Senior Cyber Defense Engineer — SOC & Threat Intel Lead

Constellation; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 122,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Constellation is seeking a CSOC engineer to maintain and optimize security monitoring and incident response. You will deploy, test, and administer the security infrastructure to meet five core capabilities and performance metrics.

Required 5+ years in cyber security, strong SIEM/EDR, and network protocol knowledge, plus tools like Cribl/BindPlane. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required; opportunity to lead security projects in a dynamic energy environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 9 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• 5+ years in cyber security vulnerability assessments or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of SIEM, EDR, Microsoft security suite, Linux, Palo Alto.
• Understanding of SDLC and digital product development.

Responsibilities

• Deploy new data source feeds into SIEM and develop initial monitoring content.
• Monitor SIEM infrastructure performance and security tooling.
• Perform system administration for cyber defense applications and hardware.
• Provide security advisory services and log/monitoring design.
• Lead projects to enhance security technologies and processes.

Skills

SIEM

EDR

Microsoft security suite

Linux

Palo Alto

SDLC

Network protocols

Troubleshooting

Threat lifecycle

Incident management

DNS

Wireshark

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Cribl

BindPlane

Wireshark

Job description

Constellation is seeking a CSOC engineer to maintain and optimize security monitoring and incident response. You will deploy, test, and administer the security infrastructure to meet five core capabilities and performance metrics.

Required 5+ years in cyber security, strong SIEM/EDR, and network protocol knowledge, plus tools like Cribl/BindPlane. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required; opportunity to lead security projects in a dynamic energy environment.