SecOps Engineer (Remote)

About the Company

GuidePoint Security provides cybersecurity expertise, solutions, and services that help organizations assess their security posture, manage risk, identify threats, and implement effective security solutions. Founded in 2011, the company is a privately held cybersecurity-focused value-added reseller with more than 1,300 employees, strategic partnerships with leading security vendors, and over 6,200 customers. GuidePoint serves Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies.

About the Role

GuidePoint Security is seeking a Security Operations Engineer to support the implementation, optimization, and operational management of security operations technologies and workflows. This role focuses on developing security telemetry pipelines, SIEM detection content, and security automation while delivering responsive technical support to clients and internal teams.

The engineer will work across SIEM, SOAR, security telemetry, detection engineering, observability, and SOC transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate combines hands-on technical troubleshooting and analytical skills with strong client communication, sound business judgment, and the ability to lead through influence.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure and support the ingestion of security telemetry into SIEM platforms using agents, APIs, syslog, and native integrations.
• Implement parsing, field extraction, enrichment, and normalization logic using regex, JSON, key-value data, CEF, and Windows Event Logs.
• Develop, test, map, and tune SIEM detection rules to reduce false positives and identify detection coverage gaps.
• Support the configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimization of SIEM and SOAR platforms, integrations, and workflows.
• Participate in client discovery sessions and document current-state architectures, data flows, SOC processes, and technical findings.
• Contribute reusable implementation patterns, work instructions, detection content, technical documentation, and service-delivery standards.
• Maintain awareness of SIEM, SOAR, XDR, observability, and emerging AI-enabled security operations technologies.
• Communicate technical issues, risks, progress, and scope considerations to technical leads, project managers, and client stakeholders.
• Collaborate with regional delivery teams and other engineers when client requirements involve cross-platform or cross-practice support.
• Support the development of repeatable and measurable Security Operations services.
• Help improve telemetry quality, detection coverage, and investigation efficiency.
• Apply business and financial awareness when making technical decisions involving project scope, level of effort, platform performance, data volume, and client value.
• Use emerging technologies, including AI tools, to improve problem-solving and business outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in security operations, SIEM engineering, detection engineering, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience implementing or supporting at least one enterprise SIEM platform.
• Experience working with log data, security telemetry, parsing, normalization, and data-source onboarding.
• Basic scripting experience with Python, PowerShell, or a similar language.
• Familiarity with SIEM query languages such as SPL, KQL, Lucene, or SQL-like languages.
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional and military experience.
• Strong technical troubleshooting, analytical, and client communication skills.
• Ability to communicate technical findings and lead through influence.

Preferred Qualifications

• SIEM vendor certification from Splunk, Google, Microsoft, Elastic, Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Rapid7, Sumo Logic, or Datadog.
• SOAR or automation certification from Splunk SOAR, XSOAR, Fusion, SentinelOne Hyper Automation, Torq, or Tines.
• Experience supporting cloud, identity, endpoint, network, or application telemetry.
• Experience with observability or security data pipeline platforms.
• Experience producing implementation documentation, runbooks, data dictionaries, or technical assessment deliverables.

Work Arrangement & Travel

• Remote position for candidates based in the United States.
• Some positions may require on-site work, particularly federal assignments.
• Travel requirements: up to 10%.

Physical Requirements

Close visual acuity is required to view computer terminals and perform extensive reading for a minimum of eight hours per day.

Compensation & Benefits

• Group medical insurance options, including a Zero Deductible PPO plan and a High Deductible Health Plan with HSA.
• GuidePoint pays 90% of employee medical premiums and 70% of family premiums for the PPO plan.
• For the HDHP with HSA, GuidePoint pays 100% of employee premiums and 75% of family premiums.
• Annual HSA contributions of $850 for employees or $1,750 for family coverage.
• Group dental insurance.
• 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program.
• Mobile phone and home internet allowance.
• Retirement plan eligibility after two months, at open enrollment.

Application Information

GuidePoint Security uses Greenhouse as its applicant tracking system and Zoom Scheduler for HR screening appointments. Applicants should check their spam folders for application updates.