Sr Security Automation Engineer - Atlas - Rahway, NJ

Senior Security Automation Engineer

Role Overview We are seeking a Senior Security Automation Engineer to design, build, and scale enterprise-grade security automation that reduces manual effort, suppresses operational noise, and accelerates cyber defense outcomes.

This role is focused on hands-on automation engineering across identity, endpoint, cloud, network, and data security domains. The successful candidate will deliver safe, auditable, and production-ready automation workflows that integrate across security platforms and enterprise systems.

Key Responsibilities Security Automation Engineering Design and implement security automation workflows that reduce manual intervention across multiple security domains.

Build integrations using APIs and services to execute guardrail-enforced security actions.

Develop automation that operationalizes detection, enrichment, suppression, containment, and response workflows.

Extend automation into enterprise workflow systems where orchestration, approvals, or human-in-the-loop controls are required.

Safety, Observability & Reliability Implement robust safety controls, including:

Kill switches

Dry-run and test modes

Time-limited actions

Staged deployments (development, testing, production)

Ensure observability and auditability by logging automation actions with appropriate correlation identifiers.

Design automation that is explainable, transparent, and safe to operate at scale.

Platform Integration & Reuse Create reusable automation patterns, connectors, and frameworks that scale across teams and security domains.

Collaborate with security engineers, platform engineers, and data scientists to deliver integrated solutions.

Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices for secure, scalable automation.

Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related technical field.

6+ years of experience in security engineering or security automation