Cybersecurity Automation Engineer

First Merchants Brand; Daleville (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

401k

Health Savings and Flexible Spending

Vacation/Sick Time

Paid Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Additional Benefits

Job summary

First Merchants Bank is seeking a Cybersecurity Automation Engineer to design, build, and maintain automation capabilities for security operations. The role focuses on reducing manual effort by automating detection, response, validation, and workflows across security tools and platforms.

You will design and implement automation across SIEM, EDR, IAM, cloud platforms, and ticketing systems; develop reusable playbooks; and partner with the Fusion Center to automate fraud and identity workflows.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, automation, or DevSecOps.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automation workflows using SOAR platforms and scripting languages.
• Build integrations between security tools (SIEM, EDR, IAM, ticketing systems, cloud platforms).
• Automate repetitive security tasks such as alert triage, enrichment, containment, and reporting.
• Develop reusable automation playbooks and standardized workflows.
• Partner with the Fusion Center to automate detection, triage, and response workflows related to fraud, account compromise, and anomalous activity.
• Identify and prioritize automation opportunities across cybersecurity, fraud, and identity workflows.
• Improve response speed and consistency through automated containment and decision support.
• Reduce analyst workload by automating enrichment, correlation, and initial investigation steps.
• Implement automation to continuously validate the effectiveness of security controls across cyber, fraud, and identity domains.
• Enable continuous feedback loops that improve detection accuracy and response outcomes.
• Participation in Cybersecurity Operations on-call program.

Skills

Python

PowerShell

SOAR platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Tools

SIEM

EDR

IAM

Cloud platforms

Ticketing systems

Job description

Description

First Merchants Bank is seeking a Cybersecurity Automation Engineer to join our team! This position will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining automation capabilities that enhance the efficiency, consistency, and effectiveness of the organization’s security operations. This role focuses on reducing manual effort by automating detection, response, validation, and operational workflows across security tools and platforms.

As part of this role you will:

• Design, develop, and maintain automation workflows using SOAR platforms and scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell).
• Build integrations between security tools (SIEM, EDR, IAM, ticketing systems, cloud platforms).
• Automate repetitive security tasks such as alert triage, enrichment, containment, and reporting.
• Develop reusable automation playbooks and standardized workflows.
• Partner with the Fusion Center to automate detection, triage, and response workflows related to fraud, account compromise, and anomalous activity.
• Identify and prioritize automation opportunities across cybersecurity, fraud, and identity workflows.
• Improve response speed and consistency through automated containment and decision support.
• Reduce analyst workload by automating enrichment, correlation, and initial investigation steps.
• Implement automation to continuously validate the effectiveness of security controls across cyber, fraud, and identity domains.
• Enable continuous feedback loops that improve detection accuracy and response outcomes.
• Participation in Cybersecurity Operations on-call program.

To be successful in this position, we require the following:

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Over five (5) plus years of experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, automation, or DevSecOps roles.

The following would be a plus:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science
• Experience in financial services or regulated environments
• Familiarity with fraud detection, insider risk, or ethics/compliance workflows
• Experience with MITRE ATT&CK and adversary simulation
• Exposure to cloud security and identity-driven security models

First Merchants offers the following:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401k
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Additional Benefits

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