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Senior Automation & Cybersecurity EngineerCinter · Plano
Senior Automation & Cybersecurity Engineer
PlanoOn-site
AI Summary
Designs, builds and maintains security automation across SIEM/SOAR platforms to enrich alerts, streamline incident response and reduce false positives in a SOC. Also builds AI-assisted investigation workflows and mentors junior engineers.
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▶︎ Job Details
・Job Title: Senior Automation & Cybersecurity Engineer
・Client: Japanese IT Company
・Working Location: Plano TX
・Employment Type : Contract W-2 （No C2C）
・Visa Support: NO
・Working Hours: Business Hours (CT)
・Language: English
▶︎ Key Responsibilities
▶︎ The Right Candidate Will Possess
▶︎ Required Qualifications & Skills
・Job Title: Senior Automation & Cybersecurity Engineer
・Client: Japanese IT Company
・Working Location: Plano TX
・Employment Type : Contract W-2 （No C2C）
・Visa Support: NO
・Working Hours: Business Hours (CT)
・Language: English
- Design, build, and maintain security automation across SIEM/SOAR platforms to streamline alert enrichment, correlation, incident response, and case management.
- Develop automation and integrations using Python, PowerShell, APIs, and cloud-native technologies with production-quality monitoring, documentation, and error handling.
- Collaborate with SOC analysts, detection engineers, and incident responders to automate repetitive tasks, improve detection quality, and reduce false positives.
- Design and implement AI-assisted and agentic security workflows for investigation, enrichment, summarization, and decision support while ensuring human oversight and governance.
- Partner with security, infrastructure, compliance, and platform teams to establish automation standards, perform code reviews, and mentor junior engineers.
- Continuously improve SOC operational efficiency by identifying opportunities to automate manual processes and enhance incident response capabilities.
- Evaluate and implement emerging AI and automation technologies to strengthen security operations.
- 6–9 years of cybersecurity engineering experience, including hands-on experience with security automation and SOC engineering.
- Strong software engineering mindset with the ability to build scalable, reliable, and maintainable automation solutions.
- Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional security and infrastructure teams.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to improve operational efficiency through automation.
- Strong communication, documentation, and mentoring abilities.
- Interest in leveraging AI technologies to modernize security operations while maintaining appropriate governance and security controls.
- 6–9 years of cybersecurity engineering experience, including 3–4 years in security automation, SIEM/SOAR development, or SOC engineering.
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred.
- Strong proficiency with Python, PowerShell, REST APIs, cloud automation, and integration development.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise SIEM/SOAR platforms, preferably Microsoft Sentinel.
- Experience with Microsoft Defender XDR, Azure Logic Apps, or similar Microsoft security technologies.
- Solid understanding of threat detection, logging pipelines, incident response workflows, alert tuning, and security operations metrics.
- Excellent documentation, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Experience with Tines for SOC automation and workflow orchestration.
- Experience building Agentic SOC solutions using AI/LLM technologies.
- Knowledge of Detection-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, MITRE ATT&CK, ASIM, Sigma Rules, or observability platforms.
- Experience with AI/ML-assisted security tools, prompt engineering, and intelligent agents.
- Relevant certifications such as:
- Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect
- Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate
- GIAC Security Automation Certification
Skills
AI/LLMAlert TuningAzure Logic AppsCI/CDCloud AutomationDetection-as-codeIncident ResponseMicrosoft Defender XDRMicrosoft SentinelMITRE ATT&CKPowerShellPythonREST APISIEMSigma RulesSOARThreat DetectionTines
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