A global leader in the transportation and logistics industry is seeking a senior Cybersecurity Detection and Automation Engineer to join its Security Operations team on a critical, long‑term contract assignment through March 2027. This role is essential for boosting organizational resilience by driving threat detection maturity and optimizing incident response through automation. Role & Key Focus Areas As a core member of Security Operations, you will combine threat detection, incident response, and security automation to reduce cyber risk. Detection Engineering: Lead the end‑to‑end management of detection use cases—from concept to tuning—using major SIEM platforms. This includes developing, deploying, and maintaining SIEM correlation rules to strengthen defenses. SOAR Automation: Develop, deploy, and maintain SOAR playbooks and automation use cases. The focus is on creating playbooks, not scripting automation from scratch, to streamline Incident Response processes. Continuous Improvement: Work with Offensive Security and technology teams to enhance capabilities, support purple teaming, and drive operational efficiency through automation and AI integration. Essential Requirements Minimum 5 years of professional experience across SOC, Incident Response, Forensics, Detection Engineering, and SOAR. Hands‑on experience with major SIEM/SOAR platforms, including Splunk ES, Splunk SOAR, Microsoft Sentinel, Crowdstrike Next‑Gen SIEM, or Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR. Expertise in threat detection use case development and a strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and attacker TTPs. Proficiency in scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python). Experience or exposure to IT/OT infrastructure, applications, cloud, mobile, and IoT environments. Qualifications & Education Security qualifications. Bachelor’s Degree. At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background. #J-18808-Ljbffr