Senior Cybersecurity Engineer Penetration Testing & SIEM Integration
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Job Summary
Job Title: Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - Penetration Testing & SIEM Integration
Location: Austin TX
Work Type: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract (C2C)
Visa Requirement: All except OPT / CPT
LOCAL TO AUSTIN AREA ONLY
About the Role:
The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer will serve cybersecurity modernization initiatives focused on penetration testing automation and SIEM integration for the firm. This role combines secure software development and hands-on cybersecurity engineering to build scalable automation enhance penetration testing capabilities and strengthen SIEM-driven threat detection. The position directly supports the firms Zero Trust continuous monitoring and enterprise security operations initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
Security Engineering & Development:
- Design and develop secure APIs microservices and software components to support penetration testing workflows.
- Build integrations between penetration testing tools vulnerability scanners and enterprise SIEM platforms.
- Develop log ingestion pipelines for normalization and forwarding of security telemetry into Splunk and other SIEMs.
- Automate alert enrichment correlation and reporting processes.
- Support integration of security findings into Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) platforms.
Penetration Testing Enablement:
- Deploy and maintain Kali Linux-based penetration testing environments (virtualized and cloud-hosted).
- Configure and manage penetration testing toolchains and frameworks.
- Develop custom exploit scripts proof-of-concept code and automation utilities.
- Support red team and application penetration testing engagements.
SIEM & Security Operations Integration:
- Develop connectors and APIs for enterprise SIEM integrations.
- Implement log parsing enrichment and normalization logic.
- Collaborate with CSOC teams to align tool development with detection requirements.
Automation & DevOps:
- Develop scripts in Python Bash PowerShell or similar languages.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines for security tools and integrations.
- Maintain repositories documentation configuration guides and operational runbooks.
- Ensure compliance with HHSC standards DIR security controls and NIST frameworks.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science IT or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 8 years of experience building security automation and platform integrations.
- 8 years of hands-on experience with penetration testing tools and Kali Linux environments.
- 58 years of professional software development experience.
- 35 years of experience in:
- Programming (Python Java JavaScript or C#)
- REST API development and enterprise system integrations
- Scripting (Python Bash PowerShell)
- Linux system administration
- SIEM platforms (Splunk Sentinel or equivalent)
- Cybersecurity fundamentals and secure coding practices
- Strong understanding of:
- Security automation and orchestration
- API integration
- Log pipeline development
- Zero Trust principles
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience developing security data pipelines and SIEM integrations.
- Experience designing scalable security tool architectures.
- Experience with containerization/virtualization (Docker VMware cloud labs).
- Experience working in regulated or government environments.
- Certifications such as:
- OSCP / CEH
- Splunk Certified Developer
- Security / CISSP
- Linux administration certification
Company Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
Key Skills
- APIs
- Jenkins
- REST
- Python
- SOAP
- Systems Engineering
- Service-Oriented Architecture
- Java
- XML
- JSON
- Scripting
- Sftp
