Palo Alto XSOAR Platform Engineer

Salt; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology firm is seeking a Palo Alto XSOAR Platform Engineer for a 6-12 month contract in various locations including London. This hybrid role requires 8 days onsite per month. The engineer will maintain the security orchestration platform and manage compliance checks while working closely with technical teams. Strong skills in Python, security operations, and communication in English are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining a SOAR platform is preferred.
• Several years of experience in IT security required.
• Strong technical background in technologies and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the security orchestration and automation platform.
• Conduct day-to-day configuration updates and compliance checks.
• Problem resolution and support for operational incidents.
• Initiate configuration reviews and validate product configurations.
• Support upgrade projects and contribute to custom solutions.

Skills

Python

YAML

IT security

Communication in English

Customer service orientation

Team player

Tools

Palo Alto XSOAR

Windows

Linux

Job description

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Palo Alto XSOAR Platform Engineer – Banking Client – London, Paris, Amsterdam or Brussels

6-12 month contract

Hybrid: 8 days onsite per month (mandatory)

Security Operations Engineer (SOAR) / CISO Platform Security

Your main task will be to maintain the security orchestration and automation platform. This platform is used by the security operation centre to manage security alerts.

Our mission is to maintain and enrich this platform by integrating it with various tools.

Depending on the domain and product these tasks can include:

• Day-2-day configuration updates to implement (customer) change requests following the clients formal change process.
• Check the compliance of the configuration and implementation against defined technical security standards and product baselines.
• Problem resolution and support. Work together with other technical teams on ‘operational incident responses’.
• As the process owner, initiate any configuration review/recertification process and work with the other stakeholders (business and technical) to periodically review product configurations and implementation to validate the accuracy and correctness.
• KPI delivery to report on the execution of these tasks.
• Support the upgrade project from version 6 to version 8

Next to the operational tasks you will be expected to contribute projects.

This includes collecting feedback from stakeholders (compliance, risk, security), customize and implement new solutions.

Technical skills

• Programming: Python (and YAML).
• Experience maintaining a SOAR platform. Knowing Palo Alto XSOAR is a bonus.
• Experience maintaining Windows and Linux servers.
• At least a few years of experience in IT security with the right security mindset.
• A strong technical background of the technologies and infrastructure solutions.
• Any experience in the following domains/products is a plus.
• Other programming languages
• Web proxies
• Network IDS/IPS
• Firewalls
• EDR
• Customer service oriented.
• You are a very good communicator in English, both verbal and written, and able to discuss and defend the security interests with individuals and groups of IT (security) experts.
• You are a team player who communicates in an open, respectful and constructive way with his customers and peers, both verbally and in writing. You will take ownership and ensure that organizational quality standards are met.
• Attention to (good) time management with the right sense for prioritization.
• Reliable, stress resistant and flexible.

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*Rates depend on experience and client requirements