Sr. SIEM (Sumo Logic/QRadar) Engineer (Remote, USA) Optiv Inc
Dallas, TX

Job Description

At Optiv, we're on a mission to help our clients make their businesses more secure. We're one of the fastest growing companies in a truly essential industry.

In your role at Optiv, you'll be inspired by a team of the brightest business and technical minds in cyber security. We are passionate champions for our clients, and know from experience that the best solutions for our clients' needs come from working hard together. As part of our team, your voice matters, and you will do important work that has impact, on people, businesses and nations. Our industry and our company move fast, and you can be sure that you will always have room to learn and grow. We're proud of our team and the important work we do to build confidence for a more connected world.

Who we are looking for:

The Senior Security Engineer, Managed Services will be responsible for creation of procedures, implementation of processes and development of staff for managing and maintaining security systems across internal and client environments. Experience and knowledge of SIEM or Situational Awareness are essential. The Security Engineer will work closely with Management, Senior Engineers, Threat Analysts, Solution Architects, other Security Engineers and clients to complete high profile, critical services to existing Managed Security Service clients. Serve as a primary responder for Managed Security customer systems, taking ownership of client configuration issues and tracking through resolution.

Qualifications for success:

* 5+ years professional experience supporting and maintaining SIEM systems, primarily Sumo Logic and QRadar.
* 2-3 years professional experience working with networks and network architecture.
* Must have the platform and application experience to be able stand up a Sumo Logic SIEM in a customer environment from scratch, and provide lifecycle guidance to deliver to a daily operations model.
* Experience with IBM QRadar SIEM in daily operations, patch management and content development.
* Have experience with Sumo Logic or QRadar UEBA components
* Experience with advanced tuning of SIEM content.
* College degree or equivalent training with experience working in a Security Operations Center, Managed Security, or client network environment.
* Information security knowledge in one or more areas such as Enterprise end-point security products (i.e. McAfee e-Policy Orchestrator, Virus Scan, Anti-Spyware, Host Data Loss Protection, Endpoint Encryption, etc.) Security Information and Event Manager (SIEM),Firewall, Web Proxy, E-Mail and Web Gateway etc. to include: Palo Alto / Checkpoint / Juniper / McAfee / Cisco / Blue Coat / Imperva etc.
* Understanding of network operations a must; ideal candidate will have worked with network engineering or network security analysis.
* Experience with SIEM content creation and reporting.
* Excellent time management, reporting, and communication skills.
* Superior IT problem-solving skills.
* Experience with Linux OS.
* Strong technical writing skills and the ability to explain complex problems to nontechnical teams
* Experience working with clients in a service delivery function.
* Shift flexibility, including the ability to provide after-hours support when needed
* Ability to work greater than 40 hours per week as needed

Desired Qualifications

* Experience working with Internal and client Ticketing and Knowledge Base Systems for Incident and Problem tracking as well as procedures. (i.e. Service Now, Jira, Confluence, etc.).
* General security knowledge (GIAC, CISSP, CCSE, CISA, HBSS, NSA, CEH, Cisco Security, Security +, or other security certifications).
* Knowledge of Linux and Windows Operating Systems.
* An understanding of a wide array of server grade applications such as: DBMS, Exchange, DNS, SMTP, IIS, Apache, SharePoint, Active Directory, Identity Management, Patch Management, LDAP, SQL, and others.
* Experience with various SIEM security products such as: ArcSight, QRadar, Nitro, Splunk, LogRhythm and infrastructure components such as proxies, firewalls, IDS/IPS, DLP etc.
* Hold IBM QRadar SIEM related Certifications and Badges

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.