Autonomous Security Validation Engineer

EPAM Systems Inc; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Automation Engineer who crafts automated exploit chains and develops custom scripts to validate security across networks and web apps.

You will scale automated validation frameworks (Pentera, Cymulate, Picus) and engineer safe exploitation in production environments, collaborating with threat intel and vulnerability teams to mitigate emerging risks.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in offensive security, security automation, or related engineering.
• Proficient in Python for exploits and automation tooling.
• Able to chain vulnerabilities into end-to-end attack paths.
• Deep knowledge of OSI model and core network protocols.
• Familiar with OWASP Top 10 and API flaws like IDOR.
• Experience configuring and scaling automated validation platforms such as Pentera/Cymulate/Picus.
• Strong threat modeling and vulnerability management practices.
• Familiar with cyber threat intelligence and operationalization.
• Ability to engineer safe exploit execution in live environments.
• Excellent written and spoken English (B2+).

Responsibilities

• Design and sequence exploit chains by pairing vulnerabilities.
• Develop custom exploits and automate complex authentication scripts.
• Configure and scale automated security validation tools and extend frameworks.
• Perform assessments of network and web infrastructure using OSI concepts.
• Identify and validate web vulnerabilities including OWASP Top 10 and API flaws.
• Engineer automated exploit scripts that avoid production disruption.
• Collaborate with threat intel and vulnerability teams to address risks.
• Contribute to threat modeling exercises to identify attack paths.

Skills

Python programming

Exploit chaining

Threat modeling

Vulnerability management

English (B2+)

Tools

Pentera

Cymulate

Picus

Job description

EPAM Systems Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Automation Engineer who crafts automated exploit chains and develops custom scripts to validate security across networks and web apps.

You will scale automated validation frameworks (Pentera, Cymulate, Picus) and engineer safe exploitation in production environments, collaborating with threat intel and vulnerability teams to mitigate emerging risks.