Remote Threat Detection & Compliance Engineer

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC; Jefferson City (MO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC is seeking a Threat Detection & Compliance Engineer to strengthen cybersecurity posture through development of detection capabilities, monitoring, threat hunting, and audit readiness initiatives. The role blends hands-on security engineering with governance, risk, and compliance activities.

You will design and maintain threat detection across enterprise environments, tune SIEM use cases, and support audits with evidence and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5+ years of cybersecurity experience in threat detection, security engineering, security operations, incident response, compliance, audit, or related disciplines.
• Hands‑on experience with SIEM platforms such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, QRadar, or Elastic Security.
• Experience developing and maintaining detection rules, alerting strategies, and security monitoring processes.
• Strong understanding of security auditing principles, risk management practices, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting audits and responding to auditor requests.
• Knowledge of security frameworks and control standards.
• Experience investigating security events, analyzing logs, and identifying threats across enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of network security, endpoint security, and cloud security monitoring.
• Proficiency with PowerShell, Python, or other scripting languages.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain threat detection and monitoring capabilities across enterprise environments.
• Develop, tune, and optimize SIEM use cases, detection rules, alerts, and correlation logic to identify potential security threats.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting, security investigations, and event analysis to identify suspicious activity and emerging risks.
• Partner with Security Operations, Incident Response, Infrastructure, and Cloud teams to improve detection coverage and response effectiveness.
• Support internal and external audits by providing evidence, documentation, and responses to audit requests.
• Evaluate security controls and recommend enhancements to improve compliance, risk reduction, and operational effectiveness.
• Assess and align security monitoring practices to regulatory requirements, industry standards, and security frameworks.
• Analyze security logs and telemetry from network, endpoint, cloud, and application environments.
• Develop metrics, dashboards, and reporting to measure detection effectiveness and compliance readiness.
• Automate security monitoring, investigation, and reporting processes through scripting and workflow improvements.
• Participate in incident investigations, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain documentation of security controls, monitoring processes, detection logic, and audit artifacts.

Skills

Threat detection

Security operations

Incident response

Auditing principles

Regulatory compliance

Security governance

Threat hunting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/CS/IS

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk Enterprise Security

QRadar

Elastic Security

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC is seeking a Threat Detection & Compliance Engineer to strengthen cybersecurity posture through development of detection capabilities, monitoring, threat hunting, and audit readiness initiatives. The role blends hands-on security engineering with governance, risk, and compliance activities.

You will design and maintain threat detection across enterprise environments, tune SIEM use cases, and support audits with evidence and documentation.