Security Automation Engineer

WPP
Chennai
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Documentation","Problem-solving","Attention to detail"]

Design, develop, and maintain security automation solutions to improve detection, response, and operational efficiency across Operational Security. Build SOAR playbooks, reusable automation components, and orchestration pipelines using scripting and API integrations. Connect SOAR with SIEM/EDR/TIP and cloud-native security tools, translate SOPs and runbooks into automated workflows, and embed AI/ML-driven enrichment and correlation to support autonomic security operations.

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Security Automation Engineer

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Job Summary

Design, develop, and maintain security automation solutions to improve detection, response, and operational efficiency across Operational Security. Build SOAR playbooks, reusable automation components, and orchestration pipelines using scripting and API integrations. Connect SOAR with SIEM/EDR/TIP and cloud-native security tools, translate SOPs and runbooks into automated workflows, and embed AI/ML-driven enrichment and correlation to support autonomic security operations.
Location: Chennai
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop SOAR playbooks, workflows, and automations for alert triage, enrichment, containment, and remediation.
  • •Build scalable automation components, scripts, integrations, and ensure QA, testing, version control, and documentation.
  • •Integrate SOAR with SIEM, EDR, TIP, cloud-native security tools, and case management systems.
  • •Engineer automation pipelines with API integrations, webhooks, and event-driven triggers to support Microsoft and Google security ecosystems.
  • •Embed AI/ML-driven enrichment and correlation logic into automated workflows and operationalise ML models for anomaly detection and decision support.

Pay and Benefits

Schedule:4-Day Week

Key Requirements

  • •Experience with SOAR platforms such as Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, or Chronicle SOAR.
  • •Proficiency in Python and/or PowerShell for automation development.
  • •Strong understanding of REST APIs, JSON, and event-driven automation.
  • •Experience integrating SIEM, EDR, TIP, and cloud-native security tools.
  • •Convert operational requirements, SOPs, and runbooks into engineered automations with attention to governance and documentation.
Experience:Security operationsSOCSOAR
Skills:CommunicationDocumentationProblem-solvingAttention to detail
Certifications:SOAR platform certificationsGIAC (GMONGCTIGCIHGCDAPython or scripting certificationsAzure or GCP cloud certifications
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SOARCortex XSOARSplunk SOARChronicle SOARPythonPowerShellREST APIsJSONEvent-driven automationSIEMEDRTIPMicrosoft security ecosystemGoogle security ecosystemWebhooksAPI integrationsCloud-native security toolsCase management systemsAzureGCP

Company Brief

WPP
Global marketing and communications services group offering advertising, media investment management, branding, public relations, and digital services to multinational clients across industries.
Industry: Advertising Media Groups
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1971
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