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Automation Lead – DevSecOps & Vulnerability Management
Job ID: J0526-2181
Location: Cleveland, OH / Pittsburgh, PA / Dallas, TX
Work Model: Onsite at Client Site
Employment Type: Permanent Full-Time
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Automation Lead to support the development of a dedicated vulnerability management and security automation practice within a large U.S. banking environment.
This is a highly hands-on role focused on automating vulnerability remediation processes, building scalable DevSecOps automation pipelines, implementing policy-as-code, integrating enterprise security platforms, and enabling AI-driven vulnerability triage and remediation.
The Automation Lead will work closely with Solution Architects, AI/ML Engineers, security teams, and execution teams to build and maintain automation frameworks across vulnerability intake, remediation, CI/CD security, reporting, and intelligent automation.
Key Skills

• DevSecOps
• Automation Engineering
• Vulnerability Management
• Python
• Ansible
• Terraform
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• CI/CD
• ServiceNow REST API
• RITM Automation
• Docker
• Container Security
• OPA / Conftest
• Policy-as-Code
• SAST / DAST / SCA
• Container Scanning
• IaC Scanning
• REST APIs
• Archer
• Qualys / Tenable
• Tanium
• Sysdig
• SecurityCenter
• Imperva
• Jira
• LangChain
• Azure OpenAI
• AI/ML Automation
• Vulnerability Triage
• Infrastructure Automation

• Build, maintain, and enhance runbooks for L1 and L2 vulnerability remediation.
• Automate OS patching, base image updates, SSL/TLS configuration, infrastructure configuration changes, and middleware updates.
• Develop Python-based automation for vulnerability intake, deduplication, normalization, and routing.
• Integrate vulnerability data from Archer, Tanium, Sysdig, SecurityCenter, and Imperva.
• Build and maintain integrations with Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Develop automated pull-request generation for container base image and library version updates.
• Build automated ServiceNow RITM generation, routing, and status tracking.
• Monitor automation pipelines and implement proactive alerting and self-healing mechanisms.

• Implement policy-as-code using OPA / Conftest or equivalent technologies.
• Build automated security policy enforcement and risk-based gating within CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop security scanning integrations including:
  • SAST
  • DAST
  • SCA
  • Container scanning
  • IaC scanning
  • Secrets detection
• Build automated vulnerability feedback and retesting mechanisms.
• Implement compliance automation and audit-ready evidence generation.

• Integrate vulnerability feeds with a LangChain-based AI triage and scoring engine.
• Build vulnerability deduplication and normalization across multiple security platforms.
• Develop automated vulnerability routing based on risk score, asset criticality, and remediation pathway.
• Build AI co-pilot integrations for automated L3 simple-fix PR generation.
• Develop Python-based AI agent pipelines using LangChain and Azure OpenAI.
• Build feedback loops to improve AI triage accuracy using remediation closure data.

• Build and maintain an Archer-based SLA compliance dashboard.
• Track vulnerability status, MTTR, backlog burn-down, severity, and remediation progress.
• Develop automated weekly SLA burn-down reports and monthly executive summaries.
• Build Jira-based tracking and workflow integrations.
• Develop data pipelines integrating Archer, ServiceNow, Jira, and vulnerability scanning platforms.
• Build operational dashboards for automation efficiency, runbook execution rates, PR throughput, and AI triage accuracy.

• Identify recurring manual processes suitable for automation.
• Monitor and optimize runbook execution performance.
• Improve automation throughput and reduce failure rates.
• Provide technical recommendations for continuous improvement of the automation framework.
• Document automation scripts, runbooks, and integration patterns in Confluence.
• Support knowledge transfer and adoption of new automation capabilities.

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in DevSecOps, automation engineering, or infrastructure automation.
• Strong hands-on Python scripting experience.
• Strong Ansible and Terraform experience.
• Experience building automation scripts, API integrations, and data pipelines.
• Hands-on Jenkins and GitHub Actions experience, including pipeline development, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Production experience with at least two security scanning areas:
  • SAST
  • DAST
  • SCA
  • Container scanning
  • IaC scanning
• Strong ServiceNow REST API integration experience.
• Experience automating ITSM workflows, RITM creation, routing, and status tracking.
• Strong Docker and container operations experience.
• Experience with base image management, Dockerfile optimization, and container security scanning.
• Hands-on OPA / Conftest or equivalent policy-as-code experience.
• Experience with vulnerability management or GRC platforms such as Archer, Qualys, or Tenable.
• Strong REST API development and integration experience.
• Strong Jira administration and workflow automation experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong technical documentation and analytical skills.
• Strong attention to detail.

• Vulnerability remediation automation
• AI-driven vulnerability triage
• LangChain
• Azure OpenAI
• AI agents / intelligent automation
• Security orchestration
• AIOps
• Banking or financial-services environments
• Vulnerability SLA management
• Compliance automation
• Automated PR generation
• Multi-platform vulnerability normalization and deduplication