REMOTE SIEM Engineer(751)

Post Date

Jun 05, 2026

Location

Hunter Mill,
Virginia

ZIP/Postal Code

20190
US
Aug 16, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Security Engineering

Req #

DC0-3b86ddfe-9bd6-4b81-a401-78334b15b00e

Pay Rate

$57 - $71 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

Position Overview:
We are seeking a Security Engineer to help design, build, and operate enterprise security telemetry, observability, and analytics capabilities within a cloud-based environment.

This role is responsible for managing modern observability platforms, developing telemetry pipelines, improving security visibility, and supporting detection engineering efforts across a large-scale enterprise environment.

The ideal candidate has experience with AWS cloud-native observability, SIEM, and security analytics platforms such as Coralogix, Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Sumo Logic, or similar technologies (Splunk).

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Required Skills & Experience

-8+ years of cybersecurity, observability, SIEM, security analytics, or logging platform experience.
-Experience administering or engineering one or more modern observability, SIEM, and analytics platforms such as:
-Coralogix
-Datadog
-Dynatrace
-New Relic
-Sumo Logic

-Experience designing and operating telemetry, logging, or monitoring pipelines.

-Experience with enterprise telemetry collection, observability pipelines, or OpenTelemetry-based architectures.

-Experience developing detections, dashboards, threat hunting content, or security analytics use cases with tools listed

-Experience supporting cloud-native environments and SaaS-based observability or security analytics platforms.

-Experience with scripting or automation using Python, Bash, or similar languages.

-Experience in engineering a Splunk SIEM, tested/integrated Coralogix or similar SIEMs

Clearance & Citizenship
-U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain an Agency Public Trust clearance.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

-Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and drive adoption across a matrixed program organization.
-Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
-Ability to drive platform adoption and operational maturity across multiple teams.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.