On-Site SIEM Engineer: Threat Detection & Monitoring

Zachary Piper Solutions; Newington (VA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Benefits Package

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a SIEM Engineer to support a cybersecurity operations program in a secure government environment. This on-site role is located in Newington, VA and focuses on designing, optimizing, and maintaining security monitoring for proactive threat detection and incident response.

Responsibilities include configuring Splunk Enterprise Security and IBM QRadar, developing use cases, correlating data across multiple sources, tuning alerts, and supporting threat hunting in a

Qualifications

• 3+ years in SIEM engineering, cybersecurity monitoring, or related defense function.
• Hands-on with SIEM platforms, log management, event correlation, and alert tuning.
• Strong knowledge of security logs, networks, and cybersecurity frameworks (NIST/MITRE ATT&CK).
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS or related field; TS/SCI preferred/required.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and optimize SIEM platforms (Splunk QRadar).
• Develop and enhance SIEM use cases, detection content, and alert logic.
• Analyze security events across Windows, Linux, networks, and cloud data sources.
• Tune alerts to reduce false positives and boost threat detection.

Skills

SIEM engineering

Security analytics

Alert tuning

Python scripting

PowerShell scripting

Bash scripting

Splunk

QRadar

Log management

Threat detection

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Splunk Enterprise Security

IBM QRadar

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a SIEM Engineer to support a cybersecurity operations program in a secure government environment. This on-site role is located in Newington, VA and focuses on designing, optimizing, and maintaining security monitoring for proactive threat detection and incident response.

Responsibilities include configuring Splunk Enterprise Security and IBM QRadar, developing use cases, correlating data across multiple sources, tuning alerts, and supporting threat hunting in a