Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Senior Python Automation Engineer in Irving, TX (Hybrid).

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today’s digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers’ financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.

Contract Duration: 24 Months

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of Information Security Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, and education.

• Senior-level hands-on experience with Python

• Extensive experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipelines

• GitHub Actions and Infrastructure as Code expertise

• Strong hands-on operational automation experience using Ansible

• Deep familiarity with Proxy and Firewall technologies, including integration with:

  • Palo Alto Firewall

  • Fortinet Firewall

  • Broadcom Cloud Proxy Services

• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and automating security controls and policy management across:

  • Palo Alto Firewall

  • Fortinet Firewall

  • Broadcom Cloud Proxy Service environments

• Ability to deliver independently in complex enterprise environments

• Proven delivery of stateful workflow orchestration (Temporal, ORCA, or similar)

Key Responsibilities
Unified Network Security Automation Architecture

• Design a unified Network Security automation architecture that standardizes networking, security services, and automation behaviors across:

  • Palo Alto Firewall

  • Fortinet Firewall

  • Broadcom Cloud Proxy Services

• Implement fully automated Sepio, SAT, and Proxy software lifecycle workflows

• Implement fully automated standard change workflows

• Automate software lifecycle events including Day 0, Day 1, and Day 2 operations

Automation & Orchestration Execution

• Design and implement stateful, fault-tolerant workflows using Temporal / ORCA

• Embed retry, timeout, validation, and compensation logic into SAT, Proxy, and Sepio workflows

• Build reusable orchestration patterns for SAT, Proxy, and Sepio deployment and operations

Source of Truth Integration

• Extend and integrate Nautobot as the authoritative source of intent and state

• Model SAT, Proxy, and Sepio topology, IPAM, and configuration data

• Ensure SAT, Proxy, and Sepio automation executes strictly from source-of-truth data

CI/CD & Infrastructure as Code

• Implement CI pipelines using GitHub Actions

• Use Temporal to provision and manage automation and branch-related infrastructure

• Follow version control, testing, and promotion standards

Operational Automation

• Design and execute Ansible-based operational automation for branch environments

• Automate configuration, compliance validation, rollback, and remediation

• Ensure changes are secure, auditable, and repeatable

API & Observability Enablement

• Expose SAT, Proxy, Sepio, and automation services through Apigee

• Instrument workflows using Grafana and/or Prometheus

• Provide telemetry for reliability, scaling, and troubleshooting