Security Automation Engineer
Arlington, Virginia
100% Remote
Contract
$90/hr - $100/hr
Security Automation Engineer
As a Security Automation Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and strategic guidance on security automation and secure system engineering to both internal and external stakeholders. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining automation tools and pipelines that support the Enterprise Security team’s mission.
The company is located in Reston, VA and will remain 100% remote. This role is a 6-month contract-to-hire.
What You Will Be Doing:
This position doesn’t provide sponsorship.
As a Security Automation Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and strategic guidance on security automation and secure system engineering to both internal and external stakeholders. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining automation tools and pipelines that support the Enterprise Security team’s mission.
The company is located in Reston, VA and will remain 100% remote. This role is a 6-month contract-to-hire.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Partner with cross-functional teams to design and deploy security solutions aligned with business objectives and risk management strategies
- Architect, build, and maintain scalable, distributed logging pipelines
- Automate the deployment and configuration of security tooling and infrastructure
- Develop and manage Infrastructure-as-Code pipelines to support the security team’s operations
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience (10+ years in technology roles)
- 5+ years of experience building scalable security tools and utilities
- 3+ years of experience in host, network, and application security
- 5+ years of experience with Linux/Unix environments and web protocols
- 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, and managing workloads on AWS
- Strong communication and cross-team collaboration skills
- Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement
- Eagerness to stay current with evolving technologies and cybersecurity threats
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Proven experience in designing and managing Kubernetes clusters
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools and workflows
- Expertise in log management, parsing strategies, and automation tools
- Experience working within DOD or FedRAMP-regulated environments
- CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
- CISM (Certified Information Security Manager)
- CompTIA Security+
- Certifications in technologies such as Kubernetes, Ansible, etc.
This position doesn’t provide sponsorship.
You will receive the following benefits:
- Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
- Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
- Vision Benefits
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
- Paid Sick Time Leave
- Legal and Identity Protection Plans
- Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
- 529 College Saver Plan
Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.