TS/SCI Cleared SIEM Engineer | Splunk & QRadar

Piper Companies; Newington (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Paid Holidays

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K

Tuition Reimbursement

Sick Leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a SIEM Engineer to support cybersecurity operations within a secure government environment. On-site in Newington, VA, you will design, optimize, and maintain security monitoring for proactive threat detection and incident response.

Qualifications include 3+ years in SIEM, hands-on with Splunk/QRadar, and a TS/SCI clearance. Competitive salary with full benefits and opportunities to advance in cyber defense roles.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in SIEM engineering, cybersecurity monitoring, or related function.
• Hands-on with SIEM platforms, log management, event correlation and alert tuning.
• Strong understanding of security logs, networking protocols, and security frameworks.
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS, or equivalent experience.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and optimize SIEM platforms such as Splunk and QRadar.
• Develop and enhance SIEM use cases, detection content, and alerting logic.
• Analyze and correlate security events across Windows, Linux, network, and cloud data.
• Tune alerts and improve monitoring to reduce false positives.
• Support incident investigations, threat hunting, and threat intelligence integration.

Skills

SIEM engineering

Log management

Event correlation

Alert tuning

Security analytics

Python scripting

PowerShell

Bash scripting

TCP/IP

DNS

HTTP/S

NIST framework

MITRE ATT&CK

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

Splunk Enterprise Security

IBM QRadar

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a SIEM Engineer to support cybersecurity operations within a secure government environment. On-site in Newington, VA, you will design, optimize, and maintain security monitoring for proactive threat detection and incident response.

Qualifications include 3+ years in SIEM, hands-on with Splunk/QRadar, and a TS/SCI clearance. Competitive salary with full benefits and opportunities to advance in cyber defense roles.