Expert-Level Senior SIEM Engineers ​/ Technical Eng. IV

Expert-Level Senior SIEM Engineers / Technical Eng. IV

Buffalo, NY (Hybrid 3 days onsite & 2 days remote) 12+-month Contract Web Cam Interview $85-$95/Hr on W2

NOTES FROM MANAGER (REQUIRED SKILLS):

• We are searching for experienced senior SIEM engineers to temporarily augment our new SIEM engineering team.
• Must have expert-level experience engineering and implementing SIEM technologies such as Splunk, Qradar, Securonix, or Sumo logic.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist in the implementation and configuration of the bank's SIEM platform, ensuring it meets security and compliance requirements
• Collaborate with the SIEM team to develop and maintain correlation rules, reports, and dashboards to enhance the effectiveness of the SIEM platform
• Participate in vulnerability assessments and penetration testing activities, contributing to the remediation of identified vulnerabilities
• Stay up to date with the latest security technologies, threats, and industry best practices, sharing knowledge with the team to enhance the overall security posture of the organization
• Collaborate with other IT teams and departments to promote security awareness and provide guidance on secure coding practices and data protection
• Work closely with Technology management, senior Engineers, and support teams on a regular basis to implement and manage the design, development, and execution of technical solutions that meet or exceed current and future needs of the organization.
• Responsibilities may include infrastructure review, implementation, and design, creation of support and architectural documentation, standards, policies, analysis, and testing.
• Regularly and independently interact with business partners of varying associate and management levels to ensure clarity of the problem/opportunity and elicit business requirements.
• Seek to expand knowledge and understanding of Financial Services trends, practices, and technologies on a continuous basis.
• Follow and promote use of industry best practices, standards and procedures.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

REQUIRED:

• Combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management and/or architecture.
• Strong understanding of the system development and infrastructure lifecycle and architecture, vendor best practices, IT Service Management, and systems design.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE PREFERRED:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• Minimum of 8 years professional experience in a technical engineering position involving infrastructure design technologies, data management and interchange, system design and/or development for complex applications.
• Ability to translate complex business and functional requirements into structured high quality implementations using any variety of industry standard approaches.
• Advanced technical skills.
• Advanced analytical skills.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills.
• Advanced problem-solving skills.
• Verifiable knowledge and advanced expertise in industry and/or vendor technologies.
• Able to meet with clients of varying levels to gather, document, and analyze system specifications and requirements, work closely with integrators, developers, and testers in the fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others in team environment.
• Ability to use effective facilitation skills and techniques to elicit and review requirements from a diverse range of stakeholders and group size.
• Understanding of how the people, processes and technology within an organization interact in relationships and patterns to create a feasible solution on projects of medium to high complexity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective influencing skills.
• Process-oriented.
• Logical thinker.
• Strong knowledge of server/client and virtual technologies.
• Ability to complete complex tasks with minimal supervision.
• Adaptable.
• Able to learn quickly in a rapid pace environment.

Please ask the candidate to provide responses for ALL of the questions below to confirm they have ALL of the required skills/experience, & send w/ the initial submittal (please reply ASAP as submittals to our client are time sensitive):

• Linked In profile link?
• Do you reside in or near the Buffalo, NY area or open to relocation out of pocket to Buffalo, NY withing 1-2 weeks to be onsite from day 1 for a hybrid work model (required)?
• Yrs. of IT exp. overall?
• Yrs. of exp. as a senior SIEM Engineer (EXPERT-LEVEL REQUIRED)?
• Yrs. of expert-level exp. engineering and implementing SIEM TECHNOLOGIES such as SPLUNK, QRADAR, SECURONIX, OR SUMO LOGIC (EXPERT-LEVEL REQUIRED) - (please specify yrs. of exp. for each skill listed)?
• Yrs. of exp. working specifically for banks and/or financial institutions?
• Do you possess a combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management and/or architecture?
• Do you possess exceptional communication skills (verbal/written/presentation)?