We are looking for an experienced
Cortex XSIAM & XSOAR Security Engineer
to support the design, implementation, configuration, and optimization of Palo Alto Networks security platforms. The successful candidate will have strong hands-on experience with
Cortex XSIAM, Cortex XDR, and Cortex XSOAR
, along with a solid understanding of SIEM/SOC operations, cloud security, data ingestion, and security automation.
The role will focus on deploying and maintaining XSIAM capabilities, onboarding security data sources, developing detection logic, creating automated response workflows, and integrating the platform with existing enterprise security technologies.
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced
Cortex XSIAM & XSOAR Security Engineer
to support the design, implementation, configuration, and optimization of Palo Alto Networks security platforms. The successful candidate will have strong hands-on experience with
Cortex XSIAM, Cortex XDR, and Cortex XSOAR
, along with a solid understanding of SIEM/SOC operations, cloud security, data ingestion, and security automation.
The role will focus on deploying and maintaining XSIAM capabilities, onboarding security data sources, developing detection logic, creating automated response workflows, and integrating the platform with existing enterprise security technologies.
Key Responsibilities
XSIAM Implementation:
Deploy and configure Cortex XSIAM environments, including tenant setup, architecture configuration, and connectivity with enterprise/cloud infrastructure.
Endpoint Deployment:
Implement and manage Cortex XDR agents across servers, endpoints, and other supported environments.
Security Data Integration:
Onboard and normalize logs, network telemetry, endpoint data,



cloud security events, and third-party data sources into XSIAM.
Detection Engineering:
Develop, configure, and optimize detection rules, analytics, correlation logic, and threat detection mechanisms.
XQL Development:
Create and optimize XQL queries for threat hunting, investigation, monitoring, and security analytics.
SOAR Automation:
Design and maintain automated incident-response playbooks using
Cortex XSOAR
.
Enterprise Integration:
Integrate XSIAM/XSOAR with SIEM platforms, ITSM/ticketing tools, threat intelligence platforms, firewalls, cloud services, and other security solutions.
Platform Troubleshooting:
Investigate and resolve agent deployment issues, ingestion failures, parsing problems, integration errors, and alert-related issues.
Alert Optimization:
Analyze false positives and continuously tune detection and correlation rules to improve SOC effectiveness.
Security Operations:
Support threat detection, incident investigation, response, and security monitoring activities across enterprise environments.
Mandatory Skills
3+ years of experience
in SIEM, XDR, SOC, or security operations environments.
Strong hands-on experience with
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM
implementation, configuration, and administration.
Proven experience working with
Cortex XSOAR
-




mandatory/deal-breaker skill
.
Strong knowledge of
XQL, log analysis, parsing techniques, regular expressions, and security analytics
.
Experience onboarding and managing security data from
AWS, Azure, or GCP
environments.
Good understanding of
TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, proxies, network traffic, and security logs
.
Experience with security monitoring, threat detection, alert investigation, and SOC processes.
Solid troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities.
Preferred Skills
Palo Alto Networks certifications related to
Cortex XSIAM, Cortex XDR, or Cortex XSOAR
.
Experience developing security automation and orchestration workflows.
Knowledge of
incident response, threat hunting, and SOC operational processes
.
Exposure to integrating XSIAM/XSOAR with enterprise SIEM, ITSM, TIP, and security infrastructure.
Experience with cloud security monitoring and cloud-native security services.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in
Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline
.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration abilities.
Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with SOC, infrastructure, cloud, and security teams.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will be a hands-on
Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM/XSOAR professional
who can independently manage platform deployment, data onboarding, detection engineering, automation, integrations, and troubleshooting. Strong practical experience with
XSIAM and XSOAR
is essential for this position.
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