Cyber Defense Engineer - SIEM

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI-enhanced detections and automations within the SIEM/SOAR platform to improve signal-to-noise ratio and reduce alert fatigue.
• Engineer and optimize SIEM pipelines using AI/ML techniques for anomaly detection, behavioral analytics, and threat correlation.
• Integrate SIEM with security tools and data sources to build a context-rich, intelligence-driven monitoring ecosystem.
• Develop and implement AI-assisted threat detection models, including user/entity behavior analytics (UEBA) and predictive analytics.
• Collaborate with cyber defense operations to identify emerging threats and capability gaps, leveraging AI to proactively strengthen defenses.
• Build and maintain automated response orchestration and intelligent playbooks that adapt based on threat context.
• Partner with IT and engineering teams to ensure comprehensive telemetry collection and high-quality data pipelines.
• Continuously improve SIEM engineering practices, including data normalization, enrichment strategies, and AI model tuning.
• Support SOC operations by enhancing detection engineering, incident response workflows, and operational metrics through AI augmentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, or a related field.
• 4–6+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, SOC engineering, or insider threat.
• Demonstrated expertise in SIEM engineering and security monitoring at scale.
• Experience integrating or developing AI/ML capabilities within security operations or detection engineering.
• Strong understanding of the Microsoft security stack (e.g., Sentinel, Defender suite).
• Proficiency with automation tooling and scripting languages (KQL, Python, Powershell).
• Proficiency in API development with the goal of integrating security tooling.
• Familiarity with various log ingestion methodologies into a SIEM environment.
• Experience in multi-tenant or MSP like environments a plus.
• Highly motivated self-starter who thrives on positively influencing the environment.