Discover Technata Job board

Find your next tech job in Kanata North, Canada’s largest technology park. Then explore endless international opportunities and dream about where your career will take you. With the Country’s largest density of technology companies ranging from promising startups to leading global giants, Kanata North is the place to be if you are serious about a career in tech.

Security Automation Engineer

Simfront Simulation Systems Corporation

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:

  • 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

This is a high-impact engineering role that sits at the intersection of security operations, applied AI, and operational intelligence.

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

AI & Agentic Automation

  • Design AI-assisted decision support within SOC workflows
  • Implement LLM-powered alert summarization and investigation assistance

Build agentic workflows that:

  • 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

Reporting & Operational Intelligence

  • 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

SOC Optimization & Scale

  • 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

Other duties as required within the context of the role.

Qualifications

4+ years in Security Operations or Security Engineering

  • 3+ years hands-on SOAR experience
  • Direct experience with Torq (strongly preferred)

Cortex XSOAR acceptable with demonstrated adaptability

  • 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)

Preferred Experience

  • 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

Must be eligible to work for any U.S. employer without the need for sponsorship now or in the future.

Compensation

This role offers a base salary range of $70,000–$92,000.

Vacancy

We have 1 available position(s).