Security Engineer

Software Technology Inc.; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 100,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Technology Inc. is seeking a SIEM Engineer to configure, maintain, and optimize the enterprise SIEM platform (Splunk) and related security technologies.

You will onboard data sources, ensure log collection and indexing, and develop detection content to support proactive security monitoring. The role requires hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Enterprise Security, plus the ability to integrate SIEM with cloud platforms, applications, and infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional IT experience in SIEM, security engineering, or security monitoring.
• Experience administering Splunk Enterprise and/or Splunk Enterprise Security.
• Experience onboarding and integrating security log sources (syslog, APIs, agents, cloud).
• Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and optimize the enterprise SIEM platform (Splunk and related security technologies).
• Onboard new data sources; ensure logs are collected, parsed, normalized, indexed, and retained.

Skills

SIEM operations

Security monitoring

Incident response

Splunk experience

Dashboard & reports

Log ingestion

Education

Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin

Tools

Splunk Enterprise

Splunk Enterprise Security

Security tools integration

Job description

• Engineer, configure, maintain, and optimize the enterprise SIEM platform, including Splunk and related security technologies.
• Onboard new data sources and ensure logs are properly collected, parsed, normalized, indexed, and retained.
• Develop and maintain correlation searches, alerts, dashboards, reports, detection rules, and other security monitoring content.
• Integrate SIEM capabilities with security tools, cloud platforms, applications, infrastructure, and other enterprise systems.
• Monitor SIEM platform performance, capacity, availability, and overall health and troubleshoot technical issues.
• Tune alerts and detection logic to reduce false positives and improve the effectiveness of security monitoring.
• Support SOC analysts and incident response personnel by providing technical expertise, queries, dashboards, and investigative capabilities.
• Support upgrades, patches, configuration changes, testing, and implementation of supporting SIEM infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, system configurations, and knowledge-transfer materials.
• Collaborate with SOC, infrastructure, cloud, networking, and application teams on SIEM-related initiatives.
• Follow Commonwealth security standards, change-management processes, and applicable cybersecurity policies and requirements.

Skill

Required Experience

• Professional IT experience, including at least three years supporting SIEM, security engineering, cybersecurity operations, or security monitoring tech
• Required - 3 Years
• Experience administering or engineering Splunk Enterprise and/or Splunk Enterprise Security.
• Required - 3 Years
• Demonstrated experience onboarding and integrating security log sources using technologies such as syslog, APIs, agents, or cloud-native integration
• Required - 3 Years
• Certifications: Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin - Required
• Experience supporting a large enterprise or government environment.
• Required
• Experience developing SPL searches, dashboards, alerts, correlation searches, and reports.
• Required
• Experience troubleshooting complex SIEM, logging, data ingestion, or integration issues.
• Required
• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST and MITRE ATT&CK.