SIEM Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Description: Hybrid 2 Days Onsite/3 Days Remote in Washington, DC

Our client seeks a SIEM Engineer to support enterprise security monitoring, detection engineering, and log management within a federal SOC environment. The role administers SIEM platforms, onboards telemetry, tunes detections, and integrates security tools to improve visibility and response outcomes.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $71.00 to $76.00/hr. w2

• Administer and support SIEM platforms such as Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Develop and maintain search queries, dashboards, alerts, and detection logic.
• Perform telemetry onboarding, including log source integration and troubleshooting.
• Analyze and optimize data pipelines for accurate, real-time monitoring.
• Tune alerts and detections to reduce false positives and improve signal quality.
• Develop and refine correlation rules and detection use cases.
• Integrate SIEM with EDR/XDR, vulnerability management, and ticketing systems.
• Collaborate with SOC analysts and engineers to improve detection and response workflows.
• Support incident investigations through log analysis and data correlation.
• Develop documentation for SIEM configurations, onboarding processes, and detection content.
• Contribute to operational reporting and metrics related to SIEM performance.

• 5+ years in SIEM engineering, SOC operations, or cybersecurity engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Splunk administration, search, dashboards, alerting, or detection support.
• Experience with telemetry onboarding and log source troubleshooting.
• Background in alert tuning, correlation logic, detection refinement, and false-positive reduction.
• Experience integrating SIEM with security and IT operations tools.
• Understanding of log management, security monitoring, and detection methodologies.
• Experience in enterprise or 24x7 SOC environments.
• Preferred: experience supporting federal environments or regulated frameworks such as FISMA and NIST.
• Preferred: familiarity with detection engineering frameworks and threat modeling.
• Preferred: scripting for automation using Python or PowerShell.
• Preferred: knowledge of log normalization, parsing, and data enrichment.
• Preferred certifications: Splunk (Power User, Admin, Architect), Microsoft Security/Sentinel, Security+ or CySA+.
• Technical environment exposure: Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Rapid7 InsightVM, Veracode, Jira, Confluence, AWS, Azure, Okta, Entra ID/PIM, CyberArk, Intune, Device42, Microsoft Purview, Appian, Oracle, and hybrid on-prem plus cloud.

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Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

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