Automation Security Engineer – Python & AWS

Versant; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Versant is seeking a Junior Automation Security Engineer in Orlando, FL to build practical automations that simplify security controls, validation, and scaling. You will craft Python scripts, manage GitHub workflows, and learn Terraform and AWS integration under senior guidance.

You’ll automate evidence collection, configuration checks, and reporting while developing secure agents and simple automation workflows that fit a secure, auditable process.

Qualifications

• Working proficiency in Python and REST APIs; able to read, debug, and improve scripts written by others.
• Hands‑on experience with Git and GitHub; familiarity with CI/CD concepts and GitHub Actions.
• Fundamental understanding of AWS services, IAM, networking, logging, and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
• Basic experience with Terraform or a strong willingness to learn it through real repository work.
• Comfort learning unfamiliar tools, asking sound technical questions, and documenting work clearly.
• Security mindset: understands the importance of least privilege, secrets handling, code review, and change control.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Python scripts, CLIs, API integrations, and scheduled jobs that reduce repetitive security and operational work.
• Automate evidence collection, configuration checks, alert enrichment, ticket creation, reporting, and basic remediation workflows.
• Write unit tests, logging, error handling, and concise documentation so automations are safe to operate and easy to support.

Skills

Python

REST APIs

GitHub

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

AWS

Terraform

Security

Automation

Unit Testing

Tools

Terraform

AWS

GitHub

Job description

Versant is seeking a Junior Automation Security Engineer in Orlando, FL to build practical automations that simplify security controls, validation, and scaling. You will craft Python scripts, manage GitHub workflows, and learn Terraform and AWS integration under senior guidance.

You’ll automate evidence collection, configuration checks, and reporting while developing secure agents and simple automation workflows that fit a secure, auditable process.