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Senior SIEM Engineer (Onsite - Washington, DC)

Clearance: Active TS/SCI required Location: Washington, DC (Onsite) Employment Type: Full-Time

Overview

IntePros Federal is seeking a highly skilled Senior SIEM Engineer to support a large‑scale classified enterprise environment. This is a key personnel position on a mission‑critical federal program, and the selected candidate will serve as a primary technical contributor responsible for engineering, integrating, and optimizing enterprise SIEM capabilities across multiple enclaves.

The Senior SIEM Engineer ensures the availability, accuracy, and performance of security event collection, correlation, and analytics platforms that protect thousands of endpoints, data centers, and remote sites. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong situational awareness, and the ability to operate in a high‑security, high‑availability environment.

What You'll Do

  • Engineer, deploy, configure, and maintain SIEM platforms (Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar, or equivalent) across multiple classified enclaves.

  • Develop and tune correlation rules, detections, dashboards, and analytics to support threat hunting, incident response, and compliance requirements.

  • Integrate SIEM with enterprise security tools including EDR, firewalls, IDS/IPS, NAC, vulnerability scanners, and authentication systems.

  • Build and maintain data ingestion pipelines, log parsing, normalization, and enrichment processes.

  • Conduct performance tuning, capacity planning, and health monitoring of SIEM infrastructure.

  • Support multi‑enclave log routing, cross‑domain solutions, and secure data transfer mechanisms.

  • Maintain a lab environment for testing new detections, integrations, and platform upgrades prior to production deployment.

  • Develop automation to support log onboarding, alerting, and CI/CD workflows.

  • Produce and maintain technical documentation including architecture diagrams, SOPs, runbooks, and change‑control artifacts.

  • Provide Tier 3 engineering support for escalated SIEM issues and collaborate with SOC, IR, and network engineering teams.

  • Ensure compliance with federal security standards, including NIST 800‑53, DOJ/IC policies, and agency‑specific logging requirements.

  • Support COOP/DR planning, backup strategies, and continuity of SIEM operations.

Required Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI clearance with favorable adjudication.

  • 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, SIEM engineering, or security operations within secure or classified environments.

  • Hands‑on experience engineering and administering enterprise SIEM platforms (Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar, Elastic, or equivalent).

  • Strong understanding of log ingestion, parsing, normalization, and correlation logic.

  • Experience integrating SIEM with enterprise security tools (EDR, IDS/IPS, firewalls, NAC, vulnerability scanners).

  • Proficiency with scripting/automation (Python, PowerShell, Bash) to support SIEM workflows.

  • Experience supporting multi‑enclave or cross‑domain environments.

  • Familiarity with NIST 800‑53, RMF, and federal logging requirements.

  • Ability to produce clear technical documentation and operate within structured change‑control processes.

Qualifications

  • Experience supporting DOJ, IC, DoD, or other classified federal environments.

  • Experience with SOAR platforms and automation playbooks.

  • Knowledge of PKI, authentication technologies, and secure log transport.

  • Certifications such as Splunk Core/Enterprise, GCIA, GCIH, GCDA, Security+, CISSP, or equivalent.

Who We Are

IntePros Federal is a Service‑Disabled, Veteran‑Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) headquartered in Washington, DC. We provide IT solutions, cybersecurity services, systems integration, and program management support to multiple federal agencies. Our people‑first culture empowers our teams to deliver excellence for our customers and our community.

EO (Equal Employment Opportunity) Commitment:

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to , , , sex, , gender , , veteran status or on the basis of .

 

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