Cybersecurity Integration Engineer

Piper Companies is seeking a Cybersecurity Integration Engineer to join a leading cybersecurity operations team supporting mission-critical security initiatives. This role will connect security tools, data sources, threat intelligence, and workflows to create a more automated, efficient, and reliable security operations environment. This is a long-term contract position in a hybrid environment located in RTP, NC.

About the role

This position requires an active Secret Clearance and focuses on engineering integrations between security platforms, developing automation workflows, and enhancing Splunk security applications to improve SOC operations.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and maintain integrations between OpenCTI, Splunk, TheHive, and other security operations platforms.
• Develop and support security automation and SOAR-style workflows that improve SOC investigation, triage, escalation, and incident response processes.
• Build, maintain, and enhance Splunk security applications, dashboards, saved searches, alerts, reports, and supporting data models.
• Design and lead SOC data integrity initiatives to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of security telemetry.
• Develop alerting and reporting mechanisms to identify missing data, field mismatches, telemetry gaps, and data quality issues that may impact detection logic, threat hunting, incident response, or compliance requirements.
• Integrate security tools and data sources into Splunk to improve visibility, correlation, and operational effectiveness.

Requirements

• Active Secret Clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in Security Operations, Security Engineering, Splunk Engineering, or Cybersecurity Platform Integration roles.
• Experience as a SOC Analyst who transitioned into a Security Engineering or Splunk Engineering role strongly preferred.

Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise, including SPL development, dashboards, alerts, saved searches, indexes, KVStores, and custom application development.
• Experience developing automation and orchestration solutions using Python, APIs, and scripting to reduce manual effort and improve operational efficiency.
• Knowledge of threat intelligence lifecycle management, enrichment processes, and intelligence-sharing methodologies.

Pay

Salary Range: $120,000 – $140,000/year

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k)
• Applicable sick leave