Senior Security Engineer (SIEM/Cribl) - Northeast region (Remote)

GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation's top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior SIEM / Cribl Engineer to join our cybersecurity team. In this role, you will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems and observability pipelines across a variety of modern toolsets. This position is remote, but preference will be given to candidates located on the U.S. East Coast to align with team collaboration and customer support hours.

Key responsibilities:

• Architect, implement, and maintain SIEM solutions with a focus on modern platforms including:
• Splunk
• Elastic
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Google SecOps / Chronicle
• CrowdStrike NG-SIEM
• LogScale
• Design and manage log ingestion pipelines using tools such as Cribl Stream, Edge, or Search (or similar).
• Optimize data routing, enrichment, and filtering to improve SIEM efficiency and cost control.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure teams to integrate log sources and telemetry data.
• Develop custom parsers, dashboards, correlation rules, and alerting logic for security analytics and threat detection.
• Maintain and enhance system reliability, scalability, and performance of logging infrastructure.
• Provide expertise and guidance on log normalization, storage strategy, and data retention policies.
• Lead incident response investigations and assist with root cause analysis leveraging SIEM insights.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to strategic security monitoring initiatives.

Required experience:

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering, with a primary focus on SIEM platforms.
• Hands-on experience with at least two of the following SIEM platforms:
• Splunk
• Elastic
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Google SecOps
• CrowdStrike NG-SIEM
• LogScale
• 2+ years of experience with Cribl or similar observability pipeline tools (e.g., Logstash, Fluentd, Kafka).
• Strong knowledge of log formats, data normalization, and event correlation.
• Familiarity with detection engineering, threat modeling, and MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Proficiency with scripting (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash) and regular expressions.
• Deep understanding of logging from cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and on-prem environments.

Preferred:

• SIEM certifications
• Cribl Certified Administrator or Architect credentials.
• Experience with log ingestion from EDR, NDR, firewall, and cloud-native sources.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, serverless architectures, and containerized logging.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale security operations centers (SOCs).

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Why GuidePoint?

GuidePoint Security is a rapidly growing, profitable, privately-held value added reseller that focuses exclusively on Information Security. Since its inception in 2011, GuidePoint has grown to over 1000 employees, established strategic partnerships with leading security vendors, and serves as a trusted advisor to more than 4,200 customers.

Firmly-defined core values drive all aspects of the business, which have been paramount to the company's success and establishment of an enjoyable workplace atmosphere. At GuidePoint, your colleagues are knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced and will seek to collaborate and provide mentorship and guidance at every opportunity.

This is a unique and rare opportunity to grow your career along with one of the fastest growing companies in the nation.

Some added perks....

• Remote workforce primarily (U.S. based only, some travel may be required for certain positions, working on-site may be required for Federal positions)
• Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of the premium for employees and 70% for family plans (spouse/children/family) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of the employees premiums and 75% for family plans (spouse/children/family) and GPS will contribute in one lump sum: ($500 per EE annually / $1000 per family annually (includes spouse/children/family options)
• Group Dental Insurance: GuidePoint pays 100% of the premium for employees and 75% of family plans
• 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
• Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance
• Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment
• Pet Benefit Option