Security Engineer

SysArc is a rapidly expanding IT Managed Service Provider located in the DC area, seeking an accomplished Security Engineer to join their team. The primary mission of the role is to design and operate security detection tools to protect enterprise environments and minimize operational risk.

Responsibilities:

• Engineer and maintain SIEM log ingestion, normalization, parsing, and enrichment pipelines
• Maintain and validate EDR, IDS/IPS, firewall, DNS security, vulnerability scanners, and IAM telemetry sources
• Build high-fidelity alert rules, analytics, and detection logic
• Monitor SOC sensor health and host devices
• Collaborate with SOC analysts to improve alert fidelity and signal quality
• Contribute evidence and documentation for compliance frameworks
• Produce documentation, runbooks, SIEM workflows, and dashboards
• Perform structured client environment security reviews and provide prioritized recommendations
• Maintain continuous communication and build relationships with assigned clients to ensure we build trust and are meeting their needs

Requirements:

• 4–7 years security engineering experience with SIEM/EDR/FW
• Experience authoring detection logic
• Familiarity with monitoring-related compliance frameworks
• Experience with enterprise telemetry and SOC sensors