Senior Security Automation Engineer (Remote in EST)

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in security operations with a working understanding of how a SOC functions end to end (alert triage, escalation, incident response, case management)

• 3+ years specifically designing and building security automation/orchestration workflows

• Hands-on experience with at least one SOAR/automation platform; Tines, Torq, or Cortex XSOAR preferred

• Proficiency integrating security and IT systems via REST APIs, webhooks, and JSON

• Scripting ability, primarily Python, for custom logic, data transforms, and handling within automated workflows

• Working knowledge of the tooling categories automations connect to: SIEM, EDR/XDR, ticketing (ServiceNow, Jira), threat intelligence, and email security

• Ability to decompose a manual security process into a reliable automated workflow, including error handling, conditional logic, and secure runs

• Embraces emerging technologies, including AI tools, to work smarter, solve problems, and drive better business outcomes

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity using LLMs in a development and automation context, including AI assisted or agentic coding tools such as Claude Code or Codex; exposure to MCP based integrations is a plus

• Ability to independently scope automation requirements with clients and translate them into a build plan

• Platform or vendor certifications: Tines, Torq, Cortex XSOAR; or SIEM/EDR certs (such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike)

• Cloud experience (AWS or Azure) and familiarity with cloud native security tooling

• Prior delivery experience in a consulting, professional services, or MSSP environment

• Detection engineering exposure in areas such as detections-as-code (DaC), Sigma, or similar

• Version control and automation-as-code practices (Git or similar repo controls)