Everforth ECS Federal is seeking a Mid-Level SIEM Engineer to support a mission-focused federal cybersecurity program in Washington DC.
Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.
Join Everforth ECS Federal to grow your cyber operations career supporting SIEM, detection, and monitoring for mission-critical federal systems. You will support national security and law enforcement missions in a collaborative security environment focused on visibility, threat detection, incident response, and continuous improvement.
The SIEM Engineer will support SIEM administration, log aggregation, alerting, dashboards, reporting, and threat detection activities for cybersecurity operations. This role provides hands-on support for monitoring, detection content, investigation support, and cyber operations workflows across secure federal environments.
The SIEM Engineer will configure data sources, support log ingestion, develop and tune alerts, maintain dashboards, assist investigations, maintain reports, support detection content, and contribute to cyber operations processes. This position will work closely with SOC analysts, cybersecurity engineers, incident responders, system administrators, network teams, and program leadership to improve monitoring effectiveness, alert quality, and operational visibility.
This role requires a hands-on cybersecurity professional with experience supporting SIEM tools, log management, alerting, dashboards, and investigation workflows. The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical skills, attention to detail, documentation discipline, and the ability to support cyber operations in a classified or sensitive federal mission environment.
Preferred Qualifications- Minimum 5 years SIEM, cybersecurity operations, or security engineering experience
- Experience with log management, alerting, dashboards, and incident response support.
Skills Required
- Hands-on experience supporting SIEM tools, log management, alerting, dashboards, and investigation workflows
- Minimum 5 years SIEM, cybersecurity operations, or security engineering experience
- Experience with log management, alerting, dashboards, and incident response support
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
