Cadence Design Systems Inc. is looking for a motivated Cybersecurity Engineer I to work with us in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
This person would join our Information Security team maintaining and enhancing our log management infrastructure, ensuring reliable, secure, and scalable ingestion of security-relevant data across the enterprise. The ideal candidate will possess knowledge in log collection technologies, SIEM administration, and SOAR integrations, with a strong focus on automation, performance optimization, and compliance.
Job Description:
- Administer and maintain log servers including upgrades, patching, and migrations. Design and implement high availability and clustering solutions for log servers.
- Manage log archiving, retention policies, and backup strategies. Onboard new log sources from cloud platforms, applications, network devices, and endpoints.
- Perform log parsing, normalization, and selective event ingestion to optimize SIEM performance. Configure streaming and forwarding mechanisms for real-time log delivery.
- Develop scripts (e.g., Python, Shell) for log processing, automation, and system tasks. Utilize APIs for log collection, integration, and automation workflows.
- Create dashboards, reports, and configure alerts for log ingestion health and security insights. Monitor data quality and ingestion anomalies, ensuring completeness and accuracy.
- Work closely with SOC, IR, and infrastructure teams to align log management with security operations.
- Document log source configurations, ingestion pipelines, and architectural decisions.
Requirements:
- Complete Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Experience/contact with Cybersecurity: Hands-on experience with Syslog technologies (NXLOG, syslog-ng, Snare, rsyslog).
- Contact with log management, SIEM engineering, or security data operations.
- Strong Linux administration and scripting skills.
- Proven experience with cloud log ingestion (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Familiarity with APIs and log streaming technologies.
Nice to Have:
- Certifications such as Splunk Certified Architect, Elastic Certified Engineer, CISSP, GIAC.
- Experience with SOAR platforms and playbook development.
- Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and their logging mechanisms.
Additional Job Details:
- Employment category: CLT
- Employment term: 40 hours/week.
- Competitive benefits.
- Location: Av Contorno 5800, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais Brazil.
About Cadence Design Systems:
Cadence is the only company that provides the expertise and tools, IP, and hardware required for the entire electronics design chain, from chip design to chip packaging to boards and to systems. We enable electronic systems and semiconductor companies to create innovative products that transform the way people live, work, and play. Our products are used in mobile, consumer, cloud datacenter, automotive, aerospace, IoT, industrial and other market segments. For more information, access http://www.cadence.com.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Hands-on experience with Syslog technologies
- Experience with log management or SIEM engineering
- Strong Linux administration and scripting skills
- Experience with cloud log ingestion (AWS, Azure, GCP)
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Cadence enables electronic systems and semiconductor companies to create the innovative end products that are transforming the way people live, work and play. Cadence® software, hardware and IP are used by customers to deliver products to market faster. The company's Intelligent System Design strategy helps customers develop differentiated products—from chips to boards to intelligent systems—in mobile, consumer, cloud, data center, automotive, aerospace, IoT, industrial and other market segments. Cadence is listed as one of Fortune Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For.
