Sr. Information Security Engineer

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY

As the Information Company, our mission at OpenText is to create software solutions and deliver services that redefine the future of digital. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in Enterprise Information Management.  

The Opportunity: 

The Senior SIEM Engineer is a member of the Information Protection Center providing subject matter expertise.  You are responsible for the health, performance, optimization, and rule management of our SIEM platform including the management and operation of the SIEM infrastructure.  This hands-on role requires a deep technical knowledge of security technologies and must have a solid understanding of information security and networking.  

You are great at:

• Researching, documenting, and implementing security best practices to continually improve the deployment and use of the SIEM.
• Coordinating and conducting event collection, log management, event management, and compliance automation.
• Researching, analyzing, and understanding common and complex log sources.
• Providing expert guidance regarding the implementation of rules and event correlation for the SIEM environment. 
• Developing detection rules to support alerting and response capabilities for our SOC services.
• Providing day to day event parsing and repairing of events that have missing or incorrect information.
• Troubleshooting issues with log sources or systems, with internal IT teams and vendors, providing resolution to defects or performance issue as needed.
• Creating detailed reports on the status of the SIEM that also includes metrics on items such as number of logging sources; log collection rate, and server performance.

What it takes:

• BS in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Assurance, or Information Security preferred.
• 3 years SIEM experience that includes leading SIEM deployments and optimization.
• Experience with LogRhythm.
• Experience in developing SIEM correlation rules to detect new threats beyond current capabilities.
• Scripting skills (PowerShell, Regular Expressions, Lua) a plus.
• Experience with Windows, Unix and Linux Operation Systems 
• Experience creating and refining metrics to articulate and measure program performance.
• Able to work independently and efficiently, as well as with others, to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-motivated and detail-oriented.
• Possess excellent writing and communication skills.
• CISSP, GCIH, CISA, CISM, or other industry certifications preferred
• Amenable to work on fixed US shift/shifting schedule

At OpenText we understand and value diversity in our employees and are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.