SIEM Engineer

National Association of Insurance Commissioners; Kansas City, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is seeking a SIEM Engineer to design, implement, and maintain the Google SecOps platform. This remote role requires residency within 100 miles of Kansas City, MO, and involves onboarding log sources, building dashboards, and automating investigations to enhance threat detection across cloud and on‑prem environments.

Ideal candidates have a computer-related degree with 5+ years in information security, hands-on SecOps experience, and familiarity

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a computer-related field and 5+ years in information security.
• Hands-on experience administering Google SecOps (Chronicle) or an equivalent enterprise SIEM.
• Experience with cloud security monitoring across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain the Google SecOps platform, including log ingestion, parsing, normalization, and enrichment.
• Onboard, validate and monitor new log sources within Google SecOps, ensuring proper mapping to the UDM.
• Develop Google SecOps dashboards, operational metrics, and reporting for security monitoring and audits.
• Develop and maintain automated investigation and response workflows using Google SecOps capabilities.
• Advance detection content using YARA-L aligned to MITRE ATT&CK techniques and reduce false positives.

Skills

Security telemetry

Log parsing

Data normalization

Threat detection

Incident response

MITRE ATT&CK

YARA-L

UDM

EDR/XDR

Threat intelligence

Cloud security monitoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a computer-related field

Tools

Google SecOps (Chronicle)

OpenTelemetry Collectors

AWS

Azure

Windows Event Logging

Sysmon

Job description

# **Job Description:**The Information Technology division of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has an exciting opportunity for a **SIEM Engineer**. This position defines, implements, and maintains the organization’s security monitoring and detection capabilities within the Google SecOps platform. Partners closely with Incident Response, and Security Architecture teams to ensure security telemetry is effectively collected, normalized, and monitored, enabling the detection, investigation, and response to cybersecurity threats across the enterprise. **This is a full-time remote position. Residency within a 100-mile radius of the Kansas City, MO office is required.****Responsibilities Include*** Design, implement, and maintain the Google SecOps platform, including log ingestion, parsing, normalization, and enrichment across cloud, on-premises, SaaS, and security data sources.* Onboard, validate and monitor new log sources within Google SecOps, ensuring proper mapping to the Unified Data Model (UDM) and maintaining telemetry coverage, parser performance, and platform health.* Develop Google SecOps dashboards, operational metrics, and reporting to support security monitoring, compliance, audit, and executive reporting requirements.* Develop and maintain automated investigation and response workflows using Google SecOps capabilities to streamline triage, enrichment, and response actions.* Assist with the development, tuning, and maintenance of detection content using YARA-L, aligned to MITRE ATT&CK techniques, and continuously reduce false positives to improve detection fidelity.**Minimum Education and/or Experience Required*** Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university in a computer related field and 5+ years of experience in information security, with significant focus on security operations, or equivalent combination of education and technical experience.* Hands-on experience administering Google SecOps (Chronicle) or an equivalent enterprise SIEM platform.* Hands-on Experience with cloud security monitoring across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.* Familiarity with security operations, threat hunting, and detection engineering practices.* Strong working knowledge of: + Security telemetry collection, log parsing, and data normalization + Threat detection, alert triage, and incident response + MITRE ATT&CK and modern adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures* Ability to communicate complex security concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.* Familiarity with developing detection content using YARA-L and Unified Data Model (UDM) and investigating security incidents.* Hands-on experience with Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR/XDR) and Threat Intelligence Platforms.**Preferred Experience*** Experience with the Unified Data Model (UDM) and custom parser development.* Familiarity with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.* Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, GCIH, GCIA, and Security+)* Experience with Google SecOps SOAR and playbook development* Experience managing and implementing OpenTelemtry Collectors.* Experience with Windows Event Logging and Sysmon.**Systems & Technology Requirements*** Slack* Atlassian Jira* Amazon Web Services (AWS)* Microsoft Azure* Windows, Linux, and MacOS Endpoints* Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.) **Travel**This position does not require overnight business travel. Employees are responsible for their personal transportation to/from the home and office, including events, meetings, and training required by the NAIC.**Compensation**$107,000- $128,000, commensurate with education and experience.**Sponsorship**Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.