Security Data Engineer

myBridge Corporation; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 124,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

myBridge Corporation is seeking a contractor on-site in Washington, DC to design and maintain scalable pipelines for security data. You will integrate data from SIEMs, cloud services, and network devices, and build workflows for ingestion, transformation, and enrichment to support threat hunting and incident response.

The role requires strong SQL and Python, experience with Kafka/Spark, and familiarity with cloud security across AWS/Azure/Google Cloud.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Engineering, or related field.
• Experience with data engineering concepts, ETL/ELT pipelines, and distributed processing.
• Knowledge of security logs, event schemas, and enterprise telemetry sources.
• Familiarity with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or IBM QRadar.
• Experience with Apache Kafka, Spark, and cloud data services.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable pipelines for security event and telemetry data.
• Integrate data from SIEM platforms, endpoint tools, firewalls, identity systems, cloud services, and network devices.
• Develop data ingestion, transformation, normalization, and enrichment workflows.
• Build datasets for threat hunting, security analytics, and incident investigations.
• Improve data quality, completeness, and processing performance.
• Support SIEM engineering by optimizing data ingestion and search capabilities.
• Develop automated log parsing, enrichment, and data validation processes.
• Work with security analysts to improve data availability and detection requirements.
• Implement secure data access controls, encryption, retention policies, and audit logging.
• Monitor pipeline health and troubleshoot ingestion delays, failures, and anomalies.
• Optimize storage and processing costs for high-volume security datasets.
• Document data architecture, pipeline dependencies, and operational procedures.

Skills

Cybersecurity Strategy

SQL

Python

ETL pipelines

Distributed processing

Data governance

Access management

Encryption

Audit logging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Apache Kafka

Spark

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

IBM QRadar

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Contractor | On-site

Required Skills

Cybersecurity Strategy

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable pipelines for security event and telemetry data.
• Integrate data from SIEM platforms, endpoint detection tools, firewalls, identity systems, cloud services, and network devices.
• Develop data ingestion, transformation, normalization, and enrichment workflows.
• Build reliable datasets for threat hunting, security analytics, and incident investigations.
• Improve data quality, completeness, consistency, and processing performance.
• Support SIEM engineering teams by optimizing security data ingestion and search capabilities.
• Develop automated processes for log parsing, enrichment, and data validation.
• Work with security analysts to understand detection requirements and improve data availability.
• Implement secure data access controls, encryption, retention policies, and audit logging.
• Monitor pipeline health and troubleshoot ingestion delays, processing failures, and data anomalies.
• Optimize storage and processing costs for high-volume security datasets.
• Document data architecture, pipeline dependencies, and operational procedures.

Required Skills

• Strong SQL and Python programming skills.
• Experience with data engineering concepts, ETL/ELT pipelines, and distributed processing.
• Knowledge of security logs, event schemas, and common enterprise telemetry sources.
• Familiarity with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or IBM QRadar.
• Experience with technologies such as Apache Kafka, Spark, or comparable data platforms.
• Understanding of cloud security and data services across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Knowledge of data governance, access management, encryption, and retention controls.
• Familiarity with security frameworks and threat detection concepts.
• Strong analytical thinking, troubleshooting, and collaboration skills.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Engineering, or a related field.

Washington, District of Columbia, United States