Senior Security Automation Engineer - Python & Cloud

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

Job summary

Marlabs is seeking a Security Automation Engineer (Python) to design, build, and maintain production-grade automation solutions enhancing security operations. You will work with Python, cloud services, and security tooling to create scalable integrations and data pipelines across enterprise environments.

Responsibilities include automating SAST/DAST, CNAPP/CSPM, SIEM, and ITSM workflows, deploying on AWS, and improving CI/CD with Terraform and GitHub Actions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional Python development experience building production-grade applications, automation frameworks, data pipelines, API integrations, and data processing solutions utilizing JSON, CSV, XML, YAML, and related technologies.
• Strong experience with REST APIs, including OAuth/token-based authentication, pagination, rate limiting, retry logic, and integration of enterprise security and operational platforms.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS cloud services, including Lambda, ECS/Fargate, S3, IAM, API Gateway, cloud networking, security best practices, and supporting production workloads.
• Proficiency with Terraform, Git, and GitHub Actions CI/CD, including Infrastructure as Code, automated deployments, testing frameworks, code reviews, pull requests, and collaborative development practices.
• Working knowledge of application security and cloud security concepts, including OWASP Top 10, secure coding practices, vulnerability management, IAM, network security, cloud security posture management, and enterprise security operations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience), with excellent communication skills and experience working within security operations, IT operations, or enterprise‑scale technology environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Python-based automation solutions, data pipelines, API integrations, workflow orchestration, and reporting capabilities supporting security and cloud operations.
• Integrate and automate enterprise security platforms such as SAST, DAST, CNAPP/CSPM, SIEM, GRC, ITSM, secrets management, and ticketing systems using REST APIs.
• Build AI-assisted workflows to automate security finding triage, classification, routing, and reporting while reducing manual effort through scalable automation.
• Deploy and support cloud-native solutions on AWS, leveraging services such as Lambda, ECS/Fargate, S3, IAM, and API Gateway.
• Maintain and improve existing automation frameworks through code refactoring, testing, documentation, CI/CD enhancements, and Infrastructure as Code best practices.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate security and business requirements into reliable, maintainable, and scalable software solutions.

Skills

Python development

AWS cloud services

Automation frameworks

REST APIs

Security concepts

CI/CD practices

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

Git

GitHub Actions

API Gateway

Job description

Marlabs is seeking a Security Automation Engineer (Python) to design, build, and maintain production-grade automation solutions enhancing security operations. You will work with Python, cloud services, and security tooling to create scalable integrations and data pipelines across enterprise environments.

Responsibilities include automating SAST/DAST, CNAPP/CSPM, SIEM, and ITSM workflows, deploying on AWS, and improving CI/CD with Terraform and GitHub Actions.