Security Data Engineer: Telemetry & SIEM Lead

Boston Consulting Group (BCG); Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental coverage

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Parental leave

Paid time off

Gym membership

Job summary

Boston Consulting Group in Atlanta is seeking a Security Data Engineer to shape its telemetry foundation for a global Continuous Monitoring & Detection capability. You will design and operate data pipelines, ensure high-quality security data, and collaborate with Detection Engineering, Security Engineering, Logging Standards, and Infrastructure teams to support threat detection and incident response.

You will lead technical workstreams, mentor engineers, and help establish standards that improve

Qualifications

• Experience designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise security telemetry pipelines using SIEM and related security platforms.
• Deep knowledge of Splunk Enterprise Security, including data onboarding, CIM normalization, Enterprise Security content, and platform optimization.
• Strong understanding of data ingestion architectures, field normalization, retention strategies, and telemetry quality management.
• Experience leading technical workstreams and building engineering standards across security data onboarding and platform operations.
• Familiarity with modern observability and telemetry pipeline technologies, such as Observo and Datadog, and how they complement enterprise SIEM architectures.
• Ability to collaborate across Security Operations, Detection Engineering, Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to deliver scalable, reliable security telemetry.
• A pragmatic, engineering-led approach to balancing data quality, platform performance, detection effectiveness, and operational cost.
• Deep expertise in Python in the context of Data Engineering

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize security telemetry pipelines that deliver high-quality, detection-ready data.
• Lead onboarding, normalization, and validation of new log sources with CIM alignment.
• Develop and maintain performant data ingestion architectures using Splunk forwarders, HEC, and APIs.
• Mentor engineers and establish engineering standards for security data onboarding and platform operations.
• Monitor data quality, ingestion health, and pipeline performance to ensure reliable threat detection.

Skills

Splunk ES

Python

Data pipelines

Security telemetry

Threat detection

CIM normalization

Tools

Splunk forwarders

HEC

Datadog

Observo

Job description

Boston Consulting Group in Atlanta is seeking a Security Data Engineer to shape its telemetry foundation for a global Continuous Monitoring & Detection capability. You will design and operate data pipelines, ensure high-quality security data, and collaborate with Detection Engineering, Security Engineering, Logging Standards, and Infrastructure teams to support threat detection and incident response.

You will lead technical workstreams, mentor engineers, and help establish standards that improve