Senior CSOC Engineer – Cyber Defense & Automation

Texas Health and Human Services; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 78,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pension plan

Time off

Career advancement

Job summary

Texas Health and Human Services in Austin, TX is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst III to design, implement, and maintain enterprise security monitoring systems, including SIEM, EDR/XDR, and SOAR, while driving detection engineering and automation initiatives.

The role requires senior-level cybersecurity engineering expertise, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and a focus on incident response, threat hunting, and securing cloud and on-premises environments.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college with relevant IT security coursework is strongly preferred.
• At least 5+ years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity engineering, SIEM, security operations, or related disciplines.
• Experience working in a Security Operations Center (SOC).

Responsibilities

• Administers, maintains, and optimizes enterprise cybersecurity technologies supporting security monitoring and incident response operations.
• Designs, implements, and supports SIEM, EDR/XDR, SOAR, threat intelligence, identity protection, cloud security, and vulnerability management platforms.
• Develops automation workflows and orchestration solutions to improve operational efficiency and response capabilities.
• Collaborates with infrastructure, cloud, identity, networking, and application teams to onboard new systems into enterprise monitoring capabilities.
• Performs additional cybersecurity engineering activities as assigned, including PoCs and process improvements.

Skills

SIEM engineering

EDR/XDR

SOAR

Cloud security

Threat intel

Automation & scripting

Security monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field

Tools

Splunk ES

SOAR platforms

Threat intelligence platforms

Job description

Texas Health and Human Services in Austin, TX is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst III to design, implement, and maintain enterprise security monitoring systems, including SIEM, EDR/XDR, and SOAR, while driving detection engineering and automation initiatives.

The role requires senior-level cybersecurity engineering expertise, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and a focus on incident response, threat hunting, and securing cloud and on-premises environments.