Senior Trust Automation Engineer

Who we are

DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security privacy and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI DNS and certificate lifecycle management to secure infrastructure software devices messages AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100000 organizations including 90% of the Fortune 500 choose DigiCert to stop todays threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future

Job summary

We are seeking a Senior Trust Automation Engineer to lead the design development and evolution of automation across DigiCerts Trust Office and Security Engineering functions. This role focuses on strategic automation reducing systemic manual effort improving security decision quality and enabling scalable reliable operations through advanced orchestration integrations and AI-assisted workflows.

The ideal candidate has 7 years of experience in security automation security engineering or DevOps demonstrates strong architectural judgment and can independently drive automation initiatives from problem discovery through production adoption. This role acts as a technical authority and multiplier influencing tooling standards and best practices across security teams.

What you will do

• Architect design and lead security automation platforms and workflows that materially reduce manual effort and operational risk across Trust Office teams
• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of automation solutions from requirements discovery and design through implementation rollout and long-term maintenance
• Develop and review Python-based automation frameworks and services that integrate security tools APIs and internal data sources at scale
• Build and evolve advanced automation for vulnerability management alert triage enrichment decisioning remediation orchestration reporting and audit evidence generation
• Serve as a technical partner and advisor to Security Compliance Standards and Platform Operations teams.
• Identify prioritize and justify high-impact automation opportunities balancing risk reduction efficiency gains and engineering effort
• Design and implement AI/LLM-assisted security automation (e.g. enrichment summarization classification decision support) with strong governance validation and security guardrails
• Define and enforce automation reliability standards including logging monitoring testing strategies error handling and rollback mechanisms
• Drive integration and orchestration patterns across SIEMs ticketing systems cloud services and internal platforms
• Produce and maintain architecture documentation runbooks and technical standards to ensure scalability consistency and knowledge sharing
• Provide technical mentorship and code review for other engineers contributing to automation initiatives

What you will have

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Cybersecurity or equivalent practical experience
• 7 years of experience in security engineering automation engineering platform engineering or DevOps
• Proven experience leading automation projects from inception to successful completion. Candidates should demonstrate a track record of developing detailed project plans managing timelines and budgets and delivering measurable results.
• Deep proficiency in Python API design and large-scale system integrations
• Proven experience architecting and operating security automation in production environments
• Strong hands-on experience with automation platforms (or equivalent SOAR/automation tools)
• Practical production experience integrating AI or LLM capabilities into automated workflows with appropriate controls
• Advanced experience with Git CI/CD pipelines testing strategies and release management
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to have

• Deep experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk including data modeling and alerting strategies
• Strong familiarity with AWS or other cloud platforms including IAM logging and security services
• Experience designing automation that integrates with Jira ServiceNow or similar ITSM platforms at scale
• Experience operating in highly regulated environments (SOC 2 ISO 27001 WebTrust) and automating audit and compliance workflows
• Prior experience acting as a technical lead or domain expert for security automation or SOAR initiatives

Benefits

• Generous time off policies
• Top shelf benefits
• Education wellness and lifestyle support

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