Cybersecurity Automation Engineer Lead

FICO (NYSE: FICO) is a leading global analytics software company, helping businesses in 100+ countries make better decisions. Join our world-class team today and fulfill your career potential!

The Opportunity 

“Join our dynamic and growing Cybersecurity team with a world-class analytics company.  FICO’s solutions support smarter fraud, risk, marketing, and customer management decisions for thousands of businesses worldwide.  You will lead the design, implementation, and operation of cutting-edge security technologies, with a strong emphasis on scripting, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and CI/CD integration. As a key member of the team, you will drive the automation of boundary protection controls such as WAF, Web Proxy, and Email Security and promoting “Security as Code” culture across the organization. This is a high-impact, hands-on technical leadership role requiring deep cybersecurity expertise, strong Python development skills, and a flare of building scalable, automated solutions.” - Cyber Security-Sr Manager.

What You’ll Contribute 

• Serve as a technical lead for the engineering and automation of boundary security controls including WAF, CDN, Bot Protection, Layer 7 DDoS, Web Proxy, and Zero Trust Access solutions.
• Desing and implement fully automated workflows for deploying, managing, and monitoring security infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and GitOps methodologies.
• Leverage tools like Crossplane and Terraform to provision and manage cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure.
• Build robust automation pipelines using Python, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD frameworks to reduce manual intervention and increase operational agility.
• Engineer scalable security architectures on AWS, integrating security tools directly into development lifecycles via GitHub and CI/CD platforms.
• Drive adoption of “Security as Code” across the enterprise – developing reusable security modules and playbooks for deployment automation.
• Collaborate with DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Application Security teams to ensure boundary protection is embedded into every layer of the software delivery lifecycle.

What We’re Seeking 

• Proven experience in cybersecurity engineering or DevSecOps, with deep focus on security automation and scripting.
• Highly proficient in Python or other (Typescript, Shell, Java, etc), with strong experience building automation tools, APIs, and CLI utilities for managing security infrastructure.
• Hands-on expertise with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Jenkins, Crossplane, ArgoCD or Terraform.
• Strong working knowledge of GitHub, including GitHub Actions, GitOps workflows, and repository-based configuration management.
• Demonstrated experience automating deployment and configuration of security controls across cloud environments (AWS experience preferred).
• Solid understanding of networking and application security principles including WAF, TLS, DDoS protection, and security proxies.
• Experience embedding security controls into modern CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub and ArgoCD (or Jenkins).
• Automation-first mindset with a proven track record of scripting, configuration management, and self-service tooling.
•   Hands-on experience installing, operating, and maintaining security technologies such as IPS/IDS, Web Proxies, NSX-T, Palo Alto Firewalls, Zero Trust Network Access, Email Security Gateways, WAFs,, and Data Encryption solutions.
• Experience in container security and orchestrators.
• Exposure to Zero Trust Network Access models and boundary security architectures. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Info Security, or related field or relevant work experience.
• Desired hands on experience on Network security and cloud security domains.
• CISSP, CISM, or another similar info security/IT certification is desired or the willing to pursue CISSP or CISM.
• On-Call Duties every month and a half.

Our Offer to You 

• An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our core values:  Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others. 
• The opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences. 
• Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so. 
• An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie. 

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Why Make a Move to FICO?

At FICO, you can develop your career with a leading organization in one of the fastest-growing fields in technology today – Big Data analytics.  You’ll play a part in our commitment to help businesses use data to improve every choice they make, using advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, optimization, and much more.

FICO makes a real difference in the way businesses operate worldwide:

•    Credit Scoring — FICO® Scores are used by 90 of the top 100 US lenders.

•    Fraud Detection and Security — 4 billion payment cards globally are protected by FICO fraud systems.

•    Lending — 3/4 of US mortgages are approved using the FICO Score.

Global trends toward digital transformation have created tremendous demand for FICO’s solutions, placing us among the world’s top 100 software companies by revenue. We help many of the world’s largest banks, insurers, retailers, telecommunications providers and other firms reach a new level of success. Our success is dependent on really talented people – just like you – who thrive on the collaboration and innovation that’s nurtured by a diverse and inclusive environment. We’ll provide the support you need, while ensuring you have the freedom to develop your skills and grow your career.  Join FICO and help change the way business thinks!

Learn more about how you can fulfil your potential at www.fico.com/Careers

FICO promotes a culture of inclusion and seeks to attract a diverse set of candidates for each job opportunity. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and we’re proud to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all candidates without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Research has shown that women and candidates from underrepresented communities may not apply for an opportunity if they don’t meet all stated qualifications. While our qualifications are clearly related to role success, each candidate’s profile is unique and strengths in certain skill and/or experience areas can be equally effective. If you believe you have many, but not necessarily all, of the stated qualifications we encourage you to apply.

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