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Cyber Security Engineer (Automation SME)
Job Location:
Job Location:
Cincinnati, OH - USA
Hourly Salary:
USD 55 - 65
Hourly Salary:
Posted:
1 October 2026 (Yesterday)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
29 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.
Job Title: Cyber Security Engineer (Automation SME)
Location: Cincinnati OH. (Hybrid).
About The Role:
Job Title: Cyber Security Engineer (Automation SME)
Location: Cincinnati OH. (Hybrid).
About The Role:
- We are seeking an Automation Engineer to design build and operate automation that accelerates delivery reduces operational toil and improves reliability across our environments.
- You will use Python Terraform and Ansible to implement infrastructure as code configuration management and workflow automation. Your work will integrate with GitHub-based CI/CD practices and ServiceNow change processes ensuring changes are safe auditable and repeatable.
- You will collaborate with security platform network and application teams to embed guardrails create runbooks and continuously improve the developer and operator experience.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Design and develop Python-based tooling scripts and services to automate operational tasks integrate with third-party APIs and orchestrate change workflows.
- Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules and environments enabling predictable idempotent provisioning and lifecycle management across targets.
- Create and operate Ansible roles and playbooks for configuration patching compliance baselines application deployment and drift remediation.
- Integrate automation into CI/CD using GitHub (branching pull requests reviews checks) adding validation linting and plan/apply gates.
- Implement observability for automation (structured logs metrics alerts) and maintain SOPs/runbooks including rollback and recovery steps.
- Embed security-by-default: secrets management least-privilege identities for automation and audit trails aligned to PCI requirements.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into safe versioned and tested automation; contribute to internal documentation and knowledge bases.
What You Need (Required):
- 3-5 years of experience in an enterprise environment.
- Minimum 2 years of hands-on automation experience delivering production outcomes.
- Strong proficiency with Python Terraform and Ansible.
- Practical GitHub experience (branching strategies pull requests code reviews reusable workflows).
- Experience integrating automation with change/ITSM processes using ServiceNow.
- Comfortable working with Linux fundamentals YAML/JSON templating APIs (REST/JSON) and idempotent design patterns.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills and a systematic documented troubleshooting approach.
Nice to Have (Preferred):
- Experience with transition or transformation to Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- AWS Lambda for event-driven automation; familiarity with serverless patterns and orchestration.
- Container and image automation fundamentals (Docker Kubernetes Packer).
- Secrets management (e.g. HashiCorp Vault KMS Secrets Manager).
Key Performance Indicators:
- Percentage of infrastructure and configuration managed via Terraform and Ansible.
- Change success rate for automated changes and rollback frequency.
- Lead time from request to automated delivery and deployment frequency.
- MTTR for automation incidents and scope of auto-remediation coverage.
- Reduction in manual steps and operator toil hours per workflow.
Work Practices and Governance:
- Follow standard change control with peer review test/stage validation approvals and defined rollback plans.
- Maintain high-quality documentation for modules roles pipelines and runbooks.
- Enforce least-privilege access and auditable evidence to support PCI compliance.
Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.
Required Experience:
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