Lead SIEM Engineer

Be responsible for designing & setting up the ingestion of various customer data flows to include pre-processing data into a useable format, ensuring proper parsing and indexing Collaborate with cross-functional teams and responsible for designing & integrating Elastic with a wide variety of data sources and developing associated knowledge objects such as queries, dashboards, reports, alerts for monitoring and analytics Perform data transformation using Elastic query language Track the health of the Elastic environment and optimize its performance. Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to security, performance, data indexing, and searches Perform watch-officer monitoring duties, including: Monitoring, detecting, investigating, and responding to cybersecurity threats and events using Elastic /SIEM Platform Reviewing correlated alerts and logs for compromise scenarios Performing triage of security alerts to prioritize response Identifying false positives Investigating security incidents and determining root cause Collecting and preserving logs for analysis Escalating confirmed incidents to leadership or SOC teams Coordinating with IT or DevOps for containment and remediation Creating after-action reports (AAR) post-incident Job Type: Contract Pay: $70.00 per hour Expected hours: 40 per week Work Location: Remote