Remote Security Automation Engineer (AI-Powered)

Empower Retirement, LLC; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 106,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision and life保险

401k with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Volunteer time

Leave of absence programs

BRGs

Job summary

Empower Retirement, LLC is seeking a Security Automation Engineer to develop Python-based automation for cybersecurity and operations. You will partner with governance, risk, and security teams to design, build, test, and deploy scalable solutions across on-prem and cloud environments.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled automation, secure integrations, and governance with MCP-based tooling, while maintaining high-quality code and reliable tooling. Kansas-based hybrid setup favored.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on software development or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in Python for production-quality code.
• Experience with API-driven applications and integrations.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, automated testing, and maintainable design.
• Hands-on work with large language models and MCP-based capabilities.
• Experience in cloud platforms with IaC concepts.
• Ability to work with incomplete requirements and investigate unfamiliar tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, deploy, monitor, and maintain Python-based security automation solutions.
• Partner with cybersecurity teams to clarify requirements and validate functionality.
• Build APIs, workflows, and integrations across security tools and cloud platforms.
• Develop AI-enabled security automation using LLMs and MCP, including governance controls.
• Contribute to agentic security capabilities, including automated security analysis.
• Use AI-assisted tools for coding, debugging, testing, and documentation.
• Troubleshoot issues across applications, APIs, cloud infra, and runtimes.
• Collaborate through code reviews and shared tooling to improve security and governance.

Skills

Python

Security automation

API integrations

Git

CI/CD

Automated testing

AI governance

Large language models

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Cloud platforms

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

GitLab

APIs

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Empower Retirement, LLC is seeking a Security Automation Engineer to develop Python-based automation for cybersecurity and operations. You will partner with governance, risk, and security teams to design, build, test, and deploy scalable solutions across on-prem and cloud environments.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled automation, secure integrations, and governance with MCP-based tooling, while maintaining high-quality code and reliable tooling. Kansas-based hybrid setup favored.