Senior Python Developer – Cybersecurity Process Automation

Valiant Technologies LLC; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC in Charlotte, NC seeks a Senior Python Developer specializing in cybersecurity process automation. You will translate business and security processes into automated workflows, APIs, and services, and produce low-level designs and sequence diagrams.

You will design secure microservices in Python (FastAPI/Flask) and Java (Spring Boot), build event-driven automations for IAM onboarding/offboarding, access reviews, PAM workflows, and SOAR playbooks, and own the full SDLC

Qualifications

• 6-10 years of software development with strong hands-on Python and Java experience.
• Hands-on backend and automation experience for security-focused applications.
• Experience automating cybersecurity processes (IAM lifecycle, PAM operations, compliance checks).
• Strong knowledge of API integrations and microservices design.

Responsibilities

• Translate business/security processes into automated workflows, APIs, and services; produce low level designs and sequence diagrams.
• Design secure microservices and job runners in Python (FastAPI/Flask) and Java (Spring Boot) using clean architecture.
• Define reusable automation components, SDKs, and templates to accelerate delivery.
• Build event-driven and scheduled automations for IAM onboarding/offboarding, access reviews, PAM workflows, compliance checks, vulnerability/patch management triggers, and SOAR playbooks.
• Integrate with enterprise tools: IAM (Okta/SailPoint), PAM (CyberArk), SIEM/SOAR (Splunk, Sentinel, Cortex XSOAR), ticketing (ServiceNow/Jira), data platforms, and notification channels.
• Own end-toend SDLC: coding, unit/integration testing, peer reviews, documentation, and deployment pipelines.
• Implement secure coding practices: OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, JWT, TLS/mTLS, secrets management, encryption, input validation, and least privilege.
• Add observability with OpenTelemetry, ELK/EFK, Prometheus/Grafana; ensure SLAs and error budgets.
• Harden services and support audit/compliance evidence.
• Partner with IAM, SecOps, and platform teams to refine requirements and quantify ROI.

Skills

Python

Java

Backend development

Automation

Security automation

Software design

Tools

FastAPI/Flask

Spring Boot

Kafka

RabbitMQ

REST/gRPC

Celery

Job description

Senior Python Developer – Cybersecurity Process Automation

Location:

Charlotte, NC

Duration:

21Months+ Extension

Hourly Rate:

Depending on Experience (DOE)

Work Authorization:

Position Title - Senior Python Developer – Cybersecurity Process Automation

Key Responsibilities:

• Translate business/security processes into automated workflows, APIs, and services; produce low level designs and sequence diagrams.
• Design secure microservices and job runners in Python (Fast API/Flask) and Java (Spring Boot) using clean architecture and integration patterns.
• Define reusable automation components, SDKs, and templates to accelerate delivery.

Development & Delivery:

• Build event-driven and scheduled automations for IAM onboarding/offboarding, access reviews, PAM workflows, compliance checks, vulnerability/patch management triggers, and SOAR playbooks.
• Integrate with enterprise tools: IAM (Okta/SailPoint), PAM (CyberArk), SIEM/SOAR (Splunk, Sentinel, Cortex XSOAR), ticketing (ServiceNow/Jira), data platforms, and notification channels.
• Own endtoend SDLC: coding, unit/integration testing, peer reviews, documentation, and deployment pipelines.

Security, Reliability & Observability:

• Implement secure coding practices: OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, JWT, TLS/mTLS, secrets management (Vault/KMS), encryption, input validation, and least privilege.
• Add observability (Open Telemetry, ELK/EFK, Prometheus/Grafana) with structured logging, tracing, metrics, and alerting; ensure measurable SLAs and error budgets.
• Harden services (rate limiting, circuit breakers, policy enforcement, audit trails) and support audit/compliance evidence.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Partner with IAM, SecOps, and platform teams to refine requirements, map asis/tobe processes, and quantify ROI (FTE hours saved, cycle time reduction).
• Provide technical guidance, code reviews, and mentor junior engineers; contribute to standards and best practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of software development experience with strong, recent hands-on work in Python and Java for backend/services and automation.
• Python: FastAPI/Flask, async IO, data processing (pandas), scripting, packaging, task runners (Celery/RQ), API integrations.
• Java: Spring Boot, Spring Security, REST/gRPC, concurrency, JVM performance tuning.
• Proven experience automating cybersecurity processes (IAM lifecycle, PAM operations, compliance checks, incident enrichment/response, vulnerability workflows).
• Integration experience with message queues/event buses (Kafka/RabbitMQ), REST/gRPC, webhooks, and ETL/ELT patterns.
• Solid grasp of security protocols and standards: OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, TLS, certificate management; familiarity with NIST/ISO and audit needs.

VALIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. VALIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will VALIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract