- 6 or more years of professional experience as a software developer with a focus on JavaScript, including at least 3 years of experience in developing security automation solutions within SOAR platforms.

- Experience with RESTful APIs, JSON, and other web technologies; familiarity with Python is a plus.

- 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 help 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.

- Nice to have : Professional certifications in Security and/or software development (i. e. CISSP, CEH, or vendor-specific SOAR certifications).