SIEM Engineer

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Harrisburg, PA, USA
In-Office
Entry level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Information Technology • Internet of Things • Software
The Role
Engineer and optimize the enterprise SIEM environment, primarily Splunk. Responsibilities include onboarding and normalizing log sources, developing detection rules and dashboards, integrating cloud and security tools, tuning alerts, troubleshooting performance, supporting SOC and incident response teams, and maintaining technical documentation and configurations.
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Job Description: SIEM Engineer

Job Title: SIEM Engineer
Work Location: Keystone Building, 5th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120
Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week
Interview Process: In-person interview
Contract Type: Contract
Visa Requirements: All work authorizations accepted except EAD/OPT
C2C: Accepted

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced SIEM Engineer to provide hands-on engineering support for its enterprise Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) environment.

The selected candidate will be responsible for designing, configuring, integrating, maintaining, and optimizing SIEM capabilities to strengthen security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and enterprise log management.

This is a hands-on technical engineering position reporting to the Director. Strategic direction, governance, and overall program oversight will be managed by the Director.

Key Responsibilities
  • Engineer, configure, maintain, and optimize the enterprise SIEM platform, primarily Splunk and related security technologies.

  • Onboard new data sources and manage log collection, parsing, normalization, indexing, and retention.

  • Develop and maintain correlation searches, detection rules, alerts, dashboards, reports, and security monitoring content.

  • Integrate SIEM solutions with cloud platforms, enterprise applications, infrastructure, and security tools.

  • Monitor SIEM platform performance, capacity, availability, and overall system health.

  • Troubleshoot technical issues and optimize platform performance and reliability.

  • Tune alerts and detection logic to reduce false positives and improve threat detection effectiveness.

  • Support SOC analysts and incident response teams with queries, dashboards, and investigation capabilities.

  • Support SIEM upgrades, patches, configuration changes, testing, and infrastructure implementation.

  • Maintain technical documentation, system configurations, operational procedures, and knowledge-transfer materials.

  • Collaborate with SOC, infrastructure, cloud, networking, and application teams.

  • Follow Commonwealth security standards, change-management procedures, and applicable cybersecurity policies.

Required Skills and Experience
  • Strong hands-on experience with Splunk and enterprise SIEM engineering.

  • Experience with log ingestion, parsing, normalization, indexing, and retention.

  • Proficiency in developing correlation searches, alerts, detection rules, dashboards, and reports.

  • Experience integrating SIEM platforms with cloud environments, infrastructure, applications, and security technologies.

  • Strong troubleshooting, performance optimization, and alert-tuning capabilities.

  • Experience supporting Security Operations Center (SOC) operations, threat detection, and incident response.

  • Knowledge of security event analysis, log management, and security monitoring best practices.

  • Strong technical documentation, problem-solving, and cross-functional communication skills.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a hands-on SIEM Engineer with strong Splunk expertise and experience managing enterprise-scale security monitoring environments. The candidate should be capable of independently handling SIEM configuration, data-source onboarding, detection engineering, troubleshooting, and performance optimization while collaborating with SOC and infrastructure teams.

Candidates with direct experience in Splunk engineering, enterprise log management, detection content development, and production SIEM operations should be prioritized.

Work Arrangement and Interview Requirements
  • Must be willing to work onsite at the Keystone Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, three days per week.

  • Must be available for an in-person interview.

  • Candidates must confirm their work authorization and willingness to meet the onsite requirement before submission.

  • EAD/OPT work authorizations are not accepted.

  • C2C submissions are accepted.

Skills Required

  • Hands-on experience with Splunk and enterprise SIEM engineering
  • Experience with log ingestion, parsing, normalization, indexing, and retention
  • Proficiency developing correlation searches, alerts, detection rules, dashboards, and reports
  • Experience integrating SIEM platforms with cloud environments, infrastructure, applications, and security technologies
  • Strong troubleshooting, performance optimization, and alert-tuning capabilities
  • Experience supporting SOC operations, threat detection, and incident response
  • Knowledge of security event analysis, log management, and security monitoring best practices
  • Strong technical documentation, problem-solving, and cross-functional communication skills
  • Willingness to work onsite in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, three days per week
  • Availability for an in-person interview
  • Work authorization excluding EAD/OPT
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The Company
HQ: Redmond, WA
52 Employees
Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

WHO Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Redmond, WA. Our Senior Leadership team has more than 137 years of combined experience in the Telecommunications and Software Industry. Inabia is built on family values and close-knit culture. This commitment extends to the relationships we build with both our employees and our business partnerships. As a Minority Certified business, we strive to positively impact society through technology, people, and innovation. WHAT For over a decade, we have been providing powerful IT and business solutions to individuals and businesses alike. Here at Inabia, we believe that our success reflects our clients’ success. HOW We are fortunate to be situated in a city where technology and innovation is not only appreciated; but part of day to day lives. We are a growing company that has adapted and evolved our approach, helping us to exceed the ever-changing needs and requirements of our clients. WHY We are a company that fosters and values relationships, as a result many of our clients have been with us from the start of our journey. We ensure that our partners have access to best-in-class professional support, management consulting and staffing services. We make sure our consultants are carefully screened and selected based on their experience. This process ensures that we meet or exceed the specific needs of our clients.

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