SOAR Automation Engineer — SOC & Incident Response

CTC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CTC in Dallas is seeking a Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) developer for our SOC team. The role focuses on modernizing cybersecurity operations, reducing manual work, and working in a DevSecOps model across design, development, and production support.

Responsibilities include automating incident response, building custom SOC workflows, integrating SOAR with SIEMs and tools, and mentoring team members.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of work experience in cybersecurity focus areas such as SOC or Network Security.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience with SOAR platforms such as Swimlane, Phantom, XSOAR, etc.
• Experience in security process mapping, security process analysis, security process improvement concepts, models, and best practices.
• Proficient in Python scripting.
• Working knowledge of REST APIs, JSON, HTML/CSS, Javascript, XML.
• Experience authoring SOC SOPs, playbooks, work instructions and/or other process documents.
• Experience with SIEMs, such as Splunk, XSIAM, QRadar, etc.
• Experience with Visual Studio.
• Experience in DevSecOps environment.
• Ability to demonstrate an investigative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Automate SOC Security Incident Response processes providing the ability to analyze and resolve alerts from existing security tools leveraging a single stream management system.
• Develop and maintain custom applications for SOC workflows.
• Assist with process development and process improvement for SOC to include creation/modification of SOPs, Playbooks, and work instructions.
• Integrate SOAR platform with other security tools and APIs to execute automated workflows.
• Author, test, and maintain automation scripts/workflows within SOAR platform.
• Design, implement, and maintain efficient and reusable Python, Javascript, and JSON code.
• Review, debug, and resolve technical issues throughout all stages of SDLC.
• Coordinate with system administrators and engineers to provision service accounts and/or grant required permissions.
• Actively mentor and train team members of the SOC processes, governance, and frameworks.

Skills

Python scripting

DevSecOps

Investigative mindset

Security process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Swimlane

Phantom

XSOAR

Splunk

XSIAM

QRadar

Visual Studio

Job description

CTC in Dallas is seeking a Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) developer for our SOC team. The role focuses on modernizing cybersecurity operations, reducing manual work, and working in a DevSecOps model across design, development, and production support.

Responsibilities include automating incident response, building custom SOC workflows, integrating SOAR with SIEMs and tools, and mentoring team members.