Security Automation and AI Engineer

Job Title : Security Automation & AI Engineer Location : Manchester, London (Remote) Job Summary We are looking for a Security Automation & AI Engineer with 6–10 years of experience in cybersecurity, SOC, security engineering, DevSecOps, and automation. The role focuses on building security automations, SOAR playbooks, AI-driven solutions, detection pipelines, and integrating security into CI/CD environments. Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain security automation workflows and SOAR playbooks for alert triage, investigation, enrichment, and remediation.
• Build detection-as-code and CI/CD pipelines for automated security detection and deployment.
• Develop AI-assisted security investigation and automation solutions using tools such as Microsoft Copilot and LLM-based technologies.
• Identify security processes that can be automated using AI, scripting, and APIs.
• Automate vulnerability management, prioritization, remediation tracking, and reporting.
• Integrate SIEM, EDR, SOAR, DLP, IAM, and other security tools using REST APIs.
• Work with DevOps/R&D teams to embed security controls into GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Support SOC, incident response, and threat-hunting activities.
• Evaluate new AI and automation technologies and develop proof-of-concepts.
• Create documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures for security automation. Required Skills
• 6–10 years of experience in Security Operations, Security Engineering, DevSecOps, or Cybersecurity.
• Strong Python programming and scripting experience; PowerShell/Bash is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with SOC, SIEM, EDR, SOAR, threat hunting, and incident response.
• Strong experience with CI/CD, Git, GitHub, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins.
• Experience developing REST API integrations and automation workflows.
• Knowledge of AWS, Azure, or GCP and cloud security.
• Understanding of AI/ML, Generative AI, LLMs, and AI-driven security automation.
• Experience using or working with Microsoft Copilot is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, CIS, and DevSecOps.
• Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving, and documentation skills. Ideal Candidate A hands-on security professional who can combine SOC + Threat Hunting + Python + Security Automation + CI/CD + AI/GenAI and identify practical opportunities to automate security operations and improve efficiency. Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support. Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals. To learn more, please visit https://dexian.com/ .