MDR Automation Engineer

Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we're looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are
We believe collaboration thrives in person. That's why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it's needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Description
Your Career
As a MDR Automation Engineer at Palo Alto Networks (Unit 42) you will design, build, and optimize security workflows and automation solutions for our MDR team. Working with our Unit 42 to achieve customers goals of maintaining great security on top of their security stack using XSOAR.

Your Impact

• Develop information security and incident response workflows, procedures and deploy them as Cortex XSOAR playbooks
• Work with MDR analysts to understand their specific workflows to help automate procedures & responses on a large scale
• Develop Python scripts to automate repetitive tasks
• Integrate APIs from various security and IT tools
• Analyze metrics and trends to identify areas for improvement in detection and respons

Qualifications
Your Experience

• 5+ years of hands-on extensive experience with various information security tools such as SIEMs, FWs, EDR, Sandboxes, Vulnerability Management, etc.
• A self-motivated and proactive individual with tech/team leadership experience - as this is a newly created position, the ideal candidate will be someone who thrives in an entrepreneurial environment, has the ability to work independently, and is comfortable taking initiative to shape the role as it evolves
• 2+ years of hands-on, extensive experience in incident response and malware analysis
• Software development experience, preferably Python
• Good understanding of SOC and information security management workflows in enterprise organizations

• Great communication skills in English

• Nice to have

• Previous experience with Cortex XSOAR or other SOAR products

• Previous experience with Cortex XSIAM

Additional Information
The Team
Unit 42 is the global threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks. We believe threat intelligence should be shared and available to all within the industry. We deliver high-quality, in-depth research on adversaries, malware families, and attack campaigns. Our analysts uncover and document adversary behaviors and then share playbooks that give insight into the various tools, techniques, and procedures threat actors execute to compromise organizations.

If you're looking for a career with access to the brightest minds in cybersecurity, you've found it. We have a hunger for researching, hunting out the world's newest threats and sharing them with our industry to make the digital world a safer place.

You will be part of a growing, passionate, and dynamic team with an opportunity to work on challenging and exciting projects — centered on what we believe is one of the most significant mission statements in the world. We also strive to be the most people-centric company ever That means we're constantly working to make your experience amazing, and you are part of the team breaking boundaries of what the workplace can be

Our Commitment
We're problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity's status quo. It's simple: we can't accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

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Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

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