Senior SIEM/XDR Architect - Cortex XSIAM (Remote)

CAI; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CAI is seeking a Senior SIEM Engineer to design, implement, and optimize Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM/XDR and Cribl solutions in a large-scale SOC environment. The role emphasizes detection engineering, security automation, threat hunting, log pipeline management, and incident response support.

This is a full-time, remote contract position with worksite flexibility. You will collaborate with security architects, engineers, and analysts to continuously improve security operations and services.

Qualifications

• Hands-on design, implementation, administration and support of Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM and Cortex XDR.
• Experience supporting SIEM platforms in large-scale, multi-tenant 24x7 SOCs.
• Strong background in detection engineering, threat hunting, and alert tuning.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, administer, and optimize Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM and Cortex XDR platforms.
• Support enterprise SIEM and XDR operations in a large-scale multi-tenant SOC.
• Configure tenant onboarding, RBAC, data segregation, dashboards, reporting, and integrations.

Skills

Detection engineering

Threat hunting

Incident response

Security automation

Dashboards reporting

Python scripting

Bash scripting

SIEM/XDR operations

Cloud telemetry

CJIS compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology/Information Security or related field

Tools

Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM

Cortex XDR

Cribl

Python

Bash

Job description

CAI is seeking a Senior SIEM Engineer to design, implement, and optimize Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM/XDR and Cribl solutions in a large-scale SOC environment. The role emphasizes detection engineering, security automation, threat hunting, log pipeline management, and incident response support.

This is a full-time, remote contract position with worksite flexibility. You will collaborate with security architects, engineers, and analysts to continuously improve security operations and services.