Security Architect

Smart Tech Skills LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Fully remote work (EST hours)

Continuous learning stipend

Job summary

Smart Tech Skills LLC is seeking a Senior Security Engineer/Consultant to design, build, and maintain automations for a large security operations program. You will work with security architects, engineers, analysts, and incident responders to implement Python-driven automations, internal apps, APIs, and dashboards in a fully remote environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on security engineering, advanced scripting, and supporting both engineering and operational functions in a 24x7 setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, Software Engineering, or Information Security; 8+ years may substitute.
• 5+ years supporting large IT environments, security systems, and deployments.
• Hands-on security engineering across multiple technologies, systems, and integrations.
• Experience integrating enterprise tech via APIs, SDKs, web services, and structured data.
• Strong troubleshooting across apps, security platforms, OS, networks, and identity services.
• Experience with Linux deployment, patching, scripting, and lifecycle management.
• Automation/workflow development using Python, PowerShell, Bash, REST APIs, JSON, YAML.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support Python-based automations, internal apps, APIs, SDKs, and dashboards.
• Build automated workflows for alert enrichment, triage, incident response, and case management.
• Develop tools for CVE vetting, vulnerability enrichment, prioritization, and tracking.
• Plan, deploy, and support security platforms (SIEM/XDR/SOAR) and related tooling.
• Integrate tools with ticketing, identity, and data sources via APIs/SDKs.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Python, PowerShell, Bash, REST APIs, JSON, YAML.
• Provide IAM support including provisioning, access reviews, and RBAC.

Skills

Python

PowerShell

Bash

REST APIs

JSON

YAML

IAM

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Linux

Docker

SIEM

SOAR

DSPM

ASM

Job description

Benefits:

• Competitive salary

Location

Fully Remote (must work Eastern Time hours; open to nationwide candidates within the contiguous United States).

Experience Level

Senior Level (8+ years of relevant experience, or 5+ years supporting large IT/security environments with a relevant bachelor's degree).

Role Overview

We are seeking a Security Engineer/Consultant to support enterprise security automation, custom tool development, identity and access management, and a broad range of security platforms. This role works alongside security architects, engineers, analysts, and incident responders to design, build, and maintain automations and tools supporting a large security operations program. The ideal candidate brings strong hands‑on security engineering experience, advanced scripting/automation skills, and the ability to support both engineering and operational functions in a 24x7 environment.

Key Responsibilities

Security Automation & Tool Development

• Design, develop, and support Python-based automations, internal web applications, APIs, SDKs, scripts, dashboards, and command-line utilities.
• Build automated workflows for alert enrichment, triage, incident response, case management, notifications, containment, and escalation.
• Develop custom tools to support CVE vetting, vulnerability enrichment, prioritization, and tracking.

Security Platform Support & Integration

• Assist with planning, deployment, and operational support of security platforms, including DSPM, ASM, IAM, vulnerability management, email security, endpoint security, SIEM, XDR, SOAR, logging, and monitoring technologies.
• Integrate security tools with ticketing, case management, notification, identity, and data source systems via APIs and SDKs.
• Develop, test, deploy, and maintain automated workflows and scripts using Python, PowerShell, Bash, REST APIs, JSON, and YAML.

Identity & Linux Systems Management

• Support IAM functions, including user provisioning/deprovisioning, access reviews, role-based access control, and service account/API credential management.
• Deploy, configure, patch, monitor, and troubleshoot Linux systems supporting security sensors, collectors, connectors, and containerized (Docker-based) services.

Operational Support & Collaboration

• Support security architects, engineers, SOC analysts, and incident responders through troubleshooting, automation development, and technical escalation.
• Monitor and report on automation health, system performance, integration failures, and other security engineering metrics.
• Ensure high availability, resilience, patching, and controlled change processes for security tools and supporting systems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align solutions with business goals, industry frameworks, and regulatory requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Security, or a related field (8+ years of relevant experience may substitute).
• 5+ years of experience supporting large IT environments, security systems, software development, and/or system deployments.
• Broad hands-on security engineering experience supporting multiple cybersecurity technologies, systems, integrations, and operational functions.
• Experience integrating enterprise technologies using APIs, SDKs, web services, structured data formats, and authentication methods.
• Strong troubleshooting experience across applications, security platforms, operating systems, networks, and identity services.
• Experience with Linux system deployment, configuration, patching, scripting, and lifecycle management.
• Experience developing automation and response workflows using Python, PowerShell, Bash, REST APIs, JSON, YAML, and vendor SDKs.
• Experience supporting IAM, DSPM, ASM, vulnerability management, email security, endpoint security, SIEM, SOAR, logging, monitoring, and cloud security technologies.
• Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture, incident response, networking, access control, and secure software development.

Preferred Qualifications

• CISSP, Security+, GIAC, or other relevant cybersecurity certification.
• Linux, Python, Cloud, IAM, or other relevant security engineering/platform certification.
• Hands‑on experience as a security engineering generalist in a large, multi‑tenant, shared‑services, or managed‑service environment.
• Hands‑on Linux, Docker, security sensor, monitoring, and platform administration experience.
• Experience supporting SOC analysts, security engineers, incident responders, and rapidly changing operational priorities.
• Familiarity with enterprise security technologies (e.g., firewall, email security, vulnerability management, and log routing platforms) and experience developing playbooks, runbooks, and technical documentation.
• Advanced Python development experience, including familiarity with full‑stack development, internal web applications, databases, source control, and software deployment practices.

Core Skills & Attributes

• Strong technical depth across security engineering, automation, and systems administration.
• Excellent problem‑solving and troubleshooting skills across complex, integrated systems.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with a broader security engineering and operations team.
• Comfortable operating in a rapidly changing environment with shifting priorities.
• Strong documentation and knowledge‑transfer skills.
• Available to support on‑call rotation and after‑hours operational needs as required.

This is a remote position.