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