26-1096: SEIM / Telemetry / Security Analytics Engineer - Herndon, VA

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise logging, telemetry ingestion, and analytics capabilities that support Zero Trust visibility and decision‑making.
• Integrate telemetry from identity systems, endpoints, networks, applications, and cloud environments into centralized analytics platforms.
• Build and tune detection logic, correlation rules, dashboards, and reports to support threat detection, situational awareness, and operational response.
• Support maturity measurement and continuous monitoring by ensuring telemetry supports both security operations and Zero Trust reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with SOC analysts, Zero Trust architects, and pillar leads to ensure analytics align with mission risks and enforcement needs.
• Troubleshoot data quality, latency, and coverage issues across telemetry pipelines and sources.
• Support integration with existing security operations tooling and workflows.

• 3+ years of hands‑on experience engineering and operating SIEM and security analytics platforms in large enterprise environments, preferably in a US Federal Government agency such as DHS.
• Demonstrated proficiency ingesting and normalizing telemetry from diverse sources, including identity, endpoint detection and response, network security tools, and cloud platforms.
• Ability to design detection logic and analytics that go beyond basic alerts to support behavioral analysis and risk‑based decisions.
• Strong understanding of how telemetry and analytics support Zero Trust controls, access decisions, and maturity measurement.
• Experience working directly with security operations teams and analysts.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active DHS USCIS Public Trust clearance or Secret (or above) for reciprocity.

• Experience with Splunk or comparable enterprise SIEM platforms.
• Familiarity with UEBA, behavioral analytics, or advanced correlation techniques.
• Experience supporting federal SOCs, continuous monitoring programs, or Zero Trust initiatives.
• Exposure to automation or orchestration capabilities within security operations environments.

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