*Edwards Lifesciences is expanding its global technology capabilities with the launch of a new IT Innovation Hub in Pune, India. The Hub strengthens the technology foundation that supports our business worldwide, working in close partnership with teams across regions to deliver reliable, high\-quality solutions at scale.**
*Designed as a long\-term investment, the Pune Hub will advance newer digital capabilities such as automation, data, AI, and cloud, and will include roles spanning end user services, application development, and enterprise platform teams.**
*As a Security Automation Architect at Edwards, you will lead the design and evolution of our enterprise security automation program — building intelligent, scalable playbooks and AI\-driven workflows that reduce response time and elevate our security posture. Ideal candidates bring deep expertise in SOAR architecture, API\-based integrations, and automation engineering across the full security operations lifecycle. If you believe every repetitive security task is an automation opportunity waiting to happen, and you're energized by building systems that make security teams faster and smarter — this role is for you.**
Define and own the automation architecture vision, roadmap, and standards across the security organization
Design, build and maintain complex automation use cases and AI\-Agents in Incident Response, IAM, Cloud and Security operations
Establish governance frameworks for playbook quality, peer review, testing, and version control
Build and govern Out\-Of\-the\-Box and custom integrations across multiple cyber security tools using APIs, webhooks etc
Define and publish automation effectiveness metrics to showcase automation maturity and ROI to senior leadership
Own the operations and maintenance of key cybersecurity automation capabilities and services in Automation area – SOAR (Torq, PaloAlto XSOAR etc)
Provide coaching, mentoring, and knowledge transfer to other team members
Create and maintain technical documentation: playbooks, runbooks, integration diagrams, operational procedures, and troubleshooting guides
Staying informed on the evolving threat landscape and emerging automation technologies (including AI/ML and LLM\-based agents) to drive innovation in Edwards' security automation program
*What you'll need (Required):**
Bachelor's Degree in related field with 6 years of previous related experience, or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria
*What else we look for (Preferred):**
Proven experience architecting enterprise\-scale automation environments, including design documentation, integration frameworks, and lifecycle management
Expert\-level scripting proficiency in Python and at least one of: PowerShell, Bash, JavaScript
Expert with SOAR platforms (Torq, PaloAlto XSOAR etc)
Ability to analyze complex problems and translate them into well\-architected, scalable automation solutions
Demonstrated experience in Incident Response automation
Demonstrated knowledge of security concepts in the following area: Cloud, IAM and security operations
Experience with AI Agent frameworks and LLM\-based automation – preffered
Certifications in related discipline preferred (e.g., CEH, CISM, CISSP)
Proficient analytical and problem\-solving abilities to identify and mitigate potential security risks
Strict attention to detail
Ability to partner with other information security and IT experts
Substantial understanding of troubleshooting techniques with the ability to adapt and learn new technologies
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Ability to provide guidance to assigned teams on implementing information security automation designs
Excellent organization and time management skills
Excellent verbal and written communication and customer focused skills
Extensive knowledge of own area within the organization while contributing to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards
Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels and proactively escalate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization
Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment