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Vitaver & Associates, Inc.

Cybersecurity Engineer, Sentinel (onsite)

Vitaver & Associates, Inc., Austin, Texas, us, 78716

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Information Technology / Telecommunications Cybersecurity Engineer, Sentinel (onsite)

Austin, Texas

Temp Project

Estimated Duration: 7 months with possible extensions Work Setting: 100% of the time at the Client’s site. No telecommuting or remote work. This is a non-negotiable requirement from the client

Required:

Availability to work 100% of the time at the Client’s site in Austin, TX (required)

Experience in software development, cloud engineering, SIEM engineering, or cybersecurity engineering (2+ years)

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field.

Preferred:

Technical experience with Microsoft Sentinel (3+ years)

Experience building Security Automation Playbooks (SOAR)

Experience developing UEBA models, anomaly detection rules, and behavior-based analytics

Experience integrating Sentinel with EDR, IAM, firewalls, and ticketing systems

Experience with pipelines such as GitHub or Azure DevOps

Microsoft certifications (e.g., SC-200, AZ-900/104, SC-100/300)

Prior experience in government, healthcare, or regulatory environments

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Sentinel SOAR Development (40%): Design and deploy automation playbooks using Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, ARM templates, and REST APIs.

UEBA & Analytics (30%): Develop custom detection rules, anomaly models, and advanced hunting queries using KQL.

SIEM Platform Engineering (15%): Implement custom data connectors and ingestion pipelines; align performance to MITRE ATT&CK and Zero Trust principles.

App Integration (10%): Develop helper APIs and microservices using Python, PowerShell, or .NET.

Documentation & Support (5%): Write technical design documents, SOPs, and provide Tier III support for Sentinel engineering issues.

Threat Hunting & Continuous Tuning: Conduct proactive threat hunting using Sentinel workbooks and KQL, then refine analytics rules and playbooks based on findings to reduce false positives and improve detection fidelity.

Partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and application teams to define Sentinel use cases, enforce secure onboarding of new data sources, and promote best practices for SOAR and UEBA across the organization.

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