Senior Automation Engineer – Zero Trust & SecOps

Jobgether; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Federal cybersecurity projects

Collaborative growth environment

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Jobgether seeks a Pillar Lead: Automation Engineer based in the United States to lead automation and orchestration for Zero Trust and federal cybersecurity initiatives. You will design reusable workflows, integrations, and tooling to improve evidence collection, assessments, and security activities across programs.

This role blends software engineering, DevSecOps, and enterprise integration to reduce manual effort while ensuring secure automation practices and scalable solutions for complex

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• 5+ years in automation, integration, DevSecOps, security engineering, or related field.
• Strong proficiency with Python, PowerShell, APIs, workflow orchestration.
• Experience integrating security, analytics, ticketing, and infrastructure platforms.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust, federal cybersecurity controls, and secure automation practices.
• Ability to design reusable, scalable automation solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of reusable automation and orchestration patterns for Zero Trust assessments and workflows.
• Develop scripts, APIs, integrations, and tooling to connect enterprise tools and move data across workstreams.
• Automate evidence collection and analysis when data sources are reliable.
• Build deployment, testing, and validation workflows to improve consistency and speed.
• Integrate security, analytics, ticketing, and infrastructure platforms to streamline processes.
• Document architecture, dependencies, interfaces, and handoff requirements.
• Measure automation effectiveness and identify efficiency improvements.
• Apply secure development practices across design, implementation, and deployment.
• Support Zero Trust initiatives with scalable automation capabilities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into practical automation solutions.

Skills

Python

PowerShell

APIs

Workflow orchestration

Automation technologies

Security engineering

DevSecOps

Data integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree (CS/SE/Cybersecurity/Information Systems)

Tools

CI/CD

SOAR

Infrastructure as Code

Enterprise workflow platforms

Job description

Jobgether seeks a Pillar Lead: Automation Engineer based in the United States to lead automation and orchestration for Zero Trust and federal cybersecurity initiatives. You will design reusable workflows, integrations, and tooling to improve evidence collection, assessments, and security activities across programs.

This role blends software engineering, DevSecOps, and enterprise integration to reduce manual effort while ensuring secure automation practices and scalable solutions for complex