Job Description

LPL Financial is seeking a Principal, SOC Automation focusing on enhancing security event detection and response automation. This position is a hands-on technical position and will report to VP, Security Operations Center. The person should have firsthand experience supporting Security Operations Center and hands on experience working with security engineering, cloud platforms, and IT infrastructure. The candidate should possess excellent leadership qualities in using solid judgement with decision making and also a high level of technical acumen across Information Security domains. In this role, the Principal SOC Automation will contribute to a team that will address repeatable security design patterns and integrates various Cyber Security platforms. The position demands a strong background in Cybersecurity tools, hands-on programming skills, and the ability to analyze, design, and develop new solutions quickly. The candidate will also need to evangelize and envision new proof of concepts, implementation strategies, and integrations. A combination of technical skills, security knowledge, and strong problem-solving abilities is essential for success in this position. Responsibilities include enhancing the detection and prediction of threats with high accuracy, automating responses to threats efficiently, contributing to a program that addresses repeatable security design patterns and integrates various Cyber Security platforms, designing and implementing automation use-cases and workflows for security operations center, collaborating with cross functional teams to design and improve security processes, analyzing security systems and identifying areas for automation, developing, testing, and maintaining automated security processes, monitoring and troubleshooting automated security systems, creating and maintaining detailed documentation of security automation processes and procedures, writing code/scripts/automation to detect, prevent, or integrate new IOCs/IOA’s or to automate cybersecurity processes to increase efficiencies, collaborating with Security Analysts to tune and enhance cybersecurity solutions and technologies, training and mentoring junior security team members on automated processes and techniques, and continuously evaluating and improving security automation processes to increase efficiency and effectiveness. Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security or technology related field, 7+ years of related experience in information security, specifically hands on experience working in a Security Operations Center, 5+ years of hands-on experience with Splunk and SOAR, SPL, Python, or other relevant programming languages to support automation. Core competencies include strong analytical and problem-solving skills and strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Preferred qualifications include relevant technical and security certifications such as CISSP, GIAC, or SOAR certificates and experience in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM).

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