SAP NS2 Sr Security Automation Engineer

SAP•Herndon, VA

19h•$131,000 - $271,600•Hybrid

About The Position

NS2 Security Automation Engineers provide technical leadership and guidance on security automation and secure system engineering topics to both internal and external teams and are responsible for architecting, configuring, and maintaining automation tooling and pipelines for the Enterprise Security team.

Requirements

BS degree in Computer Science, MIS, Computer Engineering, or 10+ years' equivalent technology experience
3+ years’ experience administering Kubernetes clusters on cloud platforms
3+ years’ experience building scalable security utilities and tools
3+ years’ experience in host, network, and application security
5+ years’ experience with web protocols and Linux/Unix tools and architecture
5+ years’ hands-on experience building and administering AWS workloads
Must be a US Citizen; this position requires access to customer data.

Nice To Haves

Effective communication and collaboration skills
Continuous learning mindset to stay current with the tools and the rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape
Motivated with a positive attitude and a strong bias towards taking corrective action and providing resolutions
Experience using automation tools such Ansible and Terraform
Experience designing, implementing, or administering microservice system architectures such as Kubernetes
Exprerience leveraging LLMs to cond uct and validate technical work
Experience with CI/CD technologies
Expertise in log management and parsing strategies
AWS/Azure/GCP Cloud Provider Certifications
CKA/CKS/CKAD
Prior DOD/FedRAMP experience
Experience with distributed log collection architectures

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Helm, or Ansible
Design, implement, and manage microservice system architectures on cloud platforms including Amazon EKS/ECS, Google GKE, and Azure AKS to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance
Implement Kubernetes security best practices, including IAM integration, secrets management, and network policies
Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to container orchestration, cloud networking (VPCs, load balancers), and resource allocation across cloud providers and security boundaries
Architect, develop, and maintain distributed, scalable logging pipelines using tools such as AWS Lambda, Kinesis, Vector, and Splunk
Automating builds and configurations of security tooling infrastructure using CI/CD pipeline tools such as ArgoCD, Concourse, and GitHub Actions