Cyber Security Systems Administrator

Job Title: Cyber Security Systems Administrator

Location: Wadsworth, Ohio (Hybrid - 1 day/week in office)

Duration: 24 Months (Contract to hire)

Pay Range: $(30.77 - 40.94)/hr on W2 all-inclusive without Benefits

Primarily remote. Will be 1 day per week at office in Wadsworth, Ohio location from Mar 2027.

Description:

• As a Cyber Security Engineer supporting the Transmission Security Operations Center (TSOC), you will serve as a subject matter expert for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms that enable enterprise-wide security monitoring, threat detection, and incident response.
• You will be responsible for the design, implementation, integration, optimization, administration, and support of SIEM technologies and associated security data pipelines.
• Additionally, you will work closely with cyber security operations, infrastructure, application, and business stakeholders, to develop solutions that improve security visibility, automate detection capabilities, and strengthen cyber defense strategy.
• The successful candidate will have significant hands-on experience engineering and administering enterprise SIEM platforms, including log source onboarding, use case development, correlation rule creation, platform integration, and lifecycle management.
• This role requires a strong engineering mindset, exceptional problem-solving skills, and the ability to architect scalable and reliable cybersecurity solutions while effectively managing projects and collaborating across multiple teams.

Responsibilities Include:

• Primary responsibility will be to engineer, implement, administer, patch, maintain, and continuously improve Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms and related security monitoring capabilities.
• Assist with evaluation, design, testing, and deployment of cybersecurity technologies, including SIEM, SOAR, threat intelligence, cloud security, and other enterprise security solutions supported by the team.
• Perform platform lifecycle management, including architecture, implementation, upgrades, patching, optimization, performance tuning, and operational support.
• Develop and maintain technical standards, reference architectures, configuration baselines, integration patterns, and engineering documentation.
• Design and implement automation, orchestration, detection engineering, and response capabilities to improve security operations and incident response effectiveness.
• Perform technical activities including requirements analysis, solution design, proof-of-concept development, testing, deployment planning, and operational transition.
• Serve as a cybersecurity subject matter expert (SME), providing technical guidance and consultation to TSOC, Cybersecurity, IT, and business stakeholders.
• Collaborate with architecture, infrastructure, cloud, network, endpoint, identity, operational technology, and application teams to deliver secure, scalable, and supportable solutions.
• Participate in complex cybersecurity technology projects from requirements gathering through design, deployment, testing, operational transition, documentation, and continuous improvement.
• Work with vendors to obtain product updates, bug fixes, support engagement, and issue resolution.
• Create and maintain clear, accurate, and comprehensive technical and operational documentation.
• Support and provide technical expertise during cybersecurity incidents, including investigation, containment, recovery, and post-incident improvement activities.
• Respond to support requests that are escalated to the team.
• Participate in an On-Call rotation to support after-hours operational issues and cybersecurity incidents.
• Ensure compliance with applicable corporate policies, regulatory requirements, and cybersecurity standards.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Cyber Analytics or similar discipline is preferred. A bachelor’s degree in another field with relevant industry experience in cyber/information security will be considered.
• Working knowledge and/or experience in engineering, administering, and maintaining enterprise SIEM platforms, including configuring integrations upstream and downstream for ingestion and correlation activities.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and troubleshooting scripts in Linux and/or Windows environments to automate administrative and operational tasks.
• Knowledge of operating systems internals, hardening, and monitoring (Windows and UNIX).
• Experience in designing, deploying, and/or supporting enterprise-scale security solutions.
• Experience in IT systems and/or networking infrastructure is required.
• In-depth understanding of TCP/IP network fundamentals is required.
• Strong troubleshooting skills are required.
• Must compose well-written, professional documents and reports.
• Effective business communication skills which include documentation and project status communication.
• Knowledge of relevant frameworks, standards, and best practices such as NIST CSF, PCI-DSS, CIS CSCs, MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, etc. are a plus
• Experience with Compliance regulations, such as NERC CIP, is a plus.