Senior Threat Detection & Compliance Engineer (Remote)

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC is seeking a Threat Detection & Compliance Engineer to strengthen cybersecurity posture through detection capabilities, monitoring, threat hunting, and audit readiness initiatives. Role blends hands-on security engineering with governance, risk, and compliance activities.

Responsibilities include designing detection, tuning SIEM rules, conducting threat hunting, and supporting audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 5+ years of cybersecurity experience in threat detection, security engineering, security operations, incident response, compliance, audit, or related disciplines.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, QRadar, or Elastic Security.
• Experience developing and maintaining detection rules, alerting strategies, and security monitoring processes.
• Strong understanding of security auditing principles, risk management practices, and regulatory compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain threat detection and monitoring capabilities across enterprise environments.
• Develop, tune, and optimize SIEM use cases, detection rules, alerts, and correlation logic to identify potential security threats.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting, security investigations, and event analysis to identify suspicious activity and emerging risks.
• Partner with Security Operations, Incident Response, Infrastructure, and Cloud teams to improve detection coverage and response effectiveness.
• Support internal and external audits by providing evidence, documentation, and responses to audit requests.
• Evaluate security controls and recommend enhancements to improve compliance, risk reduction, and operational effectiveness.
• Assess and align security monitoring practices to regulatory requirements, industry standards, and security frameworks.
• Analyze security logs and telemetry from network, endpoint, cloud, and application environments.
• Develop metrics, dashboards, and reporting to measure detection effectiveness and compliance readiness.
• Automate security monitoring, investigation, and reporting processes through scripting and workflow improvements.
• Participate in incident investigations, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain documentation of security controls, monitoring processes, detection logic, and audit artifacts.

Skills

Threat detection

SIEM tuning

Security operations

Incident response

Audit & compliance

Risk management

Python

PowerShell

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk ES

QRadar

Elastic Security

Job description

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC is seeking a Threat Detection & Compliance Engineer to strengthen cybersecurity posture through detection capabilities, monitoring, threat hunting, and audit readiness initiatives. Role blends hands-on security engineering with governance, risk, and compliance activities.

Responsibilities include designing detection, tuning SIEM rules, conducting threat hunting, and supporting audits.