Lead Splunk SIEM Engineer for Threat Detection & Automation

The Matlen Silver Group, Inc.; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

MatlenSilver is seeking a Splunk SIEM Security Engineer to join our client’s production security team in Charlotte, NC. You will optimize Splunk for threat detection, automation, and incident response, collaborating with IT to implement dashboards and detection logic.

The role requires senior-level SIEM/SOAR production support experience, strong Splunk skills, IAM knowledge, and ITIL familiarity, in a fast-paced FinTech environment with hybrid onsite work.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in SIEM/SOAR administration and security operations.
• Hands-on knowledge of Splunk (searches, dashboards, alerts, playbooks).
• Experience in threat detection and incident response within financial services.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with IT teams to build detection rules, automation playbooks, and dashboards.
• Manage, configure, and optimize SIEM/SOAR platforms (primarily Splunk).
• Develop detection rules, dashboards, and automation playbooks.
• Monitor and analyze security events to identify threats and reduce response times.
• Deliver above-and-beyond service to internal customers to facilitate business continuity.

Skills

Splunk

SIEM

SOAR

Incident response

Dashboards

Automation

IAM

ITIL

Production support

Threat detection

Tools

Splunk

Job description

MatlenSilver is seeking a Splunk SIEM Security Engineer to join our client’s production security team in Charlotte, NC. You will optimize Splunk for threat detection, automation, and incident response, collaborating with IT to implement dashboards and detection logic.

The role requires senior-level SIEM/SOAR production support experience, strong Splunk skills, IAM knowledge, and ITIL familiarity, in a fast-paced FinTech environment with hybrid onsite work.