Security Information and Event Management - SIEM Engineer

S R International

  • Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  • 26 days ago

    Highlights

    The contractor will support the design, configuration, integration, optimization, and ongoing operation of the SIEM platform to strengthen enterprise security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and log management capabilities. Our business and our reputation have been built and maintained by quality resources working onboard, so it’s important for us to maintain the quality resource pool.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationHarrisburg, Pennsylvania
    Websitehttps://www.sriiusa.com

    Description

    Job Title: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Engineer

    Job ID: 813707

    Client: Commonwealth of PA2 

    Closing date: 10/15/2026 at 4.00 pm



    Job Details: 

    Looking for a specialized engineering support for the Commonwealth's Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) environment. The contractor will support the design, configuration, integration, optimization, and ongoing operation of the SIEM platform to strengthen enterprise security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and log management capabilities.  This position reports to the Director and provides hands-on technical support for the SIEM environment.  Strategic direction, governance, and overall program oversight remain with the Director

      

    Duties 

    ·Engineer, configure, maintain, and optimize the enterprise SIEM platform, including Splunk and related security technologies.

    ·Onboard new data sources and ensure logs are properly collected, parsed, normalized, indexed, and retained.

    ·Develop and maintain correlation searches, alerts, dashboards, reports, detection rules, and other security monitoring content.

    ·Integrate SIEM capabilities with security tools, cloud platforms, applications, infrastructure, and other enterprise systems.

    ·Monitor SIEM platform performance, capacity, availability, and overall health and troubleshoot technical issues.

    ·Tune alerts and detection logic to reduce false positives and improve the effectiveness of security monitoring.

    ·Support SOC analysts and incident response personnel by providing technical expertise, queries, dashboards, and investigative capabilities.

    ·Support upgrades, patches, configuration changes, testing, and implementation of supporting SIEM infrastructure.

    ·Develop and maintain technical documentation operational procedures, system configurations, and knowledge-transfer materials.

    ·Collaborate with SOC, infrastructure, cloud, networking, and application teams on SIEM-related initiatives.

    ·Follow Commonwealth security standards, change-management processes, and applicable cybersecurity policies and requirements.

    Flexible work from home options available.

    Compensation: $100.00 - $110.00 per hour




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