Hybrid Senior Security Engineer

Posted 20 hours ago

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About the role

  • Senior Security Engineer supporting security engineering and SIEM administration at Ardent. Focused on improving threat detection and response within vSOC environments in Washington, D.C.

Responsibilities

  • Administer and maintain Microsoft Sentinel, including configuration, performance tuning, and platform optimization.
  • Develop, tune, and maintain detection rules and analytics to improve threat detection capabilities.
  • Write and optimize KQL queries for threat detection, investigation, and reporting.
  • Validate log ingestion and ensure completeness and accuracy of data sources.
  • Support onboarding and normalization of log sources across enterprise systems.
  • Coordinate vulnerability prioritization and support patch governance efforts.
  • Serve as a technical liaison with stakeholders to align security operations with mission needs.
  • Support incident response efforts through engineering support and tool optimization.
  • Document engineering processes, detection logic, and system configurations.
  • Collaborate with SOC analysts and detection engineers to improve detection coverage and response efficiency.

Requirements

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 4+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering or security operations.
  • 2+ years of experience supporting SIEM platforms, preferably Microsoft Sentinel.
  • Experience developing detection logic and performing threat detection engineering.
  • Proficiency in KQL or similar query languages.
  • Experience with log ingestion, data normalization, and security telemetry.
  • Experience supporting vulnerability management and patching processes.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive benefits
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Exceptional culture that embraces flexibility, innovation, collaboration, and career growth

Job title

Senior Security Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Location requirements

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