Lead SOAR Engineer

Experians Global Security Operations (GSO) team is seeking a Lead SOAR Engineer to drive the evolution of our security automation strategy and guide junior level engineers. As a leader within the Threat Detection Engineering team you will architect and oversee the development of intelligent SOAR solutions integrating GenAI and Agentic Frameworks to enable adaptive context-aware automation. Youll lead Agile CI/CD initiatives mentor engineers and collaborate to deliver scalable secure automation capabilities that enhance Experians global security posture.

Important Responsibilities

• Lead the design development and deployment of advanced SOAR playbooks and automation workflows - mentoring & guiding SOAR Engineers & wider cross functional team members through the process.
• Architect intelligent automation solutions using GenAI and Agentic Frameworks to enhance decision-making and response capabilities.
• Drive Agile CI/CD practices to ensure rapid secure and reliable delivery of automation features.
• Collaborate with SOC threat detection and engineering teams to identify automation opportunities and align with strategic security goals.
• Develop and maintain custom Python scripts and tools for orchestration enrichment and integration.
• Ensure seamless interoperability between SOAR platforms case management systems and other security tools.
• Contribute to security architecture reviews automation strategy and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications :

• Experience in cybersecurity with a focus on SOAR security automation and engineering and wider understanding of security domains including incident response threat detection and vulnerability management.
• Hands-on experience with GenAI and Agentic Frameworks in security automation.
• Leadership experience designing and implementing SOAR solutions at scale.
• Familiarity with SIEM & SOAR platforms (e.g. Splunk Google Secops Google Chronicle )
• Advanced proficiency in Python and scripting languages (e.g. Bash PowerShell).
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to cloud security (AWS Azure GCP) and hybrid environments.

Additional Information :

Benefits package includes:

• Great compensation package and discretionary bonus plan
• Core benefits include pension bupa healthcare sharesave scheme and more
• 25 days annual leave with 8 bank holidays and 3 volunteering days. You can purchase additional annual leave.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time