Cybersecurity Engineer: SIEM, Pentest & Forensics (Onsite)

Saliense; Virginia (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 Days PTO + 40 Hours of Paid Sick &

11 Federal Holidays + 2 Corporate

Health, Vision, Dental, and Life

401(k) with Tiered Match & 100% Vestin

Parental Leave for Birthing and Non-Bi

Professional Development Reimbursement

Job summary

Saliense is seeking a Security Engineer - Middle to join our Arlington, VA office. The role focuses on security assessments, penetration testing, SIEM management, and incident response across client/server systems, databases, networks, and vehicle/appliance tech.

One day on-site is required. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of information security engineering experience, hands-on SIEM expertise, and strong knowledge of Windows and Linux security.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, Physical Science, or other technology-related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of information security engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM tools and security testing.
• Experience with penetration testing and compliance auditing.

Responsibilities

• Define, review, and enforce information security policy, standards and guidelines for business operations and technology implementations.
• Proactively identify IT security risks from technical and functional perspectives.
• Conduct technical security assessments as part of vulnerability and patch management programs.
• Coordinate and conduct security assessments, audits, penetration testing, and forensic IT functions for client/server systems.
• Coordinate and conduct log management, event management, compliance automation, and identity monitoring activities.
• Analyze data from event monitoring systems to identify corrective actions and trends.
• Maintain awareness of current security threats and respond to incidents.
• Coordinate IT security matters such as incident response and IDS management.

Skills

SIEM tools

Log analytics

Event monitoring

Penetration testing

Vulnerability mgmt

Security testing

Network security

IDS/IPS

OS security

Virtualization security

Database security

Incident response

Forensics

Policies & standards

Regulatory compliance

Threat modeling

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Automation frameworks

Education

BS/BA in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, Physical Science, or other technology-related discipline

Tools

SIEM tools

Job description

Saliense is seeking a Security Engineer - Middle to join our Arlington, VA office. The role focuses on security assessments, penetration testing, SIEM management, and incident response across client/server systems, databases, networks, and vehicle/appliance tech.

One day on-site is required. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of information security engineering experience, hands-on SIEM expertise, and strong knowledge of Windows and Linux security.