Security Architect
- Hiring from
- United States
- Work type
- Remote
- Posted
- Sep 24, 2026
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Benefits:
- Competitive salary
Location
Fully Remote (must work Eastern Time hours; open to nationwide candidates within the contiguous United States).
Experience Level
Senior Level (8+ years of relevant experience, or 5+ years supporting large IT/security environments with a relevant bachelor's degree).
Role Overview
We are seeking a Security Engineer/Consultant to support enterprise security automation, custom tool development, identity and access management, and a broad range of security platforms. This role works alongside security architects, engineers, analysts, and incident responders to design, build, and maintain automations and tools supporting a large security operations program. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on security engineering experience, advanced scripting/automation skills, and the ability to support both engineering and operational functions in a 24x7 environment.
Key Responsibilities
Security Automation & Tool Development
Fully Remote (must work Eastern Time hours; open to nationwide candidates within the contiguous United States).
Experience Level
Senior Level (8+ years of relevant experience, or 5+ years supporting large IT/security environments with a relevant bachelor's degree).
Role Overview
We are seeking a Security Engineer/Consultant to support enterprise security automation, custom tool development, identity and access management, and a broad range of security platforms. This role works alongside security architects, engineers, analysts, and incident responders to design, build, and maintain automations and tools supporting a large security operations program. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on security engineering experience, advanced scripting/automation skills, and the ability to support both engineering and operational functions in a 24x7 environment.
Key Responsibilities
Security Automation & Tool Development
- Design, develop, and support Python-based automations, internal web applications, APIs, SDKs, scripts, dashboards, and command-line utilities.
- Build automated workflows for alert enrichment, triage, incident response, case management, notifications, containment, and escalation.
- Develop custom tools to support CVE vetting, vulnerability enrichment, prioritization, and tracking.
Security Platform Support & Integration
- Assist with planning, deployment, and operational support of security platforms, including DSPM, ASM, IAM, vulnerability management, email security, endpoint security, SIEM, XDR, SOAR, logging, and monitoring technologies.
- Integrate security tools with ticketing, case management, notification, identity, and data source systems via APIs and SDKs.
- Develop, test, deploy, and maintain automated workflows and scripts using Python, PowerShell, Bash, REST APIs, JSON, and YAML.
Identity & Linux Systems Management
- Support IAM functions, including user provisioning/deprovisioning, access reviews, role-based access control, and service account/API credential management.
- Deploy, configure, patch, monitor, and troubleshoot Linux systems supporting security sensors, collectors, connectors, and containerized (Docker-based) services.
Operational Support & Collaboration
- Support security architects, engineers, SOC analysts, and incident responders through troubleshooting, automation development, and technical escalation.
- Monitor and report on automation health, system performance, integration failures, and other security engineering metrics.
- Ensure high availability, resilience, patching, and controlled change processes for security tools and supporting systems.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to align solutions with business goals, industry frameworks, and regulatory requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Security, or a related field (8+ years of relevant experience may substitute).
- 5+ years of experience supporting large IT environments, security systems, software development, and/or system deployments.
- Broad hands-on security engineering experience supporting multiple cybersecurity technologies, systems, integrations, and operational functions.
- Experience integrating enterprise technologies using APIs, SDKs, web services, structured data formats, and authentication methods.
- Strong troubleshooting experience across applications, security platforms, operating systems, networks, and identity services.
- Experience with Linux system deployment, configuration, patching, scripting, and lifecycle management.
- Experience developing automation and response workflows using Python, PowerShell, Bash, REST APIs, JSON, YAML, and vendor SDKs.
- Experience supporting IAM, DSPM, ASM, vulnerability management, email security, endpoint security, SIEM, SOAR, logging, monitoring, and cloud security technologies.
- Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture, incident response, networking, access control, and secure software development.
Preferred Qualifications
- CISSP, Security+, GIAC, or other relevant cybersecurity certification.
- Linux, Python, Cloud, IAM, or other relevant security engineering/platform certification.
- Hands-on experience as a security engineering generalist in a large, multi-tenant, shared-services, or managed-service environment.
- Hands-on Linux, Docker, security sensor, monitoring, and platform administration experience.
- Experience supporting SOC analysts, security engineers, incident responders, and rapidly changing operational priorities.
- Familiarity with enterprise security technologies (e.g., firewall, email security, vulnerability management, and log routing platforms) and experience developing playbooks, runbooks, and technical documentation.
- Advanced Python development experience, including familiarity with full-stack development, internal web applications, databases, source control, and software deployment practices.
Core Skills & Attributes
- Strong technical depth across security engineering, automation, and systems administration.
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills across complex, integrated systems.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating with a broader security engineering and operations team.
- Comfortable operating in a rapidly changing environment with shifting priorities.
- Strong documentation and knowledge-transfer skills.
- Available to support on-call rotation and after-hours operational needs as required.
This is a remote position.
Established in 2004, Smart Tech Skills is a top technology and professional services firm specializing in innovative technologies.
Headquartered in Marlborough, MA, the company effectively addresses clients’ technology needs nationwide, making advanced technology management easier.
Headquartered in Marlborough, MA, the company effectively addresses clients’ technology needs nationwide, making advanced technology management easier.