Back to jobs

Principal Security Automation Engineer

McLean, Virginia · Mountain View, California, United States

Company Overview

ID.me is the next-generation digital identity network that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with ID.me once and seamlessly log in across websites without having to create a new login or verify their identity again. 130 million members experience streamlined login and identity verification with ID.me at 16 federal agencies, 30 states, and 56 healthcare organizations. More than 600 consumer brands use ID.me to verify communities and user segments to honor service and build more authentic relationships.

ID.me’s technology meets the federal standards for consumer authentication set by the Commerce Department and is approved as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 / AAL2 credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative. ID.me is committed to “No Identity Left Behind” to enable all people to have a secure digital identity. To learn more, visit https://network.id.me/.

Role Overview

ID.me is seeking a Principal Security Automation Engineer to lead the development, integration, and optimization of security automation across our cloud and DevSecOps environments. This mastery-level role requires deep expertise in security engineering, scripting, tool integration, and DevSecOps best practices, with a secondary focus on incident response for cloud and web application security.

As the highest-level security automation expert, you will design, build, and optimize automated security workflows, custom tooling, and security orchestration solutions to enhance ID.me’s ability to detect, respond to, and mitigate security threats efficiently. Your expertise in coding (Python, Go, Bash), API integration, and security automation platforms (SOAR, XDR, SIEM, cloud-native tools) will drive security innovation and operational efficiency.

Beyond automation engineering, you will collaborate with SOC, Threat Intelligence, and DevOps teams to ensure that incident response playbooks, security tooling, and cloud security controls are seamlessly integrated into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps workflows.

Responsibilities

Security Automation & Tool Integration 

  • Develop, integrate, and optimize security automation workflows to enhance detection, response, and remediation efficiency.
  • Build custom security tools and scripts using Python, Go, Bash, and APIs to improve security operations.
  • Automate repetitive security tasks, including threat intelligence ingestion, alert triage, IOC enrichment, vulnerability management, and remediation tracking.
  • Integrate security tools into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring SAST, DAST, SCA, SBOM scanning, and infrastructure-as-code security are fully automated.
  • Develop custom detection rules and response automations for SOAR, XDR, SIEM (Chronicle, Splunk), and cloud-native security platforms.
  • Work closely with DevOps and Engineering teams to embed secure-by-design automation into application and infrastructure deployments.
  • Optimize IAM, secrets management, and API security automation, ensuring strong access controls and cloud security posture management.
  • Continuously evaluate and implement new security automation technologies to enhance scalability, efficiency, and real-time security response.

Incident Response & Cloud Security 

  • Support incident response teams by automating investigation, containment, and remediation workflows, reducing response times for cloud and web security incidents.
  • Contribute to post-incident reviews and root cause analysis (RCA), driving security automation improvements to prevent repeat incidents.
  • Provide forensic and security automation expertise during major cloud and web application security incidents, assisting SOC and IR teams in rapid mitigation.
  • Help refine incident response playbooks and adversary emulation techniques, ensuring automation is at the core of response strategies.

DevSecOps & Continuous Security Improvement

  • Drive security automation adoption across DevSecOps teams, ensuring security best practices are seamlessly integrated into software development.
  • Automate compliance and security controls to align with FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIST 800-53 frameworks.
  • Collaborate with Threat Intelligence and Security Operations teams to improve real-time detection and automated response to evolving adversary tactics.
  • Mentor and guide security engineers, SOC analysts, and DevOps teams, fostering a culture of security automation and continuous learning.

Required Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with 7+ years focused on security automation, scripting, and tool integration.
  • Advanced programming skills in Python, Go, or  Bash for automating security operations.
  • Extensive experience integrating security tools via APIs, webhooks, and cloud-native security services.
  • Hands-on expertise with SOAR, SIEM, XDR, and security telemetry platforms (e.g., Chronicle, Splunk, AWS Security Hub, GCP Security Command Center).
  • Strong background in DevSecOps methodologies, embedding security automation into CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native environments.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) to enforce security best practices in cloud deployments.
  • Deep understanding of threat intelligence automation, IOC enrichment, and detection engineering.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud security in AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, and containerized environments, with experience automating security controls in serverless architectures.
  • Working knowledge of incident response methodologies and security frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, Cyber Kill Chain, OWASP Top 10).
  • Strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and technical communication skills, with the ability to drive security automation strategies at an enterprise level.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Advanced certifications such as CISSP, GCP Professional Security Engineer, AWS Security Specialty, CKS (Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist), GCIH, GCFA, or OSCP.
  • Experience with machine learning and AI-driven security automation.
  • Familiarity with adversary emulation frameworks (Atomic Red Team, CALDERA, or MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations).
  • Prior experience in cloud-native security engineering, API security, and zero-trust architecture.

Ideal Candidate Will Thrive In Our Culture

  • Is obsessed with security automation, continuously seeking new ways to eliminate manual processes and improve security efficiency.
  • Can build and integrate custom security solutions, rather than just relying on vendor-provided tools.
  • Enjoys working in fast-paced, high-impact security environments, where innovation is encouraged.
  • Thinks strategically and operationally, balancing hands-on technical expertise with big-picture security leadership.
  • Values mentorship and knowledge-sharing, helping upskill security teams and DevSecOps engineers.
  • Stays ahead of emerging threats, technologies, and adversary tactics, constantly pushing security automation to the next level.

Candidates must be located in the continental U.S. and available to work on site at McLean VA or Mountain View CA.

#LI-JS1

The annual base salary listed does not include a company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity and benefits which will be determined based on experience, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location and role. 

ID.me offers comprehensive medical, dental, vision, health savings account, flexible spending accounts (medical, limited purpose, dependent care, commuter benefit accounts), basic and voluntary life and AD&D insurance, 401(k) with company match, parental leave, ability to participate in unlimited paid time off subject to the terms and conditions of the PTO policy, including 8 company wide holidays, short and long-term disability insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, referral bonus policy, employee assistance program, pet insurance, travel assistant program, wellbeing and childcare discounts, benefit advocates, and a learning and development benefit.

The above represents the anticipated total rewards package for this job requisition. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on qualifications, professional experiences, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location, and other job related factors.

U.S. Pay Range

$203,183 - $255,000 USD

Mountain View, CA Pay Range

$241,098 - $278,738 USD

ID.me maintains a work environment free from discrimination, where employees are treated with dignity and respect. All ID.me employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling our commitment to equal employment opportunity. ID.me does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. ID.me adheres to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline. In addition, ID.me's policy is to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works. Upon request we will provide you with more information about such accommodations.

Please review our Privacy Policy, including our CCPA policy, at id.me/privacy. If you provide ID.me with any personally identifiable information you confirm that you have read and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set out in our Privacy Policy.

ID.me participates in E-Verify.

Apply for this job

*

indicates a required field

Resume/CV*

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Cover Letter

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.

As set forth in ID.me’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

Select...
Select...
Race & Ethnicity Definitions

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability

Form CC-305
Page 1 of 1
OMB Control Number 1250-0005
Expires 04/30/2026

Why are you being asked to complete this form?

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.

How do you know if you have a disability?

A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
  • Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
  • Blind or low vision
  • Cancer (past or present)
  • Cardiovascular or heart disease
  • Celiac disease
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
  • Diabetes
  • Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
  • Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
  • Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
  • Intellectual or developmental disability
  • Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
  • Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
  • Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
  • Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
  • Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
  • Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
  • Short stature (dwarfism)
  • Traumatic brain injury
Select...

PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.