[Remote] Senior Applications Security Engineer (SOAR)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Centene Management Company LLC is hiring a Senior SOAR Engineer/Developer to design, develop, and maintain security orchestration and automation solutions. The role builds playbooks, Python-based automations, integrations, and workflows that improve cybersecurity operations and incident response.
Responsibilities
- 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
Skills
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401K and stock purchase plans
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off plus holidays
- A flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules
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