We are seeking an experienced Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Consultant to provide specialized engineering and technical support for the Commonwealth’s enterprise SIEM environment. The consultant will support the design, configuration, integration, optimization, and ongoing operation of the SIEM platform to strengthen security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and enterprise log management capabilities.
The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise and/or Splunk Enterprise Security, security log ingestion, detection engineering, and SIEM administration in a large enterprise or government environment.
This position reports to the Director and focuses on hands-on technical implementation and operational support. Strategic direction, governance, and overall program oversight will remain with the Director.
Engineer, configure, maintain, and optimize the enterprise SIEM platform, including Splunk and related security technologies.
Onboard new data sources and ensure logs are properly collected, parsed, normalized, indexed, and retained.
Develop and maintain SPL searches, correlation searches, alerts, dashboards, reports, and detection rules.
Integrate SIEM capabilities with security tools, cloud platforms, applications, infrastructure, and enterprise systems.
Monitor SIEM platform performance, capacity, availability, and overall system health; troubleshoot technical issues.
Tune alerts and detection logic to reduce false positives and improve threat detection effectiveness.
Support SOC analysts and incident response teams by providing technical expertise, investigative queries, dashboards, and reporting capabilities.
Support SIEM upgrades, patches, configuration changes, testing, and implementation of supporting infrastructure.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, system configurations, and knowledge-transfer materials.
Collaborate with SOC, infrastructure, cloud, networking, and application teams on SIEM-related initiatives.
Follow Commonwealth security standards, change-management procedures, and applicable cybersecurity policies.
At least 3 years of professional IT experience supporting SIEM, security engineering, cybersecurity operations, or security monitoring technologies.
At least 3 years of experience administering or engineering Splunk Enterprise and/or Splunk Enterprise Security.
At least 3 years of experience onboarding and integrating security log sources using technologies such as syslog, APIs, agents, or cloud-native integrations.
Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin certification.
Experience supporting large enterprise or government IT environments.
Hands-on experience developing SPL searches, dashboards, alerts, correlation searches, and reports.
Strong troubleshooting skills involving SIEM platforms, log ingestion, data parsing, and system integrations.
Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks and methodologies, including NIST and MITRE ATT&CK.
Experience supporting Security Operations Center (SOC) operations, threat detection, and incident response.
Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
