Security Automation & Data Engineer — Pipelines & Analytics

Northwestern Mutual - Denver; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern Mutual is seeking a Security Automation Engineer with data engineering experience to design and maintain automated data pipelines and analytics products for cybersecurity operations. The role emphasizes cloud-based data lake architectures, data quality, and governance across diverse data sources.

You will collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and engineers to deliver scalable, automated solutions, including SOAR playbooks, CI/CD pipelines, and dashboards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional development experience with SQL and Python.
• 5+ years building datapipelines (batch/streaming) and data governance practices.
• Experience with modern data warehouses and large-scale data platforms (Databricks preferred).
• Strong understanding of database structures, data modeling, ETL/ELT design and performance tuning.
• Experience with security automation and orchestration tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and analytics products for IRC reporting.
• Develop and maintain enterprise ETL/ELT processes for data-driven initiatives.
• Build cloud-based data pipelines and data lake architectures with best practices.
• Ensure data quality, lineage, integrity, and governance across data lifecycle.
• Troubleshoot and optimize pipelines for performance and reliability.
• Develop integrations with security tools and APIs and automate workflows.
• Mentor junior team members and collaborate with data scientists and analysts.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data pipelines

Data governance

Databricks

Cloud development

CI/CD

Kubernetes

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Cybersecurity/Computer Engineering/Data Engineering/Software Engineering or related fields

Tools

Databricks

AWS

GitLab

GitLab CI

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Northwestern Mutual is seeking a Security Automation Engineer with data engineering experience to design and maintain automated data pipelines and analytics products for cybersecurity operations. The role emphasizes cloud-based data lake architectures, data quality, and governance across diverse data sources.

You will collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and engineers to deliver scalable, automated solutions, including SOAR playbooks, CI/CD pipelines, and dashboards.