Security Automation Engineer - Contract

Talent Groups; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Groups seeks a contract Security Engineer to support automation, tool development, IAM and Linux-based security sensors within a large enterprise security program serving state agencies.

The role emphasizes hands-on security engineering, automation, scripting, system integration and operational excellence, with duties spanning tooling, integrations and proactive security monitoring in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or higher in IT, CS, software engineering or info security.
• 8+ years of relevant work experience or equivalent.
• 5+ years in large IT environments and security deployments.

Responsibilities

• Support security automation, tool development, IAM, Linux systems and enterprise security technologies.
• Collaborate with a large security team to design, develop, implement, integrate and improve security tools and automations.
• Focus on security engineering, automation, scripting, tool development, system integration and operational support; assist IAM and Linux-based sensors, DSPM, SIEM, XDR, logging and monitoring.

Skills

Security engineering

API integrations

Troubleshooting

Linux systems

Automation scripting

IAM

DSPM

SIEM

SOAR

Security architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, software engineering or information security-related field

Eight years of relevant work experience

Five years of experience in large IT environments, security systems, software development or deployments

Job description

Talent Groups seeks a contract Security Engineer to support automation, tool development, IAM and Linux-based security sensors within a large enterprise security program serving state agencies.

The role emphasizes hands-on security engineering, automation, scripting, system integration and operational excellence, with duties spanning tooling, integrations and proactive security monitoring in a dynamic environment.