Technical & Bus Analyst - Data & Applications

• Validate log types, formats, schemas, and logging methods (syslog, API, CloudTrail, JSON, custom formats).

• Define onboarding requirements including event types, fields, timestamps, user identity, error codes,

• and security-critical attributes.

• Evaluate logs for completeness, reliability, and compliance with industry standard schemas.

• Map log sources to Splunk’s Common Information Model (CIM) or equivalent normalization frameworks.

• Log parsing, field extraction, enrichment, and timestamp normalization.

• Development of CIM-compliant extractions for all new log sources.

• Documentation of field dictionaries, mappings, and SIEM source type definitions.

• Validation of proper taxonomy alignment across categories such as:

o Authentication o Authorization o Application activity o Network activity o Security events o Error/failure conditions o Administrative and privileged actions

• Mapping application behaviors to relevant attack techniques (MITRE ATT&CK).

• Identifying and documenting detection opportunities.

• Authoring and implementing:

o Correlation searches o Behavioral detections o Anomaly models o High-fidelity alert logic

• Ensuring each detection has:

o Defined data dependencies o Operational owner o Severity/priority rating o Triage response play

• Operationalizing detections into Security Operations Runbooks, including:

o Preconditions

• Indicators & patterns

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills Technical Expertise

• 5+ years working with SIEM platforms (Splunk preferred).

• Advanced experience with CIM, ECS, or equivalent log normalization schemas.

• Strong understanding of:

o JSON logging o Syslog/NXLog o Cloud logging architectures (AWS/GCP/Azure) o Application security telemetry o OSQuery / EDR / DNS / WAF logs

• Proven ability to write:

o Source type definitions o Field extraction rules o Correlation logic o Detection playbooks Cybersecurity Knowledge & Competency

• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, SIGMA rules, NIST 800-53 frameworks.

• Experience supporting SOC, IR, SIEM, Detection Engineering, or Threat Ops teams.

• Understanding modern attack techniques, identity abuse patterns, and cloud threats.