Senior Cybersecurity Data Engineer - Remote

Salary: $104,000 - 114,400 per year Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity.
• 5+ years of experience with Cribl, Vector, Datadog, or other data pipeline platforms.
• 5+ years of experience with JavaScript, Python, or other scripting languages.

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable, reusable data-flow pipelines for security telemetry using Cribl, Vector, and other open-source platforms.
• Develop platform-agnostic ingestion frameworks and templates for varied data inputs and downstream destinations.
• Establish and implement schema normalization using OCSF, including field mapping, transformation templates, and schema validation.
• Build custom data transformations and enrichments with scripting languages, applying security controls such as SSL/TLS, client authentication, input validation, and logging.
• Maintain end-to-end data traceability and lineage through metadata tagging, correlation IDs, and change tracking.
• Work with observability and platform teams to integrate pipeline health monitoring, failure logging, and anomaly detection.
• Oversee and validate data integrations to minimize data loss, duplication, and transformation drift.
• Lead technical sessions to assess and recommend technologies and practices for managing security telemetry at scale.
• Implement filtering, enrichment, dynamic routing, and format conversion for data from more than 100 sources.
• Maintain centralized documentation covering ingestion patterns, transformation libraries, naming standards, schemas, governance procedures, and platform integrations.
• Coordinate with security, analytics, and platform teams to align pipeline logic with threat detection, compliance, and analytics needs.

• Datadog
• Flow
• Support
• JavaScript
• Python
• Security
• Groovy
• JSON
• Kafka
• Snowflake
• XML

More:

We are seeking Senior Data Engineers to support the secure, reliable movement and transformation of security telemetry across more than 100 cybersecurity workloads, including legacy and non-standard log sources. The role offers a pay range of $50–$55 per hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k); HSA; short- and long-term disability insurance; life and AD&D insurance; paid sick leave where required by law; supplemental insurance; identity theft protection; pet insurance; wellness programs; an employee assistance program; and career development opportunities. Benefit eligibility and terms may vary by employment status, tenure, and work location. Cynet Systems Inc., founded in 2010 and headquartered in the Washington, DC metro area, provides technology staffing and workforce solutions to organizations across the United States and Canada in areas including IT, engineering, life sciences, clinical, and professional staffing. We are a certified Minority Business Enterprise and hold ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type II certifications.

last updated 41 week of 2026