About the role
We are seeking a seasoned JavaScript Developer with a strong background in cybersecurity automation to join our Integrations, Detection, and Response organisation. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in developing and maintaining SOAR workflows, integrating with various third-party security vendors, and enhancing incident response capabilities through automation.
Requirements:
- 5 or more years of professional experience as a software developer with a focus on JavaScript, Node.js and Python.
- Experience with RESTful APIs, JSON, and other web technologies; familiarity with Python is a must.
- Hands-on experience with SOAR platforms such as Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR (formerly Phantom), or IBM Resilient, including playbook development and system integration.
- Experience integrating with security tools like centralised logging (e. g., Splunk, ELK stack), EDRs, threat intelligence platforms, and ticketing systems (e. g., ServiceNow, Zendesk).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex integration and automation issues.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience and interest in mentoring junior employees.
- This role will be helping teach detection engineers how to best leverage SOAR while writing detections and expand their technical abilities to write their own SOAR playbooks and integrations.
- Experience working in Agile development environments, preferably with formal Agile training, utilising tools like JIRA and Confluence.