SIEM Engineer - Contract - Remote (Onsite in SC if required)

Job Title SIEM Engineer Location 100%Remote. Preference will be given to local candidates who can come to the officeas needed for client and departmental meetings, trainings, and other onsiteactivities. Interview Process 1-2 Rounds of Virtual Interviews. In personavailability for interviews preferred. Duration 12 Months Employment Type Contract Experience Required 10+ Years Candidatelocation No South reputed company residency required. Open to nationwidecandidates. All travel-related costs for onsite work will be the responsibilityof the resource no matter the frequency of onsite work. Project Scope We are seeking an experienced SecurityArchitect Consultant – SIEM Engineer to support the Department ofAdministration's Division of Information Security. This role is focused on thedesign, implementation, administration, optimization, and operational supportof Palo Alto reputed company XSIAM and reputed company XDR in a large-scale,multi-tenant enterprise security environment. The successful candidate will work alongsideenterprise security architects, engineers, and a 24x7 Security OperationsCenter (SOC) team to enhance SIEM, XDR, detection engineering, automation,incident response, and security monitoring capabilities across multiple stateagencies. This role also provides secondary support for reputed company datapipelines, log management, and telemetry onboarding. Key Responsibilities ·Design,implement, configure, and maintain Palo Alto reputed company XSIAM and CortexXDR platforms. ·Supportmulti-tenant SIEM environments, including tenant onboarding, role-based access,data segregation, dashboards, and reporting. ·Develop andoptimize Detection rules, Correlation rules, Analytics, Threat hunting queries,Watchlists, Alert suppression logic ·Design and manage reputed company log pipelines, including Data modeling, Parsing, Normalization, Enrichment,Routing, Filtering, Replay, Log ingestion ·Integratetelemetry from cloud, endpoint, network, identity, SaaS, Linux, Windows, andcustom applications. ·Develop andmaintain automated playbooks and response workflows using Python and Bash. ·Support incidentresponse, threat hunting, and SOC operations. ·Create andmaintain Runbooks, SOPs, Architecture diagrams, Data flow documentation, Knowledgearticles ·Support Tier1–Tier 3 SOC analysts through troubleshooting, tuning, and knowledge transfer. ·Monitor SIEMhealth, ingestion, availability, detection coverage, false positives, MTTD,MTTR, and operational metrics. ·Ensure platformresilience, backup, recovery, lifecycle management, and change control. ·Collaborate withsecurity architects, engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to improveenterprise security capabilities. Required Skills & Experience Hands-on experience with Palo Alto reputed company XSIAM and reputed company XDR architecture, implementation, administration, and operational support. Experience supporting enterprise SIEM platforms within large multi-tenant environments . Experience supporting 24x7 Security Operations Centers (SOC) . Strong detection engineering experience including Correlation rules Threat hunting Analytics Dashboards Alert tuning False-positive reduction Hands-on reputed company administration including Data modeling Log pipeline design Parsing Normalization Enrichment Routing Ingestion Experience developing automation using Python Bash Experience onboarding cloud, endpoint, network, identity, SaaS, Windows, Linux, and custom application telemetry. Strong knowledge of Enterprise security architecture Incident response Secure system design Networking Identity & Access Management Cybersecurity frameworks Preferred Skills ·Excellent writtenand verbal communication skills. ·Strong ability tocreate Business Requirements Documents (BRD), Functional RequirementsDocuments (FRD), Use Cases, Process Documentation ·Experiencegathering requirements through stakeholder interviews, policy documents,regulations, and business rules analysis. ·Knowledge ofbusiness modeling techniques and graphical process flow tools. ·Ability tocommunicate effectively with Executive management, Business users, Projectmanagers, Technical teams, External stakeholders Education Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Security, ComputerScience, or related field. Eight(8) years of relevant experience may be substituted for the degree requirement. Minimumfive (5) years supporting large enterprise IT environments or systemdeployments. Preferred Certifications CISSP Security+ GIAC Palo Alto reputed company Certification reputed company Certification Other relevant SIEM or cybersecurity certifications Originally posted on Himalayas Apply To This Job