Senior Security Engineer: Python & Kubernetes Automation

Royper Royco LLC; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% company-paid insurance premiums

401(k) plan with 100% match up to 4%

Professional Development Reimbursement

Holiday and PTO accrual with rollover

Remote office setup stipend

Job summary

Vultr is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to architect and build production-grade Python security tools, Kubernetes security automation, and CI/CD integrations that scale across global data centers. You will empower engineering teams via self-service security tooling and infrastructure-as-code validators.

The role emphasizes enhancing security tooling, incident response automation, and cross-functional collaboration to strengthen secure development practices across cloud-native environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of security-focused software development experience with demonstrated tool-building expertise.
• Advanced Python proficiency with production-grade development using Flask/FastAPI, async workflows, and comprehensive testing frameworks.
• Hands-on Kubernetes tooling experience, including operators, admission controllers, or custom security automation development.
• Practical experience with Grafana dashboard creation, metrics collection, and GitLab CI/CD pipeline customization.
• Basic PHP familiarity for legacy system collaboration and modernization projects.
• Strong understanding of security automation principles and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience with container security, secrets management, and infrastructure-as-code security validation.
• Ability to build scalable security solutions that integrate with existing development workflows.
• Track record of creating self-service tools that reduce manual security overhead.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Python-driven security tools for cloud infrastructure.
• Build comprehensive Kubernetes security automation, including RBAC policy generators and runtime threat detection.
• Create self-service tooling for infrastructure-as-code validators and container compliance checks.
• Enhance GitLab CI/CD pipelines with custom security automation, integrating SAST/DAST workflows and secrets detection.
• Develop Grafana-compatible tooling for real-time security metrics aggregation and threat visibility dashboards.
• Modernize legacy PHP systems through Python-based wrappers and migration pipelines.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to integrate security tooling into development workflows.
• Champion security automation best practices across cloud-native environments.
• Respond to security incidents with custom tooling and automated remediation workflows.
• Mentor team members on secure development practices and tool architecture.

Skills

Python

Flask/FastAPI

Kubernetes tooling

Grafana dashboards

PHP familiarity

DevSecOps

Container security

IaC security

Self-service tooling

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Vultr is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to architect and build production-grade Python security tools, Kubernetes security automation, and CI/CD integrations that scale across global data centers. You will empower engineering teams via self-service security tooling and infrastructure-as-code validators.

The role emphasizes enhancing security tooling, incident response automation, and cross-functional collaboration to strengthen secure development practices across cloud-native environments.