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If you’re passionate about tackling meaningful challenges alongside talented team members committed to helping each other succeed, all while having lots of fun, we want to hear from you. We offer competitive benefits and salaries, personal and professional development opportunities, flexibility, and much more!\nThis position is responsible for analysis of efficiency opportunities and automation of processes in Security Operations. The candidate should be able to review operational processes and determine areas where automation can assist and to develop proof of concepts. Any work performed should be backed by metrics and efficiency gains should be tracked. Candidate will be working with stakeholders involved with detection of phishing, brand abuse, cyber threats, etc. and is expected to have knowledge of these areas.The candidate must understand automation capabilities such as leveraging API’s and device emulation. Python is the primary language used. 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