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# Security Engineer

- **Company:** Zachary Piper
- **Location:** Durham, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $140,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cyber Security, Custom Software, Data Auditing, Data Integrity, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Python (Programming Language), Log Analysis, Security Information and Event Management, Systems Integration, Scripting, Cyber Threat Analysis, SC Clearance, Information Technology, Cybercrime, ArcSight Event Correlation, Restful APIs, Splunk, Data Pipelines, Api Management, Security Orchestration, Automation & Response
- **Published:** August 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9072382/security-engineer

## About the Role

· Active Secret Clearance required.

· Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline preferred.

· 5+ years of experience in Security Operations, Security Engineering, Splunk Engineering, or Cybersecurity Platform Integration roles.

· Experience as a SOC Analyst who transitioned into a Security Engineering or Splunk Engineering role strongly preferred.

· Strong hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise, including SPL development, dashboards, alerts, saved searches, indexes, KVStores, and custom application development.

· Experience developing automation and orchestration solutions using Python, APIs, and scripting to reduce manual effort and improve operational efficiency.

· Knowledge of threat intelligence lifecycle management, enrichment processes, and intelligence-sharing methodologies.

## Description

Piper Companies is seeking a Security Engineer to join a leading cybersecurity operations team supporting mission-critical security initiatives. This role will be connecting security tools, data sources, threat intelligence, and workflows to create a more automated, efficient, and reliable security operations environment. This is a long-term contract position requires an active Secret Clearance within a hybrid environment located in RTP, NC., · Engineer and maintain integrations between OpenCTI, Splunk, TheHive, and other security operations platforms.

· Develop and support security automation and SOAR-style workflows that improve SOC investigation, triage, escalation, and incident response processes.

· Build, maintain, and enhance Splunk security applications, dashboards, saved searches, alerts, reports, and supporting data models.

· Design and lead SOC data integrity initiatives to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of security telemetry.

· Develop alerting and reporting mechanisms to identify missing data, field mismatches, telemetry gaps, and data quality issues that may impact detection logic, threat hunting, incident response, or compliance requirements.

· Integrate security tools and data sources into Splunk to improve visibility, correlation, and operational effectiveness., Keywords: Secret Clearance, SOC Analyst, Security Engineer, Splunk Engineer, Splunk Enterprise, SPL, Splunk Dashboards, Splunk Alerts, Security Tool Integration, OpenCTI, TheHive, Threat Intelligence, Threat Intelligence Integration, Security Automation, SOAR, Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Threat Hunting, Security Operations Center (SOC), Python, API Integrations, REST APIs, Workflow Automation, Security Analytics, Data Integrity Monitoring, Security Telemetry, Data Quality Assurance, SIEM, Security Monitoring, Log Analysis, Platform Engineering, Cybersecurity, Security Operations, Investigation Automation, Case Management, Security Orchestration, Event Correlation, Custom Splunk Applications, Security Data Pipelines, Telemetry Validation, Enterprise Security.


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