Cyber - SOAR; Security Orchestration, Automation and Response) Engineer - Manager - Consulting

Cyber - SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation and Response) Engineer
- Manager
- Consulting

Location:

New York

Other locations:
Anywhere in Country

Date:
Sep 15, 2026

Requisition

Location:

Anywhere in Country

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The Opportunity

In a rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, organizations face increasingly sophisticated threats while managing growing security operations workloads. Clients across industries look to us for innovative solutions that improve efficiency, enhance visibility, and strengthen cyber resilience through automation and orchestration.

Join our dynamic team as a SOAR Engineering Manager, where you will lead the design, delivery, and optimization of security automation solutions that help organizations respond to threats faster and more effectively. You will combine technical leadership, client advisory, delivery management, and team development to guide complex SOAR initiatives. Working with security operations, incident response, threat detection, engineering, and business stakeholders, you will shape automation strategies, oversee platform implementations, and help clients realize measurable value from their cybersecurity investments.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SOAR and security automation engagements, from discovery and strategy through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and operational transition.
• Advise clients on automation strategy, operating models, governance, platform selection, capability roadmaps, and opportunities to improve Security Operations Center (SOC) effectiveness.
• Own solution architecture and delivery quality for enterprise SOAR implementations, ensuring designs are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with client requirements.
• Direct the design and development of playbooks that automate incident triage, enrichment, investigation, containment, remediation, case management, and reporting activities.
• Oversee integrations across SIEM, EDR/XDR, IAM, cloud security, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, email security, network security, ticketing, and collaboration platforms.
• Provide technical oversight for custom integrations, APIs, connectors, reusable frameworks, and cloud-native automation capabilities.
• Facilitate executive briefings, architecture reviews, technical workshops, stakeholder interviews, and requirements sessions; translate complex findings into clear recommendations and implementation plans.
• Manage engagement scope, workplans, risks, dependencies, staffing, financial performance, and delivery milestones while maintaining service quality and client satisfaction.
• Establish engineering standards, governance controls, testing practices, documentation expectations, and production support models for automation solutions.
• Lead, coach, and develop multidisciplinary teams; review work products, provide actionable feedback, and create an inclusive, collaborative environment.
• Identify follow‑on opportunities, contribute to proposals and statements of work, support solution development, and help grow the security automation practice.
• Maintain awareness of emerging threats, AI‑assisted security operations, automation technologies, cloud‑native security capabilities, and evolving SOAR platforms.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Strong leadership, structured problem‑solving, and critical‑thinking skills, with the ability to make sound decisions in complex client environments.
• Deep knowledge of security operations and demonstrated ability to connect business objectives, operating processes, and…