Lead Automation Engineer

Job Title

Lead Automation Engineer

Summary

We are seeking a Lead Automation Engineer (P5) to design, deliver, and scale automation that powers our cybersecurity platforms and operations. You will own the automation strategy and execution across SIEM, SOAR, endpoint, vulnerability, and cloud-security workflows—eliminating manual toil, standardizing deployments, and embedding reliability into the way we operate.

Location note : this is a remote role within 50km of Mississagua Ontario or St Laurent Quebec, or Calgary, AB, or Vancouver, BC

What You’ll Do

• Own the automation roadmap aligned to platform runbooks and quarterly objectives; prioritize high-value use cases that reduce manual effort and improve speed / quality.
• Design, implement, and maintain Python-based playbooks, micro-services, and scripts for enrichment, decisioning, remediation, and evidence collection.
• Deliver self-service capabilities (CLI / ChatOps / UI) that enable platform teams and SOC / IR to perform standardized actions safely and repeatedly.
• Build robust API integrations between security tools and enterprise systems (e.g., SIEM / SOAR, endpoint, vulnerability scanners, ticketing / ServiceNow, CMDB, identity, cloud services).
• Implement CI / CD workflows (GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps / GitLab CI), environment promotion, secrets management, and rollback safety for automation code.
• Add observability to automation (structured logging, metrics, traces, alerts); track playbook success / failure, latency, and error budgets.
• Act as technical lead for automation initiatives; mentor engineers on Python, integration patterns, and CI / CD.
• Partner closely with SOC / IR, Platform Ops, Cloud / Infra, and GRC to align automation to operational, resilience, and compliance needs.

What You Bring

Minimum Requirements

Preferable Skills & Experience

What Success Would Look Like

Tools & Environment

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Intitulé du poste

Ingénieur / e principal en automatisation

Résumé

Nous recherchons un / e Ingénieur / e principal en automatisation (P5) pour concevoir, livrer et faire évoluer des automatisations qui alimentent nos plateformes et opérations de cybersécurité. Vous serez responsable de la stratégie et de l’exécution de l’automatisation à travers les flux SIEM, SOAR, endpoints, gestion des vulnérabilités et sécurité cloud — en éliminant les tâches manuelles, en standardisant les déploiements et en intégrant la fiabilité dans nos opérations.

Note :

Poste à distance, mais le candidat doit résider dans un rayon de 50 km de l’une des localisations suivantes : Mississauga, Ontario, Saint-Laurent, Québec, Calgary, Alberta, Vancouver, Colombie-Britannique

Ce que vous ferez

Ce que vous apportez

Exigences minimales

Diplôme ou équivalent et généralement 10+ années d’expérience pertinente. Moins d’années requises si titulaire d’un Master ou Doctorat pertinent.

Compétences et expériences souhaitées

Indicateur de succès

Outils et environnement

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$113,500 - $189,100

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