Threat Detection & Security Monitoring Engineer (Remote)

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Hill Technologies in remote EST is seeking a Threat Detection & Compliance Engineer to strengthen cybersecurity posture through detection capabilities, security monitoring, threat hunting, and audit readiness initiatives. This role blends hands-on security engineering with governance, risk, and compliance activities to ensure controls are effective and compliant.

The candidate will design and maintain detection across enterprise environments, develop SIEM use cases, conduct threat

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or 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.
• Experience supporting audits and responding to auditor requests.
• Knowledge of security frameworks and control standards.
• Experience investigating security events, analyzing logs, and identifying threats across enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of network security, endpoint security, and cloud security monitoring.
• Proficiency with PowerShell, Python, or other scripting languages.

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

Security engineering

SIEM

Security monitoring

Threat hunting

Audit readiness

Incident response

PowerShell

Python

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/CS/IS

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk Enterprise Security

QRadar

Elastic Security

Job description

Beacon Hill Technologies in remote EST is seeking a Threat Detection & Compliance Engineer to strengthen cybersecurity posture through detection capabilities, security monitoring, threat hunting, and audit readiness initiatives. This role blends hands-on security engineering with governance, risk, and compliance activities to ensure controls are effective and compliant.

The candidate will design and maintain detection across enterprise environments, develop SIEM use cases, conduct threat