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Maximus Partners, LLC

SIEM Engineer

Maximus Partners, LLC, Yardley, Pennsylvania, United States

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Building bridges between exceptional people and outstanding companies. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated SIEM Engineer to architect, implement, and optimize our threat detection and response capabilities within Microsoft Azure Sentinel. This role is central to our security operations and requires a deep technical understanding of SIEM technology, log data management, and security automation.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, deployment, and continuous improvement of our Azure Sentinel environment.

Ensure the health, performance, and availability of the SIEM platform, including Log Analytics Workspaces and Azure Data Explorer clusters.

Manage data retention, archiving, and cost optimization strategies for security logs.

Develop and manage data connectors to ingest logs from a wide variety of on‑premise and multi‑cloud (Azure, AWS) sources, including network devices, endpoints, applications, and identity providers.

Create and maintain parsing and normalization rules (ASIM) to ensure log data is structured, consistent, and ready for analysis.

Troubleshoot issues with log sources, data connectors, and parsing functions.

Develop, test, and tune high‑fidelity analytics rules in KQL to detect emerging threats, mapping detections to frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK.

Build and maintain Azure Logic Apps (SOAR playbooks) to automate incident enrichment, notification, and response actions.

Design and develop interactive Azure Workbooks (dashboards) to provide real‑time visibility for the SOC.

Create and track key incident response metrics, such as Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time to Respond (MTTR), to measure program effectiveness.

Participate in Incident Response Exercises and tabletop simulation or other security‑related drills.

Establish and lead a proactive threat hunting program within the SIEM.

Education & Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

Preferred security certifications: Microsoft SC‑200, AZ‑500, CISSP, GCIH.

Technical Expertise

Experience building a threat hunting practice from the ground up.

Strong data visualization skills and experience creating meaningful dashboards and reports for both technical and executive audiences.

Knowledge of infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC) for deploying and managing Azure resources (e.g., Bicep, ARM templates).

Experience in a hybrid environment with both on‑premise and multi‑cloud infrastructure.

Seniority level Mid‑Senior level

Employment type Full‑time

Job function Information Technology

Industries Manufacturing

Mount Laurel, NJ

Salary: $65,000.00–$85,000.00

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