Senior SDET - Remote PAM Automation Expert

Keeper Security, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

401K

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Keeper Security is hiring a highly experienced Senior SDET to join the PAM team. This 100% remote role offers a hybrid option for candidates in El Dorado Hills, CA or Chicago, IL.

You will architect scalable automation for privileged access workflows, integrating with CI/CD, and ensuring security-focused quality from the ground up. You will work with engineers, product, and security stakeholders to build reliable automation, test APIs, and cloud-hosted systems, leveraging AI-assisted tools to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in test automation, quality engineering, or software development in test.
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Proven experience designing and building automation frameworks or test systems.
• Hands-on experience with modern automation tools such as Playwright or Pytest.
• Strong experience testing APIs, distributed systems, and security-sensitive workflows.
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with containerized or cloud-native environments, including Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.
• Understanding of authentication and identity concepts such as OAuth, SAML, and identity providers.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex system interactions and automation failures.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence quality practices across teams.
• Ability and willingness to use AI-assisted tools effectively to improve test automation, debugging, technical analysis, and documentation.
• Due to this role’s involvement with FedRAMP compliance requirements, qualified candidates must be a U.S. Person

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for PAM workflows
• Build reusable automation libraries for API, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Develop automation for privileged access workflows including credential rotation, access provisioning, and session management
• Automate authentication and identity flows such as OAuth, SAML, and SSO
• Validate access workflows across protocols such as SSH, RDP, and similar mechanisms
• Build and maintain automation for backend services, APIs, and cloud-hosted systems
• Integrate automated test execution into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or similar tools
• Manage containerized test environments using Docker and Kubernetes
• Investigate automation failures, perform root-cause analysis, and improve long-term stability
• Collaborate with Engineering, QA, Security, and Product teams to embed testability into system design
• Contribute to quality engineering standards and automation best practices across the organization
• Use AI-assisted tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, or similar platforms to support test development, debugging, root-cause analysis, documentation, and workflow efficiency

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Automation frameworks

Playwright

Pytest

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

OAuth/SAML/SSO

Troubleshooting

Communication

AI-assisted tools

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GitHub Actions

Job description

Keeper Security is hiring a highly experienced Senior SDET to join the PAM team. This 100% remote role offers a hybrid option for candidates in El Dorado Hills, CA or Chicago, IL.

You will architect scalable automation for privileged access workflows, integrating with CI/CD, and ensuring security-focused quality from the ground up. You will work with engineers, product, and security stakeholders to build reliable automation, test APIs, and cloud-hosted systems, leveraging AI-assisted tools to