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Deloitte's Cyber Defense and Resilience offering is seeking a SIEM Engineer to support security monitoring, detection engineering, and incident analysis across complex enterprise environments. This role will focus on building and optimizing SIEM content, improving alert fidelity, and helping clients strengthen cyber defense capabilities. The ideal candidate will bring experience with at least one of the following technology areas: Splunk, Palo Alto Networks, or CrowdStrike. This is a remote role with opportunities to work across distributed teams in a fast-paced cybersecurity environment.

Work you'll do

As a SIEM Engineer on the Cyber Defense and Resilience team, you will be responsible for...

• Configure, maintain, and optimize SIEM content including correlation rules, alerts, dashboards, and reports
• Analyze security events and log data to identify suspicious activity, support investigations, and improve detection coverage
• Integrate and normalize log sources from endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and security platforms
• Partners with cybersecurity teams to support use case development, threat detection, incident triage, and response activities
• Document detection logic, operational procedures, and monitoring requirements to support consistent service delivery

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or a degree in related technical field
• 3+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security operations, or SIEM engineering
• 3+ years of experience with at least one of the following: Splunk, Palo Alto XSIAM, or Crowdstrike NG SIEM
• Security certification such as Splunk certification, Palo Alto Networks certification, or CrowdStrike certification is required
• 2+ years' experience in the following areas:
•  creating, tuning, and maintaining correlation searches, alerts, dashboards, and reports in a Security Information and Event Management platform
•  reviewing and analyzing logs from endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and application sources
• Active Secret clearance or higher
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Preferred:

• 2+ years' experience:
• supporting enterprise monitoring in a Security Operations Center
• Experience onboarding and normalizing log sources in a Security Information and Event Management platform
• Experience mapping detections to MITRE ATT&CK techniques
• Experience with cloud security monitoring in Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Hands-on experience with scripting or query languages used for detection and log analysis
• Security certification such as CompTIA Security+, or GIAC certification

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $107,925 to $188,900.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Deloitte's Cyber Defense and Resilience offering is seeking a SIEM Engineer to support security monitoring, detection engineering, and incident analysis across complex enterprise environments. This role will focus on building and optimizing SIEM content, improving alert fidelity, and helping clients strengthen cyber defense capabilities. The ideal candidate will bring experience with at least one of the following technology areas: Splunk, Palo Alto Networks, or CrowdStrike. This is a remote role with opportunities to work across distributed teams in a fast-paced cybersecurity environment.

Work you'll do

As a SIEM Engineer on the Cyber Defense and Resilience team, you will be responsible for...

• Configure, maintain, and optimize SIEM content including correlation rules, alerts, dashboards, and reports
• Analyze security events and log data to identify suspicious activity, support investigations, and improve detection coverage
• Integrate and normalize log sources from endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and security platforms
• Partners with cybersecurity teams to support use case development, threat detection, incident triage, and response activities
• Document detection logic, operational procedures, and monitoring requirements to support consistent service delivery

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or a degree in related technical field
• 3+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security operations, or SIEM engineering
• 3+ years of experience with at least one of the following: Splunk, Palo Alto XSIAM, or Crowdstrike NG SIEM
• Security certification such as Splunk certification, Palo Alto Networks certification, or CrowdStrike certification is required
• 2+ years' experience in the following areas:
•  creating, tuning, and maintaining correlation searches, alerts, dashboards, and reports in a Security Information and Event Management platform
•  reviewing and analyzing logs from endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and application sources
• Active Secret clearance or higher
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Preferred:

• 2+ years' experience:
• supporting enterprise monitoring in a Security Operations Center
• Experience onboarding and normalizing log sources in a Security Information and Event Management platform
• Experience mapping detections to MITRE ATT&CK techniques
• Experience with cloud security monitoring in Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Hands-on experience with scripting or query languages used for detection and log analysis
• Security certification such as CompTIA Security+, or GIAC certification

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $107,925 to $188,900.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.