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

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 Microsoft Sentinel Elastic 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.

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.