Senior Security Engineer - SIEM & Network Defense

Avnet Finland; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Paid Time Off

401K and Pension Plan

Health Insurance

Education Assistance

Employee Wellness and Development

Job summary

Avnet is seeking a security engineer to design, implement, and safeguard information systems. You will build SIEM detections, manage alerts, and work with incident response teams to mitigate threats.

The role also involves overseeing Netskope CASB policies and firewall changes, with on-call duties shared across the AMER region. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in security engineering, a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and eligibility to work in the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• 5+ years in security engineering or related roles.
• U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status required.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain SIEM detection logic across sources.
• Create and manage SIEM alerts per engineering standards.
• Tune detections to reduce false positives and align with threats.
• Maintain the detection lifecycle from intake to retirement.
• Collaborate with incident response, threat hunting, vulnerability management, and platform teams.
• Review detection effectiveness and alert volume with stakeholders.
• Support Netskope CASB policy implementation and firewall rule changes.
• Join on-call rotation AMER and weekend coverage roughly every 6 weeks.

Skills

SIEM

Threat Detection

Incident Response

Network Security

Security Operations

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Netskope SWG

CASB

Firewall management

GDPR compliance

Job description

Avnet is seeking a security engineer to design, implement, and safeguard information systems. You will build SIEM detections, manage alerts, and work with incident response teams to mitigate threats.

The role also involves overseeing Netskope CASB policies and firewall changes, with on-call duties shared across the AMER region. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in security engineering, a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and eligibility to work in the United States.