Remote Senior XSIAM Detection & Automation Engineer

Palo Alto Networks; Clayton (NC); Remote; USD 135,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a senior SOC/Detection Engineer to advance our threat detection capabilities remotely. You will refine detection rules, translate intelligence into concrete logic, and design automated playbooks that scale across our Cortex XSIAM environment.

This role emphasizes proactive engineering, incident response expertise, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to protect our customers while maintaining high performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in a Senior SOC, Detection Engineering, or Security Architecture role utilizing SIEMs, firewalls, EDR, sandboxes, and SOAR platforms.
• Mastery of the Detection Engineering lifecycle, including experience with rule testing frameworks, soft-deployment strategies, and continuous tuning.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing and QA-ing detection logic written by others, with the ability to provide constructive optimization feedback.
• Proactive engineering mindset with a track record of designing complex automation playbooks (Cortex XSOAR or similar) based on anticipated threat vectors, not just reactive requests.
• Strong background in incident response, threat hunting, and translating threat intelligence into actionable defense mechanisms.
• Software development experience, with a strong proficiency in Python for security automation.
• Exceptional consultative and communication skills, with the confidence to guide enterprise customers through complex architectural and workflow decisions.

Responsibilities

• Drive the continuous refinement of correlation rules, ensuring all deployed detection logic meets strict standards for performance, accuracy, and operational relevance.
• Translate Unit 42 threat intelligence research and emerging adversary TTPs into actionable, robust detection logic.
• Champion proactive automation, engineering sophisticated playbooks to resolve emerging security challenges and optimize operational workflows ahead of demand.
• Architect the end-to-end security lifecycle within Cortex XSIAM, seamlessly connecting data ingestion, high‑fidelity detection engineering, and sophisticated response automation.

Skills

Senior SOC experience

Detection engineering lifecycle

QA of detection logic

Automation playbooks (Cortex XSOAR)

Incident response & threat hunting

Python for security automation

Consultative/communication skills

Tools

Cortex XSOAR

Cortex XSIAM

SIEMs

EDR

Firewalls

SOAR platforms

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a senior SOC/Detection Engineer to advance our threat detection capabilities remotely. You will refine detection rules, translate intelligence into concrete logic, and design automated playbooks that scale across our Cortex XSIAM environment.

This role emphasizes proactive engineering, incident response expertise, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to protect our customers while maintaining high performance and reliability.