United States Remote (Country)

NerdWallet is hiring a Senior Intelligent Automation Engineer (Security)

About the Role

The role involves developing scalable automation frameworks to enhance security operations, integrating with existing systems, and ensuring secure and efficient workflows across the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Design and deploy automation tools tailored to security operations
  • Collaborate with security teams to identify repetitive tasks suitable for automation
  • Develop secure scripts and workflows to reduce response time to threats
  • Integrate automation platforms with security monitoring and incident response systems
  • Maintain and optimize existing automation pipelines
  • Ensure compliance with security policies and regulatory standards
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues in automated security processes
  • Document automation architectures and implementation details
  • Support audits by providing logs and process validations
  • Evaluate new automation technologies for security applicability
  • Implement role-based access controls within automation systems
  • Monitor automated workflows for anomalies and performance issues
  • Work with cross-functional teams to align automation with security strategy
  • Contribute to incident response using automated playbooks
  • Enhance system resilience through proactive automation design
  • Participate in code reviews and security assessments
  • Stay current with security threats and automation trends
  • Mentor junior engineers in secure automation practices
  • Ensure secure handling of credentials and secrets in workflows
  • Optimize automation for scalability and reliability
  • Assist in defining metrics for automation effectiveness
  • Drive improvements in mean time to detect and respond using automation
  • Support deployment of automation tools across environments
  • Promote security best practices in automation development
  • Contribute to disaster recovery planning through automated processes

Compensation

Competitive salary and benefits package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model with flexible remote options

Team

Part of the security engineering team focused on automation and risk reduction

Why This Role Matters

Automation is critical to scaling security operations efficiently. This role directly impacts the organization’s ability to respond to threats quickly and consistently while reducing human error.

What We Look For

We value engineers who combine technical depth with a security-first mindset, capable of turning complex challenges into reliable, automated solutions.

Available for qualified candidates

Required Skills
PythonPowerShellJavaScriptNode.jsAirflowOpenAICI/CDInfrastructure as Code
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NerdWallet is a personal finance company that provides digital financial guidance and comparison tools to help consumers make smart money moves.
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Category qa_testing
Posted 10 months ago