Senior SIEM Engineer — Splunk & Threat Detection Expert

Leidos; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a SIEM Engineer to join the Cyber & Analytics Business Area in support of a large, fast-paced program. The role focuses on configuring event data collection, parsing, correlation and visualization to aid analysts and decision-making.

The ideal candidate will have strong Splunk experience, including multi-site clusters, indexers and dashboards, plus a TS/SCI with polygraph clearance. Leidos offers competitive benefits and a challenging environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 12 years of relevant experience.
• At least 5 years of experience with SIEM technologies (e.g., Splunk, ArcSight, StealthWatch).
• Experience engineering and administering Splunk, including multi-site clusters and data ingestion.

Responsibilities

• Configure collection, parsing, correlation, and visualization of event data.
• Support analysts with data extraction for reports, analytics, and dashboards.
• Improve audit data quality to reduce false positives/negatives and strengthen monitoring.

Skills

Splunk

StealthWatch

ArcSight

TripWire

Zenoss

Log management

Threat detection

Dashboards

SIEM tools

Networking basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Software/Network Engineering or related

Tools

Splunk

ArcSight

Zenoss

Job description

Leidos is seeking a SIEM Engineer to join the Cyber & Analytics Business Area in support of a large, fast-paced program. The role focuses on configuring event data collection, parsing, correlation and visualization to aid analysts and decision-making.

The ideal candidate will have strong Splunk experience, including multi-site clusters, indexers and dashboards, plus a TS/SCI with polygraph clearance. Leidos offers competitive benefits and a challenging environment.