Security Automation Engineer

Security Automation Engineer

Posted 6 days ago by 1757578408

Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA

Summary: Stefanini Group is seeking a Security Automation Engineer to enhance and automate IT systems and services, focusing on Infrastructure and Configuration as Code. The role involves collaborating with security engineers to streamline processes, build CI/CD pipelines, and improve Access Management Services. The engineer will also work on automating deployments and health checks to reduce manual tasks and improve Change Management practices. This position is remote or based in Kansas City, Missouri, and is classified as outside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with the eBusiness engineering team to improve secure Authentication, Authorization, Web Gateway, and API services.
  • Assist in the design and development of automated deployments for IBM Security Products.
  • Enhance automation processes, including full CI/CD pipelines, for Access Gateway environments.
  • Improve existing processes and create new automated health checks.
  • Integrate system monitoring for auto incident creation and self-healing based on environmental health.
  • Streamline work intake requests by integrating with Service Now.
  • Share knowledge and continuously seek improvement opportunities.

Key Skills:

  • Ansible Tower
  • GitLab
  • Python
  • OpenShift and/or Kubernetes
  • Unix/Linux
  • Shell scripting
  • Identity and Access Management Systems (IAM)
  • Experience with RESTful APIs
  • Argo CD
  • Agile methodologies
  • Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, Open ID Connect (OIDC), Federation (SAML 2.0), SCIM, and LDAP
  • Experience with IBM Security products
  • SQL
  • JavaScript
  • ServiceNow
  • PKI Experience
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • Ansible Automation Hub and Ansible Galaxy
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience, with 5+ years of relevant work experience

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Kansas City

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Stefanini Group is hiring!Stefanini is looking for a Security Automation Engineer --RemoteFor quick apply, please connect with Prakhar Goel; Ph: / W2 Only! Job Summary:Access gateway Engineer uses technology to improve, streamline and automate information technology systems and services. The eBusiness Security Access Gateway team is seeking an automation engineer to join a team of security engineers to create and improve Infrastructure and Configuration as Code (IaC and CaC). The Access gateway Engineer will collaborate with the eBusiness engineering team to understand secure Authentication, Authorization, Web Gateway, and API services to reduce manual processes, build CI/CD pipelines, and reduce overall time to market. Position Requirements:An automation engineer is needed to assist with further development of automated deployments inclusive of IBM Security Products. This position would assist in design and developing the code required to build and maintain Access Management Services. This will allow the enhancement of and development of stronger automation processes, including full CI/CD pipelines, around the various Access Gateway environments, leading to less manual execution of scripts. Further automation will allow administrators to focus on code rather than procedures. Long term this will improve Change Management (CM) practices by ensuring all changes are captured in source control. This will enable automated rebuilds rehydrating environments and rapid recovery from ransomware or other critical incidents. The position will be responsible for improving existing processes and creating new automated health checks. Further efforts will reduce time spent by administrators doing manual tasks, reducing errors, integration with CM, integrate system monitoring for auto incident creation, self-healing based on environmental health, and streamlining work intake requests by integrating with Service Now. Future development efforts will enable no touch deployment to further reduce time to market. Other duties will include knowledge sharing and continuously seeking improvement opportunities.

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Basic Qualifications:Ansible TowerGitLabPythonOpenShift and/or KubernetesUnix/LinuxShell scriptingIdentity and Access Management Systems (IAM)Experience with RESTful API'sArgo CDAgile Preferred Qualifications:Knowledge of modern authentication and authorization protocols including:OAuth 2.0Open ID Connect (OIDC)Federation (SAML 2.0)System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM)Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)Experience with IBM Security productsSQLJavaScriptServicceNowPKI ExperienceRedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Ansible Automation Hub and Ansible GalaxyNexus Education/Experience:Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience/Master's Degree may be preferred or with 5+ years of relevant work experience. Stefanini takes pride in hiring top talent and developing relationships with our future employees. Our talent acquisition teams will never make an offer of employment without having a phone conversation with you. Those face-to-face conversations will involve a description of the job for which you have applied. We also speak with you about the process including interviews and job offers. About Stefanini Group:The Stefanini Group is a global provider of offshore, onshore and near shore outsourcing, IT digital consulting, systems integration, application, and strategic staffing services to Fortune 1000 enterprises around the world. Our presence is in countries like the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and more than four hundred clients across a broad spectrum of markets, including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, chemical services, technology, public sector, and utilities. Stefanini is a CMM level 5, IT consulting company with a global presence. We are CMM Level 5 company.