Senior Security Automation & Platform Engineer

Required Skills & Experience

-Senior-level security automation or platform engineering experience above 5 years -Strong hands-on experience with Terraform -Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code -Strong programming experience with Python -Experience with at least one additional language, ideally Java or Go -Experience building and integrating REST APIs -Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines -Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions -Experience automating security configurations, controls, or policies -Experience with GCP, Kubernetes, and GKE -Understanding of application, web, and API security -Understanding of WAF, TLS/SSL, certificates, secrets, and network security -Experience supporting production deployments, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Experience automating Akamai security services Akamai APIs and Akamai Origin Lockdown WAF and edge security automation F5 or Palo Alto integrations DNS automation Certificate and secrets lifecycle automation Microservices architecture Container and cloud security Monitoring dashboards, alerting, and health checks Security as Code and automated policy validation AI-assisted security automation or orchestration Experience mentoring engineers or leading technical automation initiatives

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Security Automation Engineer to build automated solutions that make security controls faster, more consistent, and easier to scale.

This person will use Terraform, Python, APIs, and CI/CD pipelines to automate security configurations across Akamai, cloud, network, and application environments. They will build reusable tools and workflows that reduce manual work, improve application onboarding, and make security controls secure by default.

This is a hands-on engineering and development role, not a security analyst or project management position.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

-Build security automation using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code -Develop automation tools, APIs, and services using Python, Java, or Go -Automate Akamai Origin Lockdown, WAF, TLS, certificate, and security configurations -Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions -Integrate security platforms through REST APIs -Build cloud-native security solutions in GCP, Kubernetes, and GKE -Automate testing and validation of security policies -Review code and support testing, deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting -Create dashboards, health checks, alerts, and support documentation -Identify manual security processes that can be automated -Provide technical guidance and reusable engineering standards to other teams