Cybersecurity Senior Associate – SIEM & SOAR - SecOps [US Client]

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Cybersecurity & Privacy

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in cybersecurity focus on protecting organisations from cyber threats through advanced technologies and strategies. They work to identify vulnerabilities, develop secure systems, and provide proactive solutions to safeguard sensitive data.

As a security engineer at PwC you will design, implement, and maintain security systems to protect an organisation's digital assets. You will analyse potential vulnerabilities, develop strategies to mitigate risks, and confirm compliance with industry standards and regulations. Additionally, you will conduct security audits and provide recommendations for enhancing the overall security posture.

Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
• Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
• Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
• Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
• Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
• Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

We are seeking a Senior Associate with 2–5 years of experience in Google SecOps SIEM and SOAR technologies to join our Cybersecurity team. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing custom parsers to ingest logs into Google’s Unified Data Model, troubleshooting log sources, writing and tuning custom detections in YARA-L, and building playbooks using low-code or no-code automation blocks. The role requires strong Python skills for automation, experience integrating apps/systems with Google SecOps (using both out-of-the-box and custom integrations), and dashboard management in Google SOAR.

You will assess, design, and improve processes and workflows, focusing on automation through Google SOAR tools. Responsibilities include integrating new logging sources, building playbooks for incident triage and response, and reducing analysis time for security events.

Preferred Knowledge:

• Python scripting for automation
• Security architecture, tool integration, API development, and automation
• Operating system internals (Linux and Windows)
• User Entity Behavior and basic Machine Learning models
• All architectural components of SIEM and SOAR
• Google SecOps, cloud and hybrid environments
• Threat intelligence and threat hunting
• Widget and dashboard development
• MITRE framework

Preferred Skills:

• SIEM technologies (Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel, etc.)
• SOAR technologies (Phantom, Cortex XSOAR, Siemplify, etc.)
• Information Security expertise
• API programming and Python

Generative AI in Security:

• Explore and implement Generative AI models to enhance detection logic, log summarization, and threat triage.

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree preferred.

• Understand the importance of have a correct information management
• Knowledge of Information Security and Data Protection
• Correct Information Security Management

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to ethnicity; creed; color; religion; national origin; age; disability; neurodiversity; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; marital; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an inclusive organization and equal opportunity employer.

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

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