Apex Systems
Cloud Security Engineer
Apex Systems, Chicago, IL, United States
Cloud SIEM Engineer
Locations: Chicago, IL / Denver, CO / Washington, DC - 3X A WEEK ON-SITE
$80/hour on W2
W2 ONLY
Unable to work C2C
Join our team as a Cloud SIEM Engineer and play a crucial role in enhancing our security posture. We seek a dedicated professional passionate about security and innovation to help protect our assets from evolving cyber threats.
Key Qualifications:
- Cloud Experience
- Proficient in AWS and/or Azure.
- Tools
- Familiarity with WIZ for security posture management.
- SIEM Experience
- Proficient in Splunk querying and tools like Microsoft Sentinel, IBM Qraded, Securonix, Exabeam Fusion, and LogRhythm SIEM. Experience with Anvilogic is a plus.
Responsibilities:
- Collaboration
- Work as an Individual Contributor with a talented team to drive Detection Engineering in SIEM or SOAR within AWS environments, utilizing tools like AWS GuardDuty, CloudWatch, and SecurityHub.
- Development
- Enhance SIEM and SOAR capabilities by coding, testing, and deploying custom applications. Integrate various data sources and security tools to improve threat detection and response.
- Incident Management
- Develop strategies for proactive threat detection and efficient incident response. Analyze security incidents and collaborate with the Incident Response team to refine procedures.
- Performance Optimization
- Monitor and optimize SIEM and SOAR systems, implementing upgrades to support growing data volumes and conducting load testing to ensure performance.