SIEM Platform Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

Actively hiring
Locations Arlington, Virginia, US Posted 48 days ago $77,600$176,000 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

As a SIEM Platform Engineer at our innovative security team, you will collaborate with clients and colleagues to develop a robust system using Elastic technologies to aggregate logs from various sources into a unified schema. Your daily tasks include creating high-quality visualizations and alerts for threat hunting, maintaining infrastructure, and ensuring compliance with strict security requirements. You will leverage your expertise in SIEM platforms like Splunk Enterprise Security, Elastic Security, Kibana, Sentinel, or Chronicle to design data pipeline architectures and deploy systems across cloud, on-premises, and disconnected environments using Kubernetes or OpenShift. Essential skills include experience with the Elastic Stack, Logstash, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and knowledge of Elastic Index Lifecycle Management (ILM). This role requires a TS/SCI clearance and familiarity with classified environments, making it ideal for those passionate about cybersecurity at scale.

Skills

Elastic Kibana Logstash Elasticsearch Beats SIEM Kubernetes Docker CI/CD EDR NDR CrowdStrike Corelight Trellix Cribl Apache Kafka Fluentd DevSecOps Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)

What you'll do

  • Design and maintain data pipeline architectures for security operations.
  • Create high-quality visualizations and alerts using Elastic Common Schema (ECS).
  • Collaborate with vendors to establish best practices for system architecture deployment.
  • Install, configure, and troubleshoot Elastic Stack components including Kibana and Beats.
  • Architect detection engineering pipelines and threat hunting workflows.
  • Deploy SIEM platforms across various environments using Kubernetes or OpenShift.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of experience with SIEM platforms like Splunk Enterprise Security and Elastic Security.
  • 1+ year each in designing data pipeline architectures for security operations and deploying platforms across cloud, on-premises, and disconnected environments.
  • Expertise in installing, configuring, maintaining, upgrading, and troubleshooting the Elastic Stack components (Logstash, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats).
  • Experience architecting detection engineering pipelines, threat hunting workflows, or automated response capabilities.
  • TS/SCI clearance required.

Market check

Salary context

This $77,600–$176,000 range sits above 23% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$121,250$204,200

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$135,000$195,437

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting

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