Guidehouse

Cyber Consulting

SecurityInformationandEventManagement(SIEM)EngineerSeniorConsultant

$113–188k Washington, District of Columbia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Engineer – Senior Consultant at Guidehouse. Skills: SIEM, Security engineering, Cloud security. Lead SIEM strategy workshops. Develop roadmap”

Industry & Context.

Cyber Consulting
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

Up to 10% travel, Active Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI) clearance

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Active Top Secret clearance, SCI eligibility, SEVEN (7) years in security engineering, FOUR (4) in expertise in Splunk/Elastic/Sentinel, Security+ certification, DoD 8570 IAT Level II

Nice to Have

Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Experience in federal government, Experience supporting classified environments, Experience integrating SIEM with IDS, firewalls, endpoint security tools, SIEM in hybrid/zero-trust architectures, Additional cloud security certifications

What You'll Do.

Lead SIEM strategy workshops

Deliver stakeholder presentations

Architect log ingestion pipelines

Develop correlation rules

Align monitoring to NIST SP 800-53

Align monitoring to ISCM requirements

Extend SIEM coverage to AWS

Extend SIEM coverage to Azure

Extend SIEM coverage to GCP

Integrate SIEM with SOAR

Establish content lifecycle governance

Design SIEM capabilities

Implement SIEM capabilities

Support SIEM capabilities

Monitor security events

Analyze security events

Correlate security events

Identify potential threats

Identify vulnerabilities

Identify anomalous activity

Configure log ingestion

Develop detection use cases

Support incident response

Support forensic investigations

Support system authorization

Support continuous monitoring

Maintain SIEM documentation

Ensure security monitoring alignment

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Client facing consulting; Working with cybersecurity teams; Working with network teams; Working with systems teams; Mentoring junior engineers; Mentoring junior analysts

Communication Scope

Stakeholder presentations

Process & Methodology

Roadmap development

Full Job Description

**_Job Family_ :** Cyber Consulting ** _Travel Required_ :** Up to 10% **_Clearance Required_ :** Active Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI) As a Senior Consultant in Guidehouse’s cyber practice, you will lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of SIEM capabilities for a federal law enforcement agency’s classified environment. You’ll combine hands on SIEM engineering with client facing consulting: translating mission risk into actionable detections, mentoring junior engineers/analysts, and advising stakeholders on monitoring strategy, metrics, and governance. This blend reflects Guidehouse’s model where senior consultants drive client outcomes, contribute to business development, and support people development across the engagement. **_What You Will Do_ :** You will design, implement, and support security information and event management (SIEM) capabilities for a federal law enforcement agency’s classified data processing systems directorate. You will monitor, analyze, and correlate security events across classified environments to identify potential threats, vulnerabilities, and anomalous activity. Working closely with cybersecurity, network, and systems teams, you will configure log ingestion, develop detection use cases, tune alerts, and support incident response and forensic investigations. You will also support system authorization and continuous monitoring activities, maintain SIEM documentation, and ensure security monitoring solutions align with federal standards and mission requirements. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: * Lead SIEM strategy workshops, roadmap development, and stakeholder presentations. * Architect log ingestion pipelines, develop correlation rules, dashboards, and KPIs. * Align monitoring to NIST SP 800-53 and ISCM requirements. * Extend SIEM coverage to AWS/Azure/GCP. * Integrate SIEM with SOAR and automate enrichment. * Establish content lifecycle governance and mentor junior staff. Business ** _What You Will Need

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