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Cyera

Security Engineer

Creve Coeur, MO · On-site +1

$80K - $150K/yr

SIEM Log Flow Development: Help design, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot log ingestion flows ... AWS entry-level certification required at minimum, such as AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner. AWS ...

Worldwide TechServices

Azure Engineer

Atlanta, GA

Interest in learning about open-source and commercial IT/security tools (e.g., SIEM, EDR ... Certifications: Entry-level certifications such as CompTIA Security+ or AWS Certified Cloud ...

Worldwide TechServices

Azure Engineer

Atlanta, GA · On-site

Interest in learning about open-source and commercial IT/security tools (e.g., SIEM, EDR ... Certifications: Entry-level certifications such as CompTIA Security+ or AWS Certified Cloud ...

Sageworks

Cybersecurity Operator

Raleigh, NC · On-site +1

This role serves as a frontline defender, analyzing alerts from SIEM, EDR, and email security ... Contribute to detection engineering improvements by identifying gaps in telemetry What You'll Need:

glwa

Infrastructure Administrator

Detroit, MI · On-site

... Engineers and Technicians that work closely together to ensure that the process control systems are ... Configuring and monitor the SIEM and addressing all cybersecurity issues. * Patching and AV updates

glwa

Infrastructure Administrator

Detroit, MI

... Engineers and Technicians that work closely together to ensure that the process control systems are ... Configuring and monitor the SIEM and addressing all cybersecurity issues. * Patching and AV updates

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How much do entry level siem engineer jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 12, 2026, the average yearly pay for entry level siem engineer in the United States is $69,362.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $51,500.00 and $78,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Entry Level Siem Engineer vs Security Analyst?

AspectEntry Level Siem EngineerSecurity Analyst
CertificationsCompTIA Security+, Cisco CCNA SecurityCompTIA Security+, GIAC Security Essentials
Work EnvironmentMonitoring SIEM tools, configuring alerts, basic incident responseAnalyzing security incidents, threat detection, reporting
Employer UsageIT security teams, cybersecurity firmsSecurity operations centers, corporate security teams

Entry Level Siem Engineers focus on configuring and maintaining SIEM systems, while Security Analysts analyze security data and respond to threats. Both roles require similar certifications and often work within the same security teams, but their daily tasks differ in technical configuration versus incident analysis.

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Infographic showing various Entry Level Siem Engineer job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 90% Full Time, and 10% Contract. Highlights an 70% In-person, and 30% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $69,362 per year, or $33.3 per hour.

Junior SIEM Data Engineer

State Street Global Advisors

Quincy, MA • On-site

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

This job post has expired 1 day ago. Applications are no longer accepted.

Job description

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a Junior SIEM Data Engineerreporting directly to theCyber Data Engineering ManagerYou will support the ingestion, validation, transformation, and documentation of cybersecurity telemetry and enterprise log data used for security monitoring, analytics, reporting, and incident response.

This is an early-career role ideal for recent graduates or professionals with foundational experience in data engineering, cybersecurity, analytics, information systems, or related technical areas. You will work under the guidance of senior engineers to understand source data,validatedata quality, document requirements, and support the delivery of reliable security data for downstream cyber analytics and detection use cases.

Why ThisRole Is Important to Us

The team you will be joining is part ofCyber Data & Analytics, a function that is vital to the company as it enables cybersecurity teams to make faster, data-driven decisions and strengthen the firm's ability to detect, investigate, and respond to evolving cyber threats.

High-quality cybersecurity data is foundational to effective threat detection, incident response, risk reporting, observability, automation, and analytics.This role helps ensure that enterprise security telemetry isaccurate, complete, searchable, and fit forpurposesacross cybersecurity platforms and data environments.

What you willbe responsible for

AsJuniorSIEM Data Engineeryou will:

  • Support onboarding and validation of cybersecurity telemetry from enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud services, endpoints, identity systems, networks, and security platforms.

  • Assistwith analyzing source data structures, log formats, field availability, timestamp patterns, and metadata requirements.

  • Support data ingestion, transformation, enrichment, routing, and validation activities under the guidance of senior engineers.

  • Helpvalidatedata quality across raw, enriched, curated, and analytics-ready data layers.

  • Perform basic data checks for completeness, accuracy, freshness, schema consistency, duplicate records, timestamps, and field-level quality.

  • Use query languages and analytical techniques to search,validate, compare, and troubleshoot security telemetry.

  • Assistwith identifying data gaps, missing fields, parsing issues, incorrect timestamps, routing issues, and inconsistencies between source and destination data.

  • Support documentation of data source requirements, field mappings, data flow diagrams, transformation logic, validation results, and operational runbooks.

  • Work with cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, application, and data engineering teams to understand data requirements and support issue resolution.

  • Participate in operational support activities such as ticket updates, issue tracking, testing, validation evidence, handoffs, and root cause documentation.

  • Support second-line troubleshooting for data engineering jobs, pipelines, and data delivery issuesimpactingcyber data platforms, under the guidance of senior engineers.

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role:

  • Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and willingness to learn security data engineering concepts.

  • Foundational understanding of data engineering, data analytics, cybersecurity, information systems, or cloud computing concepts.

  • Basic knowledge of data ingestion, transformation, enrichment, validation, data quality, and data documentation practices.

  • Ability to use query languages or scripting concepts to analyze,validate, and troubleshoot data.

  • Strong communication, documentation, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work effectively with geographically distributed teams.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, InformationTechnology,Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Information Systems, ora relatedtechnical field.

  • 1+yearsof professional experience, internship experience, academic project experience, or hands-on lab experience in data engineering, cybersecurity, cloud, analytics, software engineering, information systems, or IT operations.

  • Foundational experience with querying, scripting, data analysis, data validation, or data transformation concepts.

  • Exposure to data pipelines, data integration, ETL/ELT concepts, data warehousing, data lakes, data quality, or analytics platforms is preferred.

  • Exposure to cybersecurity concepts, security monitoring, log analysis, incident response, or security operations is preferred.

  • Understandingstructured, semi-structured, and unstructured data formats, including event data, log data, metadata, fields, schemas, and timestamps.

  • Strong interest in building a career in cybersecurity data engineering, security telemetry, data quality, and cyber analytics.

  • Entry-level certifications or training in cybersecurity, cloud, data analytics, or data engineering are a plus but notrequired.

WorkRequirement

  • This role may follow ahybrid work model, with in-office presencerequiredbased on team, business, and location expectations.

  • Standard working hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM local time for the employee's designated work location. Flexibility may berequiredfor occasional operational support, release of activities, incident resolution, escalation support, or datadelivery ofrecovery efforts.

Why this role is important to us

Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients.We'redriving the company's digital transformation and expanding business capabilities usingindustrybest practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificialintelligenceand robotics process automation.

We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization.We'relooking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company.

Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.

About State Street

Whatwedo.State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, assetmanagers,and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to productinnovation,we'remaking our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries,we'vebeen helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investmentservicing, data & analytics, investment research &tradingand investment management to institutional clients.

Work, Live and Grow.We make all efforts to createa great workenvironment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary inlocations, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savingsplansamong otherperks.You'llhave access toa flexibleWork Program to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.

Inclusion,Diversityand Social Responsibility.Wetruly believeour employees' diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspective are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcomethe candidatesof diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, genderidentityand personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching giftprogramand access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.

State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Discover more at StateStreet.com/careers

Salary Range:

$70,000 - $118,750 Annual

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street's comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

For a full overview, visit https://hrportal.ehr.com/statestreet/Home.

About State Street

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.

We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you'll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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