Security Orchestration & Automation Engineer

Cognizant; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 115,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan

Job summary

Cognizant is hiring an Automation / Orchestration / Security Engineer to design, build, and maintain security automation and orchestration solutions that improve response times and reduce manual effort.You will collaborate with Security Operations, Incident Response, IT, and Cloud teams to integrate tools and automate workflows.

Candidates should have 3+ years in related roles, strong Python/PowerShell/JavaScript skills, and hands-on experience with SOAR, API integrations, and cloud security

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Automation/Security Engineering or related roles.
• Strong programming/scripting experience with Python (preferred), PowerShell, or JavaScript.
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, JSON, webhooks, OAuth2, token-based authentication, and mutual TLS.
• Working knowledge of SIEM concepts including log ingestion, correlation, querying, and SOC operations.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver security automation and orchestration capabilities to improve response times and operational efficiency.
• Develop and maintain SOAR playbooks for alert triage, enrichment, containment, remediation, and response workflows.
• Build integrations with security tools including SIEM, EDR/XDR, IAM, vulnerability management, ticketing platforms, and cloud security solutions using APIs, webhooks, and event-driven architectures.
• Create reusable automation components such as scripts, libraries, and templates with proper logging, monitoring, error handling, and observability.
• Work with SOC and Incident Response teams to automate operational procedures and runbooks while implementing approval gates where required.

Skills

Python

PowerShell

JavaScript

REST APIs

SIEM

Tools

Ansible

Itential

VMware Aria

Job description

Cognizant is hiring an Automation / Orchestration / Security Engineer to design, build, and maintain security automation and orchestration solutions that improve response times and reduce manual effort.You will collaborate with Security Operations, Incident Response, IT, and Cloud teams to integrate tools and automate workflows.

Candidates should have 3+ years in related roles, strong Python/PowerShell/JavaScript skills, and hands-on experience with SOAR, API integrations, and cloud security