Senior Principal Cyber Engineer: SIEM & Data Pipelines

ManTech; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH seeks a Senior Principal Cyber Engineer in Chantilly, VA to design, secure, and sustain complex enterprise networks. You will lead data pipelines, analyze traffic, and support cyber technologies across hybrid environments.

Responsibilities include coordinating with stakeholders, troubleshooting networks, and performing system administration, with a focus on security and resilience. TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years IT experience in lieu of degree.
• 10+ years in cybersecurity with focus on SIEM, log observability, or log forwarding.
• Proficiency with REGEX to filter or extract data.
• Experience building data pipelines with Cribl Stream or Cribl Edge in production.
• Knowledge of log forwarding, indexing, data collection, and parsing at ingestion.
• IAT Level II (or higher) certification within 30 days of hire.
• Cribl Engineer Certification (CC Engineer) within 30 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Engage with engineers, cross-functional teams, and customers to gather and deliver technical information.
• Troubleshoot and build complex, highly available network topologies.
• Support data flow pipelines to enhance user experience and data quality.
• Lead network troubleshooting and root cause analysis across enterprise, data center, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Perform system administration for applications and systems, including patching and backups.
• Provide Tier 2/3 maintenance and engineering support for cybersecurity technologies.
• Support Assessment and Authorization activities related to cybersecurity technologies.

Skills

SIEM engineering

Log observability

Log forwarding

Regex

Network engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Cribl Stream

Cribl Edge

Job description

MANTECH seeks a Senior Principal Cyber Engineer in Chantilly, VA to design, secure, and sustain complex enterprise networks. You will lead data pipelines, analyze traffic, and support cyber technologies across hybrid environments.

Responsibilities include coordinating with stakeholders, troubleshooting networks, and performing system administration, with a focus on security and resilience. TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.