The Security Automation Analyst develops and implements security automation solutions that strengthen the organization's ability to detect, respond to, and remediate issues at scale within a fast-paced tech environment. The position will help design, implement, and maintain scalable security automation solutions that enhance the efficiency, consistency, and responsiveness of the organization's security operations. This role focuses on automating operational tasks, incident response, and compliance processes to reduce manual effort, minimize risk, and ensure timely mitigation of security threats while aligning with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
This role demands the ability to work under pressure while balancing risk management, operational stability, and regulatory compliance. The candidate must stay ahead of evolving cyber threats, continuously enhancing security capabilities to protect the organization's digital assets and reputation.
Location
Overland Park, Kansas | Bangor, Maine | Yarmouth, Maine | Plano, Texas
Travel
0-5%
Responsibilities
- Assist in data pipelining, visualization, and automation of security team related tasks.
- Work on and deploy various scripts, schedules, APIs, lambdas, and projects to and inside of AWS
- Create and design security visualizations that deliver insights on performance and overall security posture of the enterprise.
- Design and improve automated solutions that enhance or supplement other security initiatives or provide business value
- Reduce time spent on manual security tasks through effective automation.
- Strengthen our security controls through consistent, automated enforcement of policies.
- Enable the security team to manage an expanding infrastructure without proportional headcount increase.
- Minimize human error in security processes through reliable automation.
- Decrease mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR) to security incidents.
- Build rapport with internal stakeholders while actively influencing events and negotiating changes to achieve project goals.
- Oversee multiple projects with hard deadlines.
- Work collectively with management and team members to drive security initiatives forward.
- Ensure detailed documentation, diagrams, or reference architecture.
Qualifications
- Associates degree in IT, Cybersecurity or related area of study, or comparable work experience.
- 2+ years of progressively increasing responsibility in a security development role or a role focusing on cybersecurity automation.
- Must have and maintain one or more certifications in focus area (CISSP, CEH, Security+, AWS, etc.).
- Knowledge and experience with Cloud Security & Solutions, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and containerization technologies.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Required to undergo and satisfactorily pass a fingerprint background check in accordance with CJIS requirements.
- Knowledge in one or more of the following languages and expertise in at least one:
