AI Automation Engineer - Security Ops (Remote)

CEI; Philadelphia, Northern (Philadelphia County, KY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

CEI is seeking an experienced AI Automation Engineer to transform security operations with AI-driven automation, workflows, and enterprise-grade software. This role is fully remote, aligned with Eastern Time, and will support a large CSOC environment to improve incident response and reduce false positives.

You will design, build, and deploy AI-powered capabilities, work with AWS services (IAM, S3), REST APIs, Python, and GitHub CI/CD, collaborating with security leaders, engineers, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering, automation engineering, cybersecurity engineering, or related experience.
• Strong Python development experience with the ability to build, read, troubleshoot, and enhance production code.
• Experience developing enterprise applications, automation frameworks, or platform integrations.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs and API integration patterns.
• Experience working within GitHub-based development environments and source control best practices.
• Experience working with SQL and relational databases.
• Understanding of cloud technologies and services, particularly AWS.
• Experience with AWS services such as IAM, S3, Cloud-based application services, Security and access management concepts.
• Strong systems-thinking and architectural mindset.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience owning projects from requirements gathering through implementation and production support.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement AI-driven solutions that improve cybersecurity operations and incident response workflows.
• Build intelligent automation capabilities that reduce manual effort and increase operational efficiency across security teams.
• Develop AI agents, software applications, workflows, and integrations to support security operations use cases.
• Partner with CSOC leadership and technical stakeholders to gather requirements and identify opportunities for automation.
• Participate in architecture discussions and help define scalable enterprise solutions.
• Design and implement integrations utilizing APIs, cloud services, databases, and security platforms.
• Develop and maintain Python-based applications, automation frameworks, and backend services.
• Utilize AWS services and AI platforms to build secure, scalable solutions.
• Work within GitHub-based development environments and CI/CD workflows.
• Create technical designs, implementation plans, and architectural documentation.
• Collaborate within cross-functional PODs consisting of project managers, subject matter experts, and technical teams.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend solutions that align with business and security objectives.
• Support deployment, monitoring, enhancement, and ongoing maintenance of implemented solutions.
• Contribute to enterprise-wide AI adoption and automation initiatives.

Skills

Python development

REST APIs

GitHub ecosystems

SQL

AWS

Cloud technologies

AI/Automation

Enterprise software development

Tools

Amazon Bedrock

Claude

OpenCode

Similar AI platforms

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

CEI is seeking an experienced AI Automation Engineer to transform security operations with AI-driven automation, workflows, and enterprise-grade software. This role is fully remote, aligned with Eastern Time, and will support a large CSOC environment to improve incident response and reduce false positives.

You will design, build, and deploy AI-powered capabilities, work with AWS services (IAM, S3), REST APIs, Python, and GitHub CI/CD, collaborating with security leaders, engineers, and