AI-Driven Security Automation Engineer

Alphasense-India; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaSense is building an AI-augmented Security Operations capability, and we are hiring a Security Automation Engineer to sit at the intersection of security engineering and AI systems. You will design, build, and maintain the automation pipelines and tooling that allow our AI‑driven detections, investigations, and responses to operate at machine speed.

Working alongside detection engineers, threat intelligence analysts, and AI/ML engineers, you will turn manual processes into reliable,

Qualifications

• 5+ years in security engineering, SecOps, or automation roles
• Proficiency in Python and/or Go for scripting and tooling
• Hands-on SOAR experience (Splunk SOAR, Palo Alto XSOAR, Tines, or similar)
• Experience with SIEM platforms (Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Google Chronicle)
• REST API integration and event-driven architecture
• Understanding of threat detection logic (MITRE ATT&CK)
• Familiarity with LLM/AI APIs and prompt-driven automation workflows
• Version control and CI/CD practices (Git, GitHub Actions)
• Cloud security fundamentals (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Responsibilities

• AI-Powered Response Automation: design and operate SOAR playbooks and AI workflows that triage, enrich, and respond to security alerts with minimal human intervention.
• Detection Engineering Support: translate detection logic and AI outputs into actionable, low-noise alerts and tune thresholds.
• Build and maintain integrations between security tools (SIEM, EDR, TIP, identity platforms) and AI inference services using APIs and event streaming.
• Observability & Reliability: instrument automation pipelines with metrics, logging, and alerting for production trust.
• Automation Testing & Validation: write tests for playbooks, run purple-team exercises and simulations.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: partner with AI/ML, DevSecOps, and IT teams to embed security automation into infrastructure change management workflows.

Skills

Python scripting

Go scripting

SOAR experience

REST API integration

Threat detection knowledge

AI/LLM familiarity

CI/CD familiarity

Git workflows

Cloud security basics

Tools

Splunk SOAR

XSOAR

Tines

Splunk SIEM

Microsoft Sentinel

Google Chronicle

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

AlphaSense is building an AI-augmented Security Operations capability, and we are hiring a Security Automation Engineer to sit at the intersection of security engineering and AI systems. You will design, build, and maintain the automation pipelines and tooling that allow our AI‑driven detections, investigations, and responses to operate at machine speed.

Working alongside detection engineers, threat intelligence analysts, and AI/ML engineers, you will turn manual processes into reliable,