Security Automation Engineer: Python & Cloud (Junior)

Versant Media, LLC; Orlando, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Versant Media, LLC is seeking a Junior Automation Security Engineer in Orlando, FL to design and run practical automations that simplify security controls. You will write Python, use GitHub Actions, and work with Terraform and AWS services under senior guidance.

Responsibilities include automating evidence collection, configuration checks, and remediation workflows, plus contributing to CI/CD pipelines and IaC practices. This hands-on role emphasizes secure, scalable automation.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python and REST APIs, able to read, debug, and improve scripts.
• Hands-on experience with Git and GitHub; familiarity with CI/CD concepts and GitHub Actions.
• Fundamental understanding of AWS services, IAM, networking, logging, and IaC concepts.
• Basic experience with Terraform or a strong willingness to learn it through real repo work.
• Comfort learning unfamiliar tools and documenting work clearly.
• Security-minded, least-privilege, secrets handling, and change control.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Python scripts, CLIs, API integrations, and scheduled jobs to reduce repetitive security work.
• Automate evidence collection, configuration checks, alert enrichment, ticket creation, reporting, and basic remediation workflows.
• Write unit tests, logging, error handling, and documentation so automations are safe to operate and easy to support.
• Contribute to GitHub repositories with PRs, code reviews, branching, and dependency hygiene.
• Create and maintain GitHub Actions workflows for linting, testing, scanning, packaging, and controlled deployment tasks.
• Read, update, and test Terraform modules and plans with guidance; help identify insecure cloud patterns before release.

Skills

Python

REST APIs

Git

GitHub Actions

AWS

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Terraform

AWS

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Versant Media, LLC is seeking a Junior Automation Security Engineer in Orlando, FL to design and run practical automations that simplify security controls. You will write Python, use GitHub Actions, and work with Terraform and AWS services under senior guidance.

Responsibilities include automating evidence collection, configuration checks, and remediation workflows, plus contributing to CI/CD pipelines and IaC practices. This hands-on role emphasizes secure, scalable automation.