Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Centene Management Company LLC is hiring an Applications Security Engineer II (SOAR) to design, develop, and maintain security orchestration and automation solutions. The role builds SOAR playbooks, Python automations, API integrations, and workflows, while partnering with cybersecurity teams to automate operational and incident-response processes and improve existing workflows.
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 2 – 4 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
- 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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