Technical Consultant - TDR - SIEM Engineer

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Technical Consultant in Threat Detection Content & Administration, you will manage and maintain security technology infrastructure, including SIEM, SOAR,

EDR, AV, and Cloud security controls. You will develop and deploy use cases, rules, and security policy recommendations to ensure efficient infrastructure

functionality.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Administer and operate SIEM/XDR platforms, including Google Sec Ops.
• Configure and manage log source integrations, dashboards, reports, correlation rules, policies, users, and roles within the SIEM/XDR platform.
• Troubleshoot and resolve SIEM/XDR platform-related issues, ensuring stability and optimal performance.
• Design and implement new correlation rules aligned with the client’s security risks and threat landscape.
• Analyze malicious behaviors and support threat detection and investigation activities.
• Provide security recommendations to improve detection capabilities, security posture, and overall SIEM/XDR platform performance.
• Communicate effectively with clients, both verbally and in writing, providing clear technical guidance and recommendations.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Hands-on experience operating SIEM/XDR platforms.
• Strong knowledge of SIEM/XDR configuration, including integrations,
• dashboards, reports, correlation rules, and access management.
• Experience troubleshooting SIEM/XDR operational and technical issues.
• Solid understanding of MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Experience analyzing malicious or suspicious behaviors across enterprise
• environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact
• directly with clients.
• Ability to translate security findings into actionable recommendations.
• Intermediate English level (technical communication).

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Hands-on experience operating Google Sec Ops
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems.