Senior AI-Driven Security Automation Engineer

Exol; Wilmington (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Symbotic in Wilmington, MA is seeking a Senior Security Automation Engineer to design and build AI-driven automations, internal applications, copilots, and agentic workflows for Security, IT, GRC, and business teams. This hands-on, high-autonomy role expects you to take loosely defined problems, shape requirements, choose architecture, validate code, and deliver production systems from day one.

You will join a small, high-trust team and help define guardrails for secure, compliant AI use while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with full-stack depth and DevOps skills.
• Hands-on AI/LLM experience, API-driven integrations, and secure coding practices.
• Strong Python development, REST APIs, data/storage, and workflow orchestration familiarity.
• Experience building internal tools or automation in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain AI-driven automations, copilots, and workflow orchestration solutions.
• Build agentic workflows that retrieve context, reason through tasks, and generate outputs.
• Automate security, compliance, and operational processes to reduce manual effort.
• Integrate AI/automation with ITSM, IAM, SIEM, SOAR, GRC, and cloud security tools.
• Develop secure human-in-the-loop approval patterns for high-risk AI actions.
• Create reusable workflow patterns, prompts, and components across teams.
• Partner with Security, IT, Engineering, Compliance, and business teams to identify automation opportunities.
• Contribute to penetration testing and red-team efforts as the program grows.

Skills

Python development

REST APIs

AI/LLM systems

Security automation

DevOps

Communication skills

IAM / security basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/IT

Tools

Docker

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Job description

Symbotic in Wilmington, MA is seeking a Senior Security Automation Engineer to design and build AI-driven automations, internal applications, copilots, and agentic workflows for Security, IT, GRC, and business teams. This hands-on, high-autonomy role expects you to take loosely defined problems, shape requirements, choose architecture, validate code, and deliver production systems from day one.

You will join a small, high-trust team and help define guardrails for secure, compliant AI use while