Senior Security Automation Consultant Job Washington area,District of Columbia USA,IT/Tech

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Security Services Consultant for a 100% remote opportunity supporting enterprise customers with SIEM engineering, threat detection, security telemetry, and security automation initiatives. The Senior Security Services Consultant will work directly with customers to onboard and integrate security data, develop and tune detections, improve alert quality, and implement security solutions across Cortex and other enterprise SIEM environments.

Responsibilities

of the Senior Security Services Consultant:

Design, implement, and optimize SIEM and security analytics solutions across enterprise customer environments
Onboard, integrate, and validate security log sources and telemetry from cloud, endpoint, network, identity, and other security technologies
Develop and tune detection content, correlation rules, hunting queries, and security analytics
Normalize, parse, map, and validate security data to ensure accurate and reliable detection capabilities
Analyze false positives and tune detections to improve alert fidelity and signal-to-noise ratio
Identify detection gaps and develop threat-informed detection coverage
Develop Python-based tooling and automation to support detection engineering, log validation, enrichment, and SOC workflows
Integrate SIEM, SOAR, EDR, threat intelligence, identity, ITSM, and other cybersecurity platforms
Partner directly with customers and SOC teams to understand security requirements and improve detection and investigation capabilities
Support the deployment, configuration, integration, and optimization of Cortex and other enterprise security platforms
Develop dashboards, reporting, technical documentation, runbooks, and engineering standards
Present technical findings, recommendations, and solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Qualifications for the Senior Security Services Consultant:

5+ years of experience in SIEM engineering, detection engineering, security engineering, security operations, or a related cybersecurity discipline
Hands-on experience engineering SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar, Elastic, Cortex XSIAM, or similar technologies
Experience onboarding log sources, validating security telemetry, parsing data, and normalizing security events
Experience developing and tuning correlation rules, detection content, hunting queries, and security analytics
Experience analyzing false positives and improving detection quality and threat coverage
Strong understanding of SOC operations, incident response, threat detection, and security analytics
Python or scripting experience supporting security engineering, automation, data validation, enrichment, or analyst workflows
Experience integrating enterprise security technologies using APIs and other platform interfaces
Understanding of Linux/Unix systems, networking, authentication protocols, and enterprise security architectures
Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication skills with the ability to work directly with enterprise customers and technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working in cybersecurity consulting, professional services, MSSP, or other customer-facing security engineering environments
Experience implementing, deploying, or optimizing SIEM/security platforms across multiple customer environments
Experience with Cortex XSIAM, Cortex XSOAR, or other Palo Alto security technologies
Experience with Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar, or Elastic
Experience with MITRE ATT&CK-based detection engineering and threat-informed defense
Experience with detection-as-code methodologies, version-controlled detection content, or CI/CD
Experience with threat hunting and threat intelligence integration
Experience integrating EDR, IAM, ITSM, cloud security, and other enterprise security platforms
Experience with SOAR, security orchestration, playbooks, and security automation
CISSP, GIAC/SANS, Security+, or related cybersecurity certifications

Compensation for the Senior Security Services Consultant includes:

Salary: $130,000 - $145,000 + Utilization-based bonus with approximately $25,000 in additional compensation at target utilization (77–83%)
Comprehensive Benefits Package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), PTO, and Paid Holidays

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Keywords:

SIEM, Detection Engineering, Security Analytics, Threat Detection, Security Telemetry, Log Onboarding, Log Management, Log Normalization, Correlation Rules,…