Role Summary
We are looking for a Junior SOC Automation Engineer who can actively contribute to building and maintaining automation workflows within our Security Operations Center. You will work at the intersection of cybersecurity and engineering — turning repetitive analyst tasks into reliable, automated pipelines using real security tooling and scripting.

Key Responsibilities

- Build and maintain automation playbooks for alert triage, IOC enrichment, ticket creation, and escalation workflows using platforms like n8n, Tines, or XSOAR.

- Develop Python/PowerShell scripts for API integrations, log parsing, and automated response actions.

- Integrate security tools including SIEM, EDR, threat intel platforms (VirusTotal, AbuseIPDB), and ticketing systems (Jira, ServiceNow) via REST APIs.

- Parse and normalize data across JSON, Syslog formats for use in automation pipelines.

- Handle webhook configurations and event-driven triggers for real-time automation.

- Troubleshoot failed workflows, perform root cause analysis, and maintain pipeline reliability.

- Handle webhook configurations and event-driven triggers for real-time automation.

- Troubleshoot failed workflows, perform root cause analysis, and maintain pipeline reliability.

- Document all workflows, playbooks, and API configurations in a Git repository.

- Collaborate with SOC analysts to identify manual processes suitable for automation.





Required Qualifications

- Technical Skills — Must Have

- Proficiency in Python/JS scripting — API calls, data parsing, error handling

- Strong understanding of REST APIs — authentication (API keys, OAuth, Bearer tokens), request handling, and response parsing

- Solid grasp of JSON and data transformation across formats.

- Comfort with Linux CLI — log inspection, file handling, running scripts.

- Basic understanding of networking fundamentals — DNS, HTTP/S, ports, protocols.

- Awareness of common attack types and IOCs — phishing, malware, brute force

- Tools — Exposure Expected.

- Conceptual understanding of what a SIEM is and how it functions — log aggregation, alert generation, correlation rules, and its role in a SOC environment. Hands-on exposure is a plus.

- Basic Git usage — commits, branching, pull requests.

Key Competencies

- Solid debugging and troubleshooting mindset.

- Ability to translate analyst requirements into automation logic

- High attention to detail in workflow design and script output

- Self-driven with ability to take ownership of tasks end-to-end

- Eagerness to continuously learn new tools and techniques

Qualifications

- Bachelor' degree in technical background.

Additional Information

Candidates can apply to [email protected]

📌 Junior SOC Automation Engineer (Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar)
🏢 SafeAeon
📍 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar