Manager, Security Automation
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead the design, development, and continuous improvement of security automation capabilities, defining use cases to reduce manual effort and accelerate response. Own and evolve the security case management platform while managing infrastructure and engineering practices that underpin automation, forensics, and threat intelligence platforms. Drive the adoption of emerging AI capabilities across security operations to enhance analysis and automate decision-making. Develop a multi-year automation strategy, define performance metrics, and lead technical investigations for complex platform challenges. Provide line management and mentor a team of security automation engineers, fostering a collaborative culture through regular feedback and career development planning.
Required Qualifications
- Demonstrable experience designing, implementing, and supporting Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platforms and associated automation workflows
- Experience mentoring, coaching, and developing engineers, fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team culture
- Strong hands-on scripting and development experience, particularly with Python including API integrations and workflow automation
- Experience building and maintaining security capabilities in public cloud environments, with practical expertise in AWS and/or Microsoft Azure
- Knowledge of modern DevSecOps practices, including Infrastructure-as-Code, source control, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and configuration management
- Experience managing and supporting enterprise security platforms
- Understanding of security operations processes, including alert triage, investigation, and incident response
- Experience evaluating and implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities within operational environments, including familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI, AI agents, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) concepts
- Strong knowledge of system integration techniques, REST APIs, authentication mechanisms, and alert-driven architectures
- Experience translating business and operational requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, capable of leading complex technical investigations and drive resolution of critical issues
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
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