Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - SIEM & Cloud Security

Virginia Hospital Center; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Virginia Hospital Center seeks a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to lead the SIEM program and cloud security engineering. The role focuses on design, build, and secure hybrid on-prem and cloud environments with strong security visibility.

The ideal candidate has hands-on SIEM experience (Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar, or similar), and proven ability migrating clinical apps to AWS/Azure while maintaining HIPAA-compliant controls.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity engineering with significant hands-on SIEM engineering/administration experience.
• Experience onboarding applications, infrastructure, and cloud workloads to a SIEM (log source integration, parsing, use case creation)
• Experience securing and/or migrating applications to AWS and/or Azure
• Working familiarity with EDR platforms
• Working familiarity with network and security monitoring tools
• Solid understanding of security logging, detection engineering, and incident response fundamentals
• Experience in healthcare or hospital system environments is preferred
• Experience with identity/access management, network segmentation, or DLP tooling
• Familiarity with IoMT/OT security considerations in a clinical environment

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and secure hybrid on-premises and cloud environments with SIEM integration.
• Lead onboarding of applications and data sources to SIEM and create use cases for detection.
• Securely migrate clinical applications to AWS and/or Azure while maintaining compliance.
• Collaborate with security and IT teams on incident response and monitoring.
• Evaluate and integrate EDR and network monitoring tools within the security stack.

Skills

SIEM engineering

Incident response

Cloud security

EDR familiarity

Network monitoring

Identity & access

DLP tooling

HIPAA compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

QRadar

LogRhythm

CrowdStrike

AWS security services

Azure security services

Firewall/IDS/IPS

Active Directory

Job description

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - SIEM & Cloud Security

Job Description

Purpose & Scope:

The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to serve as a technical lead for our Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) program and cloud security engineering. This role is critical as VHC Health continues migrating clinical applications to the cloud, requiring an engineer who can design, build, and secure hybrid on-premises and cloud environments while ensuring comprehensive security visibility across the enterprise.

The ideal candidate brings deep SIEM engineering expertise (platform-agnostic - Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar, or similar), hands‑on experience onboarding applications and data sources to a SIEM, and proven experience securely migrating enterprise/clinical applications to AWS and/or Azure.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in a related field is preferred.

Experience:

• 7+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity engineering, with significant hands‑on SIEM engineering/administration experience is required.
• Demonstrated experience onboarding applications, infrastructure, and cloud workloads to a SIEM (log source integration, parsing, use case creation)
• Experience securing and/or migrating applications to AWS and/or Azure
• Working familiarity with EDR platforms
• Working familiarity with network and security monitoring tools
• Solid understanding of security logging, detection engineering, and incident response fundamentals
• Experience working in regulated environments (healthcare, HIPAA, HITRUST, or similar strongly preferred)
• Experience in a healthcare or hospital system environment is preferred.
• Experience with identity/access management, network segmentation, or DLP tooling
• Familiarity with IoMT/OT security considerations in a clinical environment

Tools & Technologies

• SIEM: Splunk (or equivalent - Sentinel, QRadar, LogRhythm)
• EDR: CrowdStrike or equivalent
• Cloud: AWS security services, Azure security services
• Network/Security Monitoring: Firewall/IDS/IPS platforms, network monitoring tools
• Other: Active Directory, familiarity with SSO/LDAP integrations a plus

Certification/Licensure:

• Relevant certification(s) are preferred: CISSP, CCSP, GCIA, GCED, AWS Security Specialty, or Azure Security Engineer Associate.

Additional Job Description

At VHC Health, every role contributes to exceptional care, better outcomes, and stronger communities.In addition to your base compensation, VHC Health offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage (subject to eligibility requirements), as well as additional wellness and retirement benefits designed to support our employees and their families.VHC Health is committed to wage transparency and equitable pay practices. The compensation offered for this position—whether expressed as an annual salary or hourly rate is determined based on a variety of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, a candidate’s qualifications, relevant training and experience, skill level, shift differentials (where applicable), internal equity, and current market conditions.The posted hiring range reflects the range VHC Health, in good faith, believes is appropriate for this role at the time of posting. This range may be adjusted in the future based on business needs or market changes. No portion of compensation is considered earned until it is vested and determined in accordance with the terms of applicable policies and benefit plans. The availability and amount of any bonuses, incentives, or other benefits are subject to the terms of those plans and may be modified at the sole discretion of VHC Health, in accordance with applicable law.VHC Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.VHC Health maintains a drug‑free workplace. The unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited at all VHC Health locations.