Senior SIEM Engineer

Senior SIEM Engineer

Job Locations

US-MD-Rockville

Requisition ID

2025-161702

Position Category

Information Technology

Clearance

Agency Clearance

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a Senior SIEM Engineer. This position plays a critical role in strengthening the Agency's cybersecurity posture, enhancing system resilience, and ensuring the protection of national security and diplomatic information assets. As part of a high-impact program, you will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of SIEM solutions to deliver real-time visibility, actionable intelligence, and advanced threat detection capabilities across complex cloud and on-prem environments.

Key Responsibilities :

Design, implement, and maintain SIEM solutions (ArcSight or Splunk) to support enterprise-level monitoring and threat detection.

• Configure and deploy data collection mechanisms across diverse operating systems, applications, and network platforms.
• Integrate log sources and security data from multiple environments (on-premises and cloud) into the SIEM for centralized monitoring.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, correlation rules, alerts, and analytics to identify anomalous activity and potential security incidents.
• Troubleshoot and resolve dataflow, indexing, and ingestion issues between SIEM components.
• Support auditing, incident response, and system health monitoring processes.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity analysts, network engineers, and system administrators to enhance detection and response capabilities.
• Recommend improvements to logging, data normalization, and enrichment to improve detection fidelity.
• Assist in SIEM architecture upgrades, scalability improvements, and performance tuning.
• Provide technical documentation, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and guidance to ensure consistent SIEM operations and compliance.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications :

Desired Qualifications :

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains : land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$86,000 - $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO : Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.