Senior Applications Security Engineer (SOAR)

Centene Corporation; United States; Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Centene Corporation seeks a Senior SOAR Engineer/Developer to design, develop, and maintain security orchestration and automation solutions. You will build SOAR playbooks, Python automations, and API integrations to streamline security operations and incident response.

You will partner with cybersecurity teams to gather requirements, translate them into technical solutions, and optimize workflows for reliability and performance. A strong focus on secure development and documentation is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or business field with 4–6 years of related experience.
• Experience developing security automation or orchestration solutions.
• Strong Python scripting and development skills.
• Experience with JSON and REST APIs; integration with security technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain SOAR playbooks and automation workflows.
• Develop integrations between the SOAR platform and security technologies using REST APIs and Python.
• Automate repetitive security operations and incident-response activities.
• Create workflows that enrich security alerts with contextual information.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Develop custom automation when pre-built capabilities do not meet needs.
• Optimize playbooks and integrations for reliability and performance.
• Troubleshoot complex automation, API, integration, and workflow issues.
• Maintain technical documentation for playbooks, scripts, integrations, and mappings.
• Participate in peer reviews, testing, and quality-control before production.
• Follow secure development practices and continuously improve automations.
• Identify opportunities to improve or simplify security processes.

Skills

Python

JSON

REST APIs

Security operations

Incident response

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative or business field

Tools

SOAR platforms

Tines

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Position Purpose:

The Senior SOAR Engineer/Developer designs, develops, and maintains security orchestration and automation solutions that improve cybersecurity operations. The role develops SOAR playbooks, Python-based automations, API integrations, and workflows that connect security technologies and automate repetitive operational and incident-response processes. The developer partners with cybersecurity teams to gather requirements, identify automation opportunities, troubleshoot complex integrations, and continuously improve existing workflows. Ideal candidates have experience with Python, JSON, REST APIs, security operations, and enterprise SOAR platforms.

Key Details:

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Sponsorship and future sponsorship are not available for this opportunity, including employment-based visa types H-1B, L-1, O-1, H-1B1, F-1, J -1, OPT, or CPT.

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain SOAR playbooks and automation workflows.
• Develop integrations between the SOAR platform and security technologies using REST APIs, Python, JSON, and other integration methods.
• Automate repetitive security operations and incident-response activities to reduce manual effort and improve consistency.
• Develop workflows that enrich security alerts with contextual information and orchestrate actions across multiple security platforms.
• Partner directly with cybersecurity teams to understand existing processes, identify automation opportunities, and translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Develop custom automation and integrations when pre-built SOAR capabilities do not meet business or technical requirements.
• Optimize existing playbooks, scripts, and integrations for reliability, maintainability, performance, and operational efficiency.
• Troubleshoot complex automation, API, integration, and workflow issues.
• Maintain technical documentation for playbooks, scripts, integrations, data mappings, and automation workflows.
• Participate in peer reviews, testing, and quality-control processes before automation is promoted into production.
• Follow secure development practices and organizational security standards throughout the development lifecycle.
• Continuously evaluate existing automations and identify opportunities to improve or simplify security processes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Education/Experience:

A Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science) and Requires 4 – 6 years of related experience.

Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.

Technical Skills:

• Experience developing security automation or orchestration solutions.
• Strong Python scripting and development skills.
• Experience working with JSON and REST APIs.
• Experience integrating applications and security technologies.
• Understanding of security operations, incident response, and security alert workflows.
• Experience troubleshooting API, scripting, authentication, and integration issues.
• Familiarity with Git and modern software development practices.
• Ability to translate manual or semi-manual processes into reliable automated workflows.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with enterprise SOAR platforms.
• Experience with Tines.
• Familiarity with SIEM, EDR, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, IAM, ticketing, and other enterprise security platforms.
• Experience developing custom integrations and reusable automation components.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated code scanning, and secure development practices.
• Knowledge of common cybersecurity frameworks, security operations processes, and incident-response methodologies.

Soft Skills:

• Intermediate - Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
• Intermediate - Ability to identify basic problems and procedural irregularities, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Intermediate - Ability to work independently.
• Intermediate - Demonstrated analytical skills.
• Intermediate - Demonstrated project management skills.
• Intermediate - Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
• Intermediate - Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills.

Pay Range: $87,000.00 - $161,300.00 per year

At Centene, we connect people to the care they need to live healthier lives — and the work you do here makes that impact real every day. You’ll take on meaningful challenges that directly support individuals, families, and communities, building your skills while making healthcare more accessible and effective. It’s work with a purpose you can see, backed by a team committed to improving lives well beyond the workday.

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual’s skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act