Mid-Level Security Platform Engineer - SIEM / SOAR

The Boeing Company; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 107,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Kansas tax credit

Job summary

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. in Kansas is seeking a Security Platform Engineer III to design, implement, and mature enterprise SIEM, SOAR, and Identity Detection and Response capabilities across the security operations program.

This role emphasizes platform strategy, data quality, integrations, automation, and operational readiness, enabling analysts, responders, and threat hunters to improve visibility, alert fidelity, and investigation speed within a high‑stability aerospace setting.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with enterprise security monitoring, automation, detection, or response platforms.
• Strong understanding of SIEM, SOAR, and Identity Detection and Response concepts including data ingestion, normalization, enrichment, alerting, workflows, and reporting.
• Experience with documentation, coordination, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize enterprise SIEM, SOAR, and Identity Detection and Response capabilities.
• Support platform upgrades, integrations, and content updates.
• Ensure logs, evidence, and documentation are accurate and available for audits.

Skills

SIEM concepts

SOAR concepts

Incident response

Automation workflows

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, information technology, or related field

Tools

SIEM platforms

SOAR platforms

Identity Detection and Response tools

Threat detection platforms

Job description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

This role is at Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, supporting Spirit’s Commercial Business Units(“Spirit Commercial”). Spirit Commercial designs and builds commercial aerostructures, including for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, one of Boeing’s three business units and the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners for decades. Spirit Commercial’s core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components, with a focus on innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions.

The Security Platform Engineer III is responsible for the implementation, maintenance, optimization, and maturation of enterprise SIEM, SOAR, and Identity Detection and Response capabilities. This role ensures that security technologies supporting monitoring, incident response, threat hunting, detection engineering, automation, identity threat visibility, case management, reporting, and compliance are reliable, integrated, scalable, and aligned with program needs.

This role is focused on platform strategy, technical enablement, data quality, integrations, automation, workflow improvement, operational readiness, and long-term maturity. The engineer enables analysts, responders, and threat hunters by improving security visibility, alert fidelity, response consistency, investigation speed, and technology-driven risk reduction through effective use of security detection and response platforms.

Position Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and optimize enterprise SIEM, SOAR, and Identity Detection and Response capabilities.
• Support platform upgrades, configuration changes, integrations, capability rollouts, application updates, content updates, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support audit and compliance activities by ensuring required logs, reports, evidence, access records, and operational documentation are accurate and available.
• Create technical documentation, architecture diagrams, workflow diagrams, operating procedures, readiness reports, metrics, and leadership summaries.
• Mentor junior engineers or analysts on security detection platform capabilities, data usage, query practices, automation workflows, identity detection concepts, and security operations enablement.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant cybersecurity, security engineering, security operations, incident response, detection engineering, automation, identity security, infrastructure, platform administration, or related experience.
• Advanced cybersecurity, security engineering, security operations, automation, identity security, cloud, infrastructure, or platform certification. Degree may qualify in lieu of certification.
• Hands‑on experience administering, engineering, or supporting enterprise security monitoring, automation, detection, or response platforms.
• Strong understanding of SIEM, SOAR, and Identity Detection and Response concepts, including data ingestion, normalization, enrichment, alerting, workflows, case management, automation, identity context, and reporting.
• Strong documentation, troubleshooting, communication, stakeholder management, and technical coordination skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information technology, computer science, engineering, or related field required.
• Experience with enterprise SIEM, SOAR, User and Entity Behavior Analytics, security analytics, identity threat detection, or related security operations platforms.
• Experience with SOAR playbook development, integrations, custom functions, enrichment workflows, case management, response automation, and approval workflows.
• Familiarity with NIST guidelines, CIS Controls, ISO 27002, CMMC, FedRAMP, and/or other security and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with scripting, automation, APIs, data pipelines, search or query languages, detection support, advanced analytics, dashboards, and reporting.

Drug Free Workplace

We are a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria are met as outlined in our policies.

Pay & Benefits

We strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

We also provide eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary Pay Range: $107,050 - $164,150

Kansas Tax Credit

Join Spirit AeroSystems’ Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years. Click here for more information on the tax credit.

Export Control Requirements

Export Control Requirements: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.