Security Engineer - SIEM Expert

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Security Engineer - SIEM Expert for a Contract assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in Jersey City, NJ. Responsibilities :

• The missions of the Security Architect/Engineer are:
  • To lead the architecture and engineering of the security solutions in his/her area of responsibility
  • To contribute to the production stability and controls sustainability in his/her area
  • To contribute to the security analysis activities in his/her scope of expertise
• Evaluate, design, develop, deploy, test and transition security solution(s), processes and tools
• Manage the associated projects to support this lifecycle
• Deliver and maintain the technical documentation related to the engineering and architecture of the security solution(s)
• Provide expert support for the processes and tools in scope of security solution(s)
• Work closely with IT architects and other IT teams on designing security capabilities in the IT solutions (services, process and tools)
• Create, maintain and ensure adherence security policies, procedures, technical baselines, guidelines and control standards
• Leverage multiple security focus areas to ensure that protective measures are appropriate, effective in combination, and interact properly with other system capabilities
• Participate in both internal and external audits
• Manage program or portfolio of projects
• Perform administrative controls
• Support the Service Delivery Management activities for his/her security solution(s)

• Requires a minimum of 10+ years' professional experience in the technology field, including a minimum of 5+ years' of security experience.
• Minimum 5+ years' experience designing/maintaining SIEM Log collection mechanism and SIEM use cases
• In depth expertise in SIEM technologies
• Previous experience deploying and configuring Elastic Stack (Especially Logstash)
• Previous experience with automation tools such as Ansible and scripting languages (python, etc.)

• Security certifications are a plus. Team leader experience is a plus