Sr Lead Security Automation and Platform Engineer

Job Description

Senior Security Engineer will design and implement security automation

solutions supporting Akamai Origin Lockdown, perimeter security

modernization, and future security orchestration initiatives. This

role will use Terraform, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud native

technologies to reduce manual operations, accelerate application

onboarding, strengthen security posture, and enable scalable policy

enforcement across CVS Health s internet facing applications.


The engineer will combine security engineering, software development,

cloud infrastructure, and automation expertise. This role will partner

with Akamai, Application Security, Network Security, DNS, Cloud

Engineering, and Platform Engineering teams to deliver secure by

default and automated security controls.


Job Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities


Design and implement security automation solutions supporting Akamai

Origin Lockdown, perimeter security modernization, and enterprise

security platforms.

Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform to

automate security configurations, policy enforcement, and platform

provisioning.

Develop reusable automation frameworks, APIs, and microservices using

Python, Java, or Go to reduce manual effort and accelerate security

service onboarding.

Integrate security controls across Akamai, F5, Palo Alto, DNS,

Network, Cloud, and Platform Engineering environments through APIs and

centralized orchestration workflows.

Automate the deployment, configuration, testing, and lifecycle

management of web, API, and edge security controls, including WAF,

Origin Lockdown, TLS, certificates, and secrets.

Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions workflows

supporting Secure SDLC, Security as Code, configuration automation,

and automated policy validation.

Engineer and support secure, scalable, and resilient cloud native

security solutions within Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, and GKE environments.

Perform solution design, code reviews, testing, production deployment,

monitoring, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for security

automation services.

Establish operational dashboards, health checks, alerting,

documentation, and support procedures to ensure platform reliability,

availability, and long term sustainability.

Collaborate across security and engineering teams to define secure

architectures, enterprise standards, reference patterns, and

engineering best practices.

Identify and automate manual processes to improve onboarding speed,

security posture, compliance, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Evaluate emerging capabilities, including AI assisted security

automation and orchestration, to improve remediation and security

operations.

Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance while driving

adoption of reusable and scalable security automation solutions.



Required Skills


Security Engineering


Application security

Web and API security

Akamai security controls

WAF and edge security

TLS and certificate lifecycle management

Secrets management

Network security and networking fundamentals

Secure SDLC and Security as Code

Software Development and Integration


Python

Java or Go

REST API development and integration

Microservices architecture

GitHub Actions

Automated testing and policy validation

Infrastructure and Automation


Terraform, high priority

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

Configuration and deployment automation

Security platform orchestration

Monitoring, dashboards, and health checks

Cloud and Platform Engineering


Google Cloud Platform

Kubernetes and GKE

Container security

Cloud networking

Load balancing

Secure and resilient platform architecture



Preferred Skills


Akamai APIs

Akamai Origin Lockdown

F5 integration

Palo Alto integration

DNS management and automation

AI assisted security automation

Enterprise certificate and secrets lifecycle automation



Critical need - 5+ Years: Application Security, Secure SDLC,

Web and API Security, WAF, Edge Security, Akamai Security Controls,

Origin Lockdown, TLS, SSL, and Certificate Security


Critical need - 5+ Years: Terraform, Infrastructure as Code,

Security as Code, Configuration and Policy Automation, Automated

Testing, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD Pipelines


Critical need 5+ Years: Python, Java or Go, REST API

Development, Microservices Architecture, Reusable Automation

Frameworks, and Cross Platform API Integration


High need 4+ Years: Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, GKE, Container Security,

Cloud Native Deployment, Platform Engineering, Monitoring, and

Production Support


High need 4+ Years: Cloud and Enterprise Networking, DNS,

Load Balancing, Firewalls, Proxies, Routing, F5, and Palo Alto


High need 3+ Years: Secrets Management, Certificate Lifecycle

Management, Automated Provisioning, Rotation, Renewal, Deployment, and

CI/CD Integration


Preferred need 2+ Years: Akamai, F5, Palo Alto, and DNS APIs,

Centralized Security Orchestration, Workflow Automation, and Platform

Visibility


Preferred need 1+ Years: LLM Integration, AI Assisted

Remediation, Security Workflow Automation, and Contextual Security

Guidance