Cyber Security Consultant

$145,000 - $165,000/Yr

ZP Group - Mclean, VA

Full-time - Senior

Mclean, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Piper Companies is seeking a Remote Cyber Security Consultant (SOAR) to join an international leader in cybersecurity services. The Consultant will play a pivotal role in assisting with log migration and detection strategy for clients.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the technical lead to develop a log ingestion strategy.
• Contribute to the detection strategy based on industry best practices.
• Document a detailed step-by-step process for ingesting high-quality log sources.
• Monitor and optimize log sources for maximum efficiency.
• Create high-quality correlation rules to enhance threat detection.
• Tune log sources and correlation rules for optimal performance.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for SIEM, correlation, and log source ingestion.
• Identify opportunities for automation to improve analyst alert handling.
• Work closely with internal and external teams to ensure product adoption.
• Create technical documentation detailing SIEM aspects of the engagement.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in deploying and integrating SIEM solutions in enterprise to large enterprise-level environments.
• Experience with Security Operation Centers tooling and processes.
• Experience in coordinating and conducting event collection, log management, event management, compliance automation, and identity monitoring activities using SIEM platforms.
• Ability to create and develop correlation and detection rules within a SIEM to support alerting capabilities.
• Experience with a variety of SIEM technologies such as Splunk, IBM QRadar, etc.
• Proven ability to suggest detection strategies based on customer requirements.
• Strong skills in Regular Expressions.
• Ability to understand logs and locate/understand third-party documentation when necessary.
• Familiarity with reports on the status of the SIEM, including metrics such as the number of logging sources, log collection rate, and other performance metrics.
• Knowledge of Security Analysis & Response, including endpoint, network, and cloud-based environments, is a plus.
• Relevant bachelor's degree or industry-recognized qualifications (CISSP, GIAC, SIEM Vendor Qualification, etc.).

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K
• PTO
• Sick Leave as required by law
• Holidays