Cybersecurity Integration Engineer - 174712 - 175236

Piper Companies; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

Sick leave

Job summary

Piper Companies in RTP, NC, is seeking a Cybersecurity Integration Engineer to join a leading security operations team. This long-term contract role focuses on connecting security tools, data sources, threat intelligence, and workflows to create automated, reliable SOC processes.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in Security Operations or Security Engineering, strong Splunk Enterprise expertise, and hands-on automation with Python and APIs. Active Secret Clearance is required for this hybrid role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Security Operations, Security Engineering, Splunk Engineering, or Cybersecurity Platform Integration.
• Hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise including dashboards, alerts, saved searches, and data models.
• Experience developing automation/orchestration solutions using Python, APIs, and scripting.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and maintain integrations between security platforms (e.g., OpenCTI, Splunk, TheHive).
• Develop and support automation and SOAR-style workflows for SOC investigations, escalation, and incident response.
• Build, maintain, and enhance Splunk applications, dashboards, and data models.
• Lead SOC data integrity initiatives ensuring telemetry accuracy and reliability.
• Develop alerting and reporting to identify data gaps impacting detection and compliance.
• Integrate security tools and data sources into Splunk to improve visibility.

Skills

SPL development

Python automation

SOC operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Splunk Enterprise

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking a Cybersecurity Integration Engineer to join a leading cybersecurity operations team supporting mission-critical security initiatives. This role will be connecting security tools, data sources, threat intelligence, and workflows to create a more automated, efficient, and reliable security operations environment. This is a long-term contract position requires an active Secret Clearance within a hybrid environment located in RTP, NC.

Responsibilities of the Cybersecurity Integration Engineer include:

• Engineer and maintain integrations between OpenCTI, Splunk, TheHive, and other security operations platforms.
• Develop and support security automation and SOAR-style workflows that improve SOC investigation, triage, escalation, and incident response processes.
• Build, maintain, and enhance Splunk security applications, dashboards, saved searches, alerts, reports, and supporting data models.
• Design and lead SOC data integrity initiatives to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of security telemetry.
• Develop alerting and reporting mechanisms to identify missing data, field mismatches, telemetry gaps, and data quality issues that may impact detection logic, threat hunting, incident response, or compliance requirements.
• Integrate security tools and data sources into Splunk to improve visibility, correlation, and operational effectiveness.

Qualifications for the Cybersecurity Integration Engineer include:

• Active Secret Clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in Security Operations, Security Engineering, Splunk Engineering, or Cybersecurity Platform Integration roles.
• Experience as a SOC Analyst who transitioned into a Security Engineering or Splunk Engineering role strongly preferred.
• Strong hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise, including SPL development, dashboards, alerts, saved searches, indexes, KVStores, and custom application development.
• Experience developing automation and orchestration solutions using Python, APIs, and scripting to reduce manual effort and improve operational efficiency.
• Knowledge of threat intelligence lifecycle management, enrichment processes, and intelligence-sharing methodologies.

Compensation for the Cybersecurity Integration Engineer includes:

• Salary Range: $120,000 - $140,000/year
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), and applicable sick leave

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