Merlin Group

Job Summary:
Merlin Group operates at the intersection of cyber innovation, national security, and technology-driven transformation. They are seeking an Automation Engineer to design and implement CI/CD and evidence automation infrastructure that supports security operations, focusing on creating automated, repeatable workflows for compliance processes.
Responsibilities:
• Design and implement automated evidence collection pipelines across compliance control families
• Build CI/CD infrastructure for detection rule deployment, testing, and validation
• Develop SOAR playbooks and workflow automation for incident response processes
• Automate vulnerability disclosure, file integrity monitoring, and notification workflows
• Create evidence validation tooling to support continuous audit readiness
• Identify and implement opportunities for AI-assisted automation within security operations
Qualifications:
Required:
• 3+ years building CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation
• Experience with SOAR platforms (Cortex XSOAR, Singularity Hyper automation, Phantom, or similar)
• Proficiency in Python for security automation scripting
• Familiarity with evidence collection requirements for compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP or SOC 2
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)
Preferred:
• Experience automating compliance evidence workflows in a FedRAMP-authorized environment
• Familiarity with SIEM platforms (Splunk, Sentinel One) and detection rule lifecycle management
• Background in DevSecOps practices and security pipeline integration
• Experience with multi-cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Familiarity with AI/ML tooling applied to security automation use cases
Company:
Merlin Group is a network of companies that invests in, enables, and scales technology companies with disruptive cyber solutions. Founded in , the company is headquartered in Tysons, VA, US, , with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.