AI-Enhanced SIEM Engineer for Cyber Defense

Northmark Ltd; Grand Prairie (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch stipend via GrubHub

Employer-paid medical, dental, and vis

Job summary

NorthMark Strategies is seeking a Cyber Defense Engineer - SIEM to architect and implement AI-enhanced security solutions. You will work with the Director of Cyber Defense and the Office of the CISO to strengthen SIEM/SOAR capabilities across the organization.

The role emphasizes AI-driven detections, UEBA, and automation; requires strong Microsoft security stack expertise and the ability to develop scalable data pipelines. Collaboration with IT and security teams is key.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Security, or a related field.
• 4-6+ years of cybersecurity engineering, SOC engineering, or insider threat.
• Demonstrated expertise in SIEM engineering and security monitoring at scale.
• Experience integrating or developing AI/ML capabilities within security operations or detection engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI-enhanced detections and automations within the SIEM/SOAR platform to improve signal-to-noise ratio and reduce alert fatigue.
• Engineer and optimize SIEM pipelines using AI/ML techniques for anomaly detection, behavioral analytics, and threat correlation.
• Integrate SIEM with security tools and data sources to build a context-rich, intelligence-driven monitoring ecosystem.
• Develop and implement AI-assisted threat detection models, including UEBA and predictive analytics.
• Collaborate with cyber defense operations to identify emerging threats and capability gaps, leveraging AI to proactively strengthen defenses.
• Build and maintain automated response orchestration and intelligent playbooks that adapt based on threat context.
• Design automation for alert enrichment, triage, and response using both rule-based and AI-assisted decisioning frameworks.
• Partner with IT and engineering teams to ensure comprehensive telemetry collection and high-quality data pipelines.
• Continuously improve SIEM engineering practices, including data normalization, enrichment strategies, and AI model tuning.
• Support SOC operations by enhancing detection engineering, incident response workflows, and operational metrics through AI augmentation.

Skills

SIEM engineering

AI/ML in security

Microsoft security stack

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Security, or a related field

Tools

KQL

Python

PowerShell

APIs

Job description

NorthMark Strategies is seeking a Cyber Defense Engineer - SIEM to architect and implement AI-enhanced security solutions. You will work with the Director of Cyber Defense and the Office of the CISO to strengthen SIEM/SOAR capabilities across the organization.

The role emphasizes AI-driven detections, UEBA, and automation; requires strong Microsoft security stack expertise and the ability to develop scalable data pipelines. Collaboration with IT and security teams is key.