Security Automation Engineer
Simfront Simulation Systems Corporation
Software Engineering
Houston, TX, USA
USD 70k-92k / year
Posted on Mar 7, 2026
Position Overview
We are seeking a Security Automation Engineer with strong experience in Torq (preferred) or Cortex XSOAR to architect and evolve our automation ecosystem.
This role extends beyond playbook creation. You will:
Responsibilities
SOAR & Automation Engineering
Qualifications
4+ years in Security Operations or Security Engineering
Compensation
This role offers a base salary range of $70,000–$92,000.
Vacancy
We have 1 available position(s).
We are seeking a Security Automation Engineer with strong experience in Torq (preferred) or Cortex XSOAR to architect and evolve our automation ecosystem.
This role extends beyond playbook creation. You will:
- Engineer intelligent, AI-assisted automation workflows
- Develop agentic SOC orchestration strategies
- Own automation performance reporting and metrics
- Build client-facing and executive dashboards in Power BI
Responsibilities
SOAR & Automation Engineering
- Design and maintain advanced workflows in Torq (preferred)
- Develop modular, reusable automation templates for MSSP multi-tenancy
- Implement automated enrichment, triage, containment, and remediation workflows
- Engineer conditional and parallel logic to optimize MTTR
- Integrate APIs across EDR, SIEM, firewall, IAM, email security, and cloud platforms
- Maintain workflow logging, observability, and reliability
- Design AI-assisted decision support within SOC workflows
- Implement LLM-powered alert summarization and investigation assistance
- Adapt dynamically based on investigation findings
- Execute conditional response strategies
- Escalate with intelligent human-in-the-loop controls
- Evaluate and integrate emerging AI automation capabilities within Torq
- Define safe operational boundaries for AI-driven actions
- Develop automation performance dashboards within the SOAR platform
- Track and report on:
- Alert volume reduction
- Automation success rate
- MTTR improvement
- False positive reduction
- Tier 1 workload reduction
- Build and maintain executive-level dashboards in Power BI
- Integrate data from:
- SOAR
- SIEM
- EDR
- Ticketing systems
- Design multi-tenant reporting models suitable for MSSP client delivery
- Translate technical SOC metrics into executive-ready security outcomes
- Identify high-volume, high-toil alert categories for automation
- Build approval-gated containment workflows
- Implement automation change control processes
- Partner with SOC leadership to continuously improve operational maturity
Qualifications
4+ years in Security Operations or Security Engineering
- 3+ years hands-on SOAR experience
- Direct experience with Torq (strongly preferred)
- Experience building dashboards in Power BI
- Strong understanding of SOC workflows and incident response lifecycle
- Experience integrating REST APIs (JSON, webhooks)
- Proficiency in Python scripting
- Experience working in a multi-tenant MSSP environment (preferred)
- Experience integrating AI/LLMs into automation workflows
- Experience designing security metrics programs
- Familiarity with:
- CrowdStrike
- Palo Alto
- Fortinet
- Microsoft Defender
- Modern SIEM platforms
- Email Security
- Experience designing executive security reporting
- Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK
Compensation
This role offers a base salary range of $70,000–$92,000.
Vacancy
We have 1 available position(s).