Sr. Engineer - SOAR Automation | On-Site, Bangalore
OptivBangalore, KarnatakaPosted 7 April 2026
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Job Description
This position will be on-site reporting to our Bangalore office, M-F.
This team provides 24/7 support. This role requires shift flexibility, including the ability to rotate between days, mids, and nights.
At Optiv, we’re on a mission to help our clients make their businesses more secure. We’re one of the fastest growing companies in a truly essential industry. In your role at Optiv, you’ll be inspired by a team of the brightest business and technical minds in cyber security. We are passionate champions for our clients and know from experience that the best solutions for our clients’ needs come from working hard together. As part of our team, your voice matters, and you will do important work that has impact, on people, businesses, and nations. Our industry and our company move fast, and you can be sure that you will always have room to learn and grow. We’re proud of our team and the important work we do to build confidence in a more connected world.
How you'll make an impact
Experience of implementation and development of SOAR solutions like Google SecOps, Swimlane, Turbine, Cortex XSOAR, Tines, Exabeam SOAR, Splunk SOAR etc.
The primary purpose of this role is to act as the orchestration strategist in identifying incident response activity
where mitigating controls would be automated. This is accomplished in a four-pronged approach:
Identify mitigating controls through repetitive manual processes within the SOC Analyst community that complies
with client security policy and industry best practices
In concert with Principal Analyst and Threat Hunters, within the Proactive Hunting process, translate complex, and non-complex
Incident Response event patterns into an automated process mitigating control
In coordination with SOC Operations, Data Scientists, Service Delivery Manager, and Application Development
Engineers, produce the requirements necessary to translate manual Incident Response events into automated
mitigating controls through the use of several industry standard platforms, research patterns to gain decision
making criteria, and coding languages.
What we’re looking for
BE / BTech / ME / MTech in Computer Science or technology-related degree or equivalent work experience.
6 years of progressive software development or web development or security automation experience
5 years of experience in security automation and development using SOAR solutions like Google SecOps, Swimlane, Cortex
XSOAR, Tines, Exabeam SOAR, Splunk SOAR etc.
Hands-on coding experience in the implementation of complex programming custom workflows.
In-depth knowledge of algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and their applications.
Solid programming background in Python, NodeJS, TypeScript, JavaScript, or other object-oriented languages.
Strong NoSQL database and SQL knowledge including MongoDB, Postgres, or MySQL.
Hands-on experience in cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud or Azure and DevOps technologies including Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform.
Experience in an Agile DevOps engineering environment that effectively uses CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, Github).
The candidate will most likely have spent time in every role of the SOC Operations, operating model
Understand the computational decision making process in automating complex scenarios
Strong collaboration skills that in turn translates efficient processes into automated decision making functions and determinations through the use of a wide range of industry standard platforms, data mining strategies, and investigative tools
Unrivalled ability to work with highly complex, technical individuals to translate computing technology into everyday communication topics
Ability to explain highly technical standards, and solutions to junior personnel, and senior leadership
Comprehend complex data sets, and create own algorithms if necessary to accomplish tasks
Experienced in writing requirements documentation for data programming solutions
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