Senior Security Engineer (SIEM/Cribl) - Northeast region (Remote)

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Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering, with a primary focus on SIEM platforms.
• Hands-on experience with at least two of the following SIEM platforms: Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, Google SecOps, CrowdStrike NG-SIEM, LogScale
• 2+ years of experience with Cribl or similar observability pipeline tools (e.g., Logstash, Fluentd, Kafka).
• Strong knowledge of log formats, data normalization, and event correlation.
• Familiarity with detection engineering, threat modeling, and MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Proficiency with scripting (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash) and regular expressions.
• Deep understanding of logging from cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-prem environments.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, implement, and maintain SIEM solutions with a focus on modern platforms
• Design and manage log ingestion pipelines using tools such as Cribl Stream, Edge, or Search (or similar).
• Optimize data routing, enrichment, and filtering to improve SIEM efficiency and cost control.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure teams to integrate log sources and telemetry data.
• Develop custom parsers, dashboards, correlation rules, and alerting logic for security analytics and threat detection.
• Maintain and enhance system reliability, scalability, and performance of logging infrastructure.
• Provide expertise and guidance on log normalization, storage strategy, and data retention policies.
• Lead incident response investigations and assist with root cause analysis leveraging SIEM insights.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to strategic security monitoring initiatives.