CBO Automation Engineer
Washington, AR - USA
Job Summary
cFocus Software seeks an Automation Engineer to join our program supporting the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). This position is remote. This position requires a Public Trust clearance.
Qualifications:
Duties:
Qualifications:
- Active Public Trust clearance
- B.S. Computer Science Information Technology or a related field
- 5 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering automation or SOAR development
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel and Azure Logic Apps
- Experience integrating Microsoft Defender XDR (Endpoint Identity Cloud)
- Strong scripting skills (Python PowerShell or similar)
- Experience with API integrations and automation frameworks
- Knowledge of incident response workflows and SOC operations
- Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and detection engineering
- Experience with cloud environments (Azure AWS)
- Preferred certifications include but are not limited to
- GCIA GCIH CISSP CEH or equivalent cybersecurity certifications
- Microsoft Sentinel or Microsoft security platform certifications
- Relevant cloud security certifications (e.g. AWS security)
- Privacy certifications (e.g. CIPP/US CIPM) where applicable
Duties:
- Design develop and maintain SOAR playbooks using Microsoft Sentinel (Logic Apps)
- Automate incident response workflows (phishing malware containment credential compromise endpoint isolation)
- Integrate Sentinel with Microsoft Defender XDR and other security tools (identity endpoint network cloud)
- Develop custom automation workflows and enrichment pipelines
- Ensure automation aligns with Sentinel data model and schema normalization requirements
- Maintain audit logging chain-of-custody and compliance controls within automated workflows
- Support automation for alert triage ticketing and escalation processes
- Perform continuous improvement of playbooks based on incident trends and threat intelligence
- Provide quarterly tabletop exercises and playbook validation
- Develop reporting on automation effectiveness (MTTD MTTR improvements)
- Collaborate with SOC analysts and engineers to operationalize automation use cases
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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