Senior SIEM & SOAR Engineer — Remote SA

Placements24; Roanoke (VA); Remote; USD 73,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health & retirement benefits

Performance incentives

Professional development & certs

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Information Security Engineer with deep SIEM and SOAR expertise. The role focuses on designing, implementing, tuning, and maintaining SIEM and SOAR platforms to enhance threat detection, investigation, and response capabilities across the organization.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in information security, with at least 3 years in SIEM administration or SOC tooling, and strong scripting skills for automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum of 5 years in information security, with at least 3 years in SIEM administration, engineering, or SOC tool management.
• Experience deploying, configuring, and managing enterprise-grade SIEM solutions.
• Hands-on experience with SOAR platforms and automation playbooks.
• Strong understanding of log analysis, threat detection techniques, and incident response processes.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash for automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain SIEM and SOAR platforms.
• Develop and optimize correlation rules, alerts, dashboards, and reports within the SIEM system.
• Integrate various security tools and log sources into the SIEM platform.
• Develop and automate security workflows and playbooks using the SOAR platform.
• Respond to and investigate complex security incidents escalated from the SOC.
• Perform threat hunting using SIEM data and other tools.
• Provide expert guidance and support to SOC analysts.
• Document SIEM/SOAR configurations, rules, and procedures.
• Collaborate with IT and development teams on log collection and normalization.

Skills

SIEM administration

SOC tooling

Threat detection

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/cybersecurity

Tools

Splunk

QRadar

LogRhythm

Cortex XSOAR

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Information Security Engineer with deep SIEM and SOAR expertise. The role focuses on designing, implementing, tuning, and maintaining SIEM and SOAR platforms to enhance threat detection, investigation, and response capabilities across the organization.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in information security, with at least 3 years in SIEM administration or SOC tooling, and strong scripting skills for automation.