Job Description
Cybersecurity Engineer (SIEM/SOAR)
We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks ¬– can focus on achieving the incredible with data.
If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.
The Team
We are seeking a SIEM/SOAR Engineer with deep expertise in Palo Alto Networks XSIAM, possessing strong experience across XDR and SIEM environments. This is a key role within our security engineering and operations function, focused on enhancing detection, automation, and response capabilities.
What you’ll bring
- Act as the technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) for enterprise cybersecurity log data management solutions, pursuing opportunities for optimization and standardization enterprise-wide.
- Implement and configure Palo Alto Networks XSIAM to improve SOC efficiency and visibility
- Design and manage security automation workflows
- Integrate and optimize XDR capabilities to support proactive threat detection
- Set up and maintain SIEM-style log ingestion, correlation rules, and enrichment pipelines
- Build custom dashboards and reporting tools for real-time security insights
- Troubleshoot complex issues related to XSIAM, XSOAR, and related integrations
- Ensure seamless integration with third-party security tools and platforms
- Provide best-practice guidance and hands-on support to internal teams
- Maintain accurate documentation of configurations, workflows, and procedures
- Devise and oversee comprehensive log ingestion strategies to ensure high-quality data fuels the XSIAM platform
- Architect and implement sophisticated detection strategies and correlation rules to fortify defenses against advanced threats
- Fine-tune and optimize log sources and correlation rules to maximize system performance and detection efficacy
- Identify opportunities to enhance analyst alert handling and response through automation.
Required Skills & Experience
- 3+ years working with Palo Alto Networks solutions (XSOAR, XSIAM, Cortex XDR)
- Ideally experience implementing and managing XSIAM in real-world environments
- Strong understanding of Security Operations, XDR, and SIEM principles
- Experience implementing and leveraging log data pipeline and technologies including but not limited to Cribl, Vector, Logstash, or Tenzir
- Proficient in scripting and automation (e.g., Python, PowerShell)
- Solid experience with log analysis, event correlation, and alert tuning
- Demonstrated experience communicating across levels within an organization from Engineering and Operations team members to Senior Leadership.
Desirable Qualifications
- Palo Alto certifications (PCNSE, XSIAM/XSOAR certifications highly preferred)
- Demonstrated experience with cloud service providers including but not limited to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Experience translating business requirements into solution requirements
- Experience preparing and maintaining documentation, including but not limited to architectural diagrams, logical flow diagrams, operating procedures, and use case documentation. Experience with similar tools from Sentinel One, Microsoft, Google, Splunk, Elastic or CrowdStrike
- Exposure to threat hunting methodologies and tools
- Relevant bachelor’s degree or industry-recognized qualifications (CISSP, GIAC, etc.), is a plus
About us
We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.
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Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings. We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.
How we look after you
We want to help you take care of your today and tomorrow – at home and at work. Which is why we offer industry-leading benefits that go far beyond compensation. That means support, services, and resources that also take care of your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. Here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent).
We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.
Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives
Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.
We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.
How we look after you
We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.
We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.
