancements and efficiency improvements for planning the Zero Trust roadmap.

• Test, validate, and optimize automated controls and enforcement mechanisms.

• Engage in modernization efforts aimed at enhancing operational resilience and minimizing manual interventions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must possess an active Top Secret clearance, verified by a Tier 5 background investigation.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, DevSecOps, Cybersecurity, IT Engineering, or a related discipline.

• At least 5 years of experience in automation engineering, DevSecOps, cybersecurity engineering, or IT workflow orchestration.

• Proven experience in developing automation scripts, pipelines, or workflows utilizing scripting languages or automation frameworks.

• Experience in integrating identity services, monitoring platforms, or policy engines through APIs.

• Background in supporting automated provisioning, configuration management, or continuous monitoring tasks.

• Skilled in troubleshooting automation failures in hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.

• Proficient with automation tools or scripting languages, including Python, PowerShell, or Bash.

• Knowledge of Zero Trust principles, identity-based decision-making, and policy automation.

• Familiarity with APIs, webhooks, or automation interfaces for security tools.

• Understanding of cloud automation and configuration methodologies in AWS or similar platforms.

• Security+ certification is mandatory.

• Capability to design effective, scalable automation workflows that support mission-critical operations.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent communication abilities for collaboration across technical teams.

• High attention to detail.

• Capacity to manage multiple priorities and assist in iterative modernization processes.

🏝️ Benefits

• Regular full-time employment.

• Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action protections.

• Pay transparency protections.

• Opportunity to be considered for other available positions that require comparable skills, education, and experience.