Senior Security Engineer

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 days on-site per week

Duration: 18-month contract

Employment Type: W2 Only

***W2 ONLY NO SPONSORSHIP AVAILIBLE***

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior SIEM/SOAR Security Engineer to support critical enterprise security platforms in a production environment. This position requires strong expertise in SIEM/SOAR administration, Splunk, security operations, and production support.

The ideal candidate will serve as a technical SME while partnering with infrastructure, engineering, security, and application teams to maintain secure, reliable, and highly available platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide production support for SIEM, SOAR, Splunk, and enterprise security platforms.
• Serve as a Splunk SME, developing and maintaining searches, dashboards, alerts, and playbooks.
• Troubleshoot critical production issues and restore services efficiently.
• Support security infrastructure initiatives, including platform design, planning, and implementation.
• Monitor system health and respond to security and production incidents.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement solutions to prevent recurring issues.
• Partner with infrastructure, security, engineering, and application teams.
• Participate in incident, change, and problem management processes.
• Support on-call responsibilities as needed.
• Ensure platforms and processes align with security, regulatory, and banking requirements.

Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in SIEM/SOAR administration and security operations; 7+ years preferred.
• Strong hands-on Splunk experience in an enterprise production environment, including searches, dashboards, alerts, and playbooks.
• 10+ years of hands-on Identity & Access Management (IAM) experience.
• Strong knowledge of Windows and Red Hat Linux environments.
• Experience with SQL and/or Oracle databases.
• Strong PowerShell and/or Unix shell scripting skills.
• Proven experience in production support, troubleshooting, incident response, and root cause analysis.
• Working knowledge of ITIL processes and best practices.
• Experience working within regulated banking or financial services environments.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with cloud technologies, OpenShift, GitHub, Ansible, Jenkins, Dynatrace, JIRA, or Remedy/ITSM is a plus.
• Experience with Tower, BladeLogic, and network technologies is a plus.
• Knowledge of SRE/DevOps practices and cybersecurity operational controls is a plus.
• CISSP or comparable security certification is a plus.
• Ability to participate in on-call support.
• Ability to work onsite 3 days per week in Chandler, AZ or Charlotte, NC.