Security Automation Engineer
OnX (company site, opens in a new tab)2+ yrsChennaiOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 6–12 LPA
Posted on 4 Sept
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About This Role
- Develop and maintain automation playbooks and workflows within SOAR and XDR platforms to accelerate security operations tasks such as triage, enrichment, containment, and remediation.
- Translate manual investigation workflows from SOC analysts into reliable automation to reduce manual workload and improve response consistency.
- Collaborate closely with SOC analysts and senior engineers to troubleshoot, iterate, and enhance automation playbook performance and integrations.
Minimum Requirements
- 2+ years experience as a SOC analyst with hands-on alert triage, investigation, and escalation familiarity; senior analyst experience preferred.
- 1-2 years experience working with SOAR platforms; Palo Alto XSIAM or XSOAR experience strongly preferred.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Proficiency in Python scripting, and experience working with REST APIs, Regex, JSON; required familiarity with Windows, MacOS, and Linux environments.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Strong background in security operations with practical knowledge of SOC workflows and common detection use cases (phishing, endpoint compromise, identity threats, network anomalies).
- Experience developing and managing automation playbooks for Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR and XSIAM platforms specifically.
- Analytical and problem-solving orientation focused on evaluating and improving automation logic based on operational data and analyst feedback.