Palo Alto XSOAR Platform Engineer – Banking Client
Posted 1 day ago by 1754131898
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Greater London
Summary: The Palo Alto XSOAR Platform Engineer will be responsible for maintaining the security orchestration and automation platform used by the security operation center for managing security alerts. The role involves configuration updates, compliance checks, problem resolution, and contributing to projects by implementing new solutions. The position requires a strong technical background in IT security and programming, particularly with Python and YAML. This is a hybrid role with mandatory on-site presence in London, Paris, Amsterdam, or Brussels.
Key Responsibilities:
- Day-to-day configuration updates to implement customer change requests following the clients formal change process.
- Check the compliance of the configuration and implementation against defined technical security standards and product baselines.
- Problem resolution and support, working with other technical teams on operational incident responses.
- Initiate configuration review/recertification processes and work with stakeholders to periodically review product configurations.
- KPI delivery to report on the execution of these tasks.
- Support the upgrade project from version 6 to version 8.
- Contribute to projects by collecting feedback from stakeholders and customizing new solutions.
Key Skills:
- Programming: Python (and YAML).
- Experience maintaining a SOAR platform; knowledge of Palo Alto XSOAR is a bonus.
- Experience maintaining Windows and Linux servers.
- At least a few years of experience in IT security with a strong security mindset.
- A strong technical background in technologies and infrastructure solutions.
- Experience in other programming languages, web proxies, network IDS/IPS, firewalls, and EDR is a plus.
- Customer service oriented.
- Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
- Team player with strong ownership and organizational quality standards.
- Good time management and prioritization skills.
- Reliable, stress-resistant, and flexible.
Salary (Rate): £688 per day
City: Greater London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Palo Alto XSOAR Platform Engineer – Banking Client – London, Paris, Amsterdam or Brussels
6-12 month contract
Hybrid: 8 days onsite per month (mandatory)
Rate: 500 – 800 per day
Security Operations Engineer (SOAR) / CISO Platform Security
Your main task will be to maintain the security orchestration and automation platform. This platform is used by the security operation centre to manage security alerts.
Our mission is to maintain and enrich this platform by integrating it with various tools.
Depending on the domain and product these tasks can include:
- Day-2-day configuration updates to implement (customer) change requests following the clients formal change process.
- Check the compliance of the configuration and implementation against defined technical security standards and product baselines.
- Problem resolution and support. Work together with other technical teams on ‘operational incident responses’.
- As the process owner, initiate any configuration review/recertification process and work with the other stakeholders (business and technical) to periodically review product configurations and implementation to validate the accuracy and correctness.
- KPI delivery to report on the execution of these tasks.
- Support the upgrade project from version 6 to version 8
Next to the operational tasks you will be expected to contribute projects.
This includes collecting feedback from stakeholders (compliance, risk, security), customize and implement new solutions.
Technical skills
- Programming: Python (and YAML).
- Experience maintaining a SOAR platform. Knowing Palo Alto XSOAR is a bonus.
- Experience maintaining Windows and Linux servers.
- At least a few years of experience in IT security with the right security mindset.
- A strong technical background of the technologies and infrastructure solutions.
- Any experience in the following domains/products is a plus.
- Other programming languages
- Web proxies
- Network IDS/IPS
- Firewalls
- EDR
Soft skills
- Customer service oriented.
- You are a very good communicator in English, both verbal and written, and able to discuss and defend the security interests with individuals and groups of IT (security) experts.
- You are a team player who communicates in an open, respectful and constructive way with his customers and peers, both verbally and in writing. You will take ownership and ensure that organizational quality standards are met.
- Attention to (good) time management with the right sense for prioritization.
- Reliable, stress resistant and flexible.
Please do send across to me the most up to date CV to eobiechefu@welovesalt.com
*Rates depend on experience and client requirements