Security Automation Engineer III

11 hours ago


Milwaukee WI, United States Northwestern Mutual Full time

We care and make a positive difference.
This is a hybrid position at either our Milwaukee office or our New York City office. ( The Milwaukee office requires onsite M, T, and W or in our NYC office on Thursday plus 1 other day.)
A highly motivated Security Automation Engineer to join NM’s Cybersecurity team. As a member of the Security Automation team, you will play a pivotal role in building and maintaining a continuous and sustainable security automation pipeline to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness and accuracy of detection and response capabilities and reduce manual tasks for the Cybersecurity teams. This role requires a mix of coding skills, systems engineering, and security domain expertise.

Assist with the design, engineering, deployment, and maintenance of custom automation tools (primarily in Python and PowerShell)
Assist with the ongoing enhancement to the organization’s case management system, and actively identify areas of improvement within the processes of our Cybersecurity teams with the goal of decreasing response times, increasing effectiveness and streamlining security operations.
Develop and maintain documentation related to the automation of workflows related to detection/response procedures for security events.

2-4 years of professional development experience using Python.
Hands-on experience with security automation and orchestration tools and/or software development technologies.
Hands-on experience deploying content and/or systems through CI/CD environments, and tooling such as GitLab, GitLab CI, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes etc.
Hands-on experience with AWS and cloud services configuration and development.
Hands-on experience with Linux and Windows systems administration.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field
Experience with Splunk SOAR (Phantom) and Splunk SIEM.
Experience with Splunk SPL queries, dashboards, and alerts.
Practical experience with automation techniques using PowerShell, Bash, JavaScript, API calls, and regular expressions.
Additional coding experience in one or more programming languages – Java, C++, Go
ServiceNow development experience
Experience with network and/or systems administration.
Experience working in Security Operations, Incident Response, or Penetration Testing
Medical/Dental/Vision plans, 401(k), pension program
We provide tuition reimbursement, PTO, and Holiday Pay
We provide extensive Professional Training Opportunities
Northwestern Mutual pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement in the salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; Please note that the salary range listed in the posting is the standard pay structure. Positions in certain locations (such as California) may provide an increase on the standard pay structure based on the location. Please click here for additiona l information relating to location-based pay structures.


We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and commitment to diversity and inclusion. 
Flexible work schedules
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