SIEM Engineer

Request Technology, LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Request Technology, LLC is seeking a security analytics professional to join our SIEM team in Austin, TX. The role focuses on implementing and optimizing SIEM platforms, building dashboards, and developing use cases to enhance threat detection and incident response.

The candidate will collaborate with Cybersecurity Operations, IT, and cloud teams to onboard new log sources, configure pipelines, and refine alerting logic, ensuring reliable telemetry across diverse environments.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in IT or engineering.
• 2–3 years focused on SIEM, logging or security analytics.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Chronicle, Exabeam or Sentinel.
• Experience building dashboards, alerts, and queries to support security monitoring.
• Familiarity with integrating log sources and data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the implementation, administration, and optimization of the Firm's SIEM platform.
• Support design and maintenance of Cribl pipelines and data routing.
• Build integrations for log sources using APIs, agents, or syslog.
• Partner with Cybersecurity Operations to develop SIEM use cases and alerting logic.
• Create dashboards, searches, and reports to support SOC operations and threat hunting.
• Document SIEM architecture, data flows, onboarding processes, and procedures.
• Help establish data quality standards for telemetry.
• Collaborate with IT, Cloud, and Application teams to onboard systems and logging coverage.
• Provide support during security incidents and investigations.

Skills

SIEM

Logging

Security analytics

Cross-functional teamwork

Cloud platforms

Tools

Splunk

Google Chronicle

Exabeam

Microsoft Sentinel

Cribl

Job description

*We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role*

Qualifications

• 3-5 years in IT or engineering
• 2-3 years focused on SIEM, logging, or security analytics.
• Hands-on experience working with SIEM platforms such as Google SecOps (Chronicle), Splunk, Exabeam, or Microsoft Sentinel.
• Experience working with Cribl, including pipeline configuration and log onboarding, preferred.
• Familiarity with integrating log sources using APIs, syslog, or agents.
• Experience building dashboards, alerts, and queries to support security monitoring and operations.
• Understanding of common log sources, including endpoint, network, identity, cloud, SaaS (Software as a Service), and application logs.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and communicate technical concepts clearly.
• Exposure to scripting or query languages (e.g., SPL, KQL, Python, Regex) and cloud platforms (Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)) is a plus.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to learning and improvement.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the implementation, administration, and ongoing optimization of the Firm's SIEM platform (e.g., Google Security Operations (SecOps), Splunk, Exabeam, Microsoft Sentinel).
• Support the design and maintenance of Cribl pipelines, including data routing, filtering, enrichment, and performance optimization.
• Build and maintain integrations for standard and custom log sources using APIs, agents, syslog, and cloud-native logging services.
• Partner with Cybersecurity Operations to develop and refine SIEM use cases, correlation rules, and alerting logic.
• Create and enhance dashboards, searches, and reports to support SOC (Security Operations Center) operations and threat hunting.
• Contribute to documentation of SIEM architecture, data flows, onboarding processes, and operational procedures.
• Help establish and monitor data quality standards to ensure reliable and accurate telemetry.
• Work with IT, Cloud, and Application teams to onboard new systems and ensure proper logging coverage.
• Provide support during security incidents, assisting with investigation and analysis efforts.
• Stay current on SIEM technologies, security analytics, and observability trends to enhance capabilities.