Security Automation Engineer (SOAR Engineer) A Global Organisation requires a Contract SOAR Engineer to improve the current SOC's efficiency by developing security automations, logging mechanisms, and SIEM detection rules - enhancing the SOC efficiency. Day Rate: £750 - £810pd IR35 Status: Inside Duration: 6 months initially Travel: 2 days a week in Hertfordshire This Security Automation Engineer will have the previous following experience: Worked as a Security Engineer focussing on enhancing a global SOC's capability Building automated workflows, playbooks, and logging integrations to enhance the SOC's scalability, efficiency, and incident response readiness. Designed and fine-tune proactive and reactive detections in Sentinel - working closely with Threat Intelligence, IR, and Attack Surface Management teams. Partnered with SOC analysts to identify repetitive tasks and implement automation to boost day-to-day operational efficiency in areas like threat hunting and vulnerability management. Continuously assessed and improved automation systems for reliability, performance, and scalability to meet evolving security and operational needs. Hands-on experience with security automation and cloud tools such as Sentinel, Splunk SOAR, Palo Alto XSOAR, and platforms like Azure, AWS, and GCP to support SOC and detection engineering efforts.