14396 - IT - ADMIN - Security Architect - Consultant - SIEM Engineer
Location - Columbia SC (100% remote)
Duration - 12 Months
Start Date - 30 Nov 2026
Last Date of submission - 11 Nov 2026
The State of South Carolina is looking for a Security Architect - Consultant - SIEM Engineer
Why is this position open: New engineering role directly supporting SIEM architecture and 24x7 SOC operations.
Candidate Location: Open to Nationwide resources - THIS POSITION IS 100% REMOTE AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN A MONTHLY ON-CALL ROTATION SUPPORTING THE 24X7 SOC. AFTER-HOURS MAINTENANCE, INCIDENT ESCALATION SUPPORT AND OPERATIONAL HANDOFFS MAY BE REQUIRED AS NEEDED.
Required skills
Education - Bachelor's Degree in an Information Technology or Information Security related field; 8+ years of relevant work may be substituted in lieu of education
5+ years of experience in supporting large IT environments and/or system deployments
Palo Alo Cortex XSIAM and Cortex XDR Design, implementation, administration, and operational support
Experience engineering and supporting SIEM capabilities for multi-tenant environments and 24x7 Security Operations Center operations
CRIBL Data Modeling, Log Pipeline Design, Parsing, Normalization, Enrichment, Routing and Ingestion experience
Experience developing automation, integrations, playbooks and response workflows using scripting languages such as Python and Bash
Experience onboarding and troubleshooting telemetry from cloud, endpoint, network, identity, SaaS, Linux, Windows and custom application sources
Enterprise security architecture, incident response, networking, access control, secure system design and industry-standard cybersecurity frameworks
Preferred skills
Certification - CISSP, Security+ or GIAC certification
Certification - Palo Alto Cortex, Cribl or other relevant SIEM/security platform certification