Associate SIEM Engineer - Remote Opportunity

About the Role

We’re looking for an early-career Associate SIEM Engineer to join our Global SIEM team at PwC India. This remote SIEM Engineer position offers a unique opportunity to drive the next phase of our security analytics and observability journey. You will be hands-on with Splunk (Enterprise/Cloud/ES) and Cribl (Stream/Edge) to onboard, normalize, and optimize security data, while building and maintaining detections, dashboards, and automations that support our SOC, Threat Hunting, and Incident Response teams.

What You'll Do

• Onboard new log sources (network, endpoint, identity, cloud, SaaS) into Splunk via Cribl, ensuring secure, reliable, and cost-optimized ingestion.
• Build and manage Cribl pipelines aligned to data retention and ingest budgets.
• Implement and maintain Splunk data models, CIM mappings, sourcetypes, and ingestion best practices.
• Monitor and optimize search performance through SPL tuning and data model acceleration.
• Develop, tune, and maintain correlation searches and detections in Splunk Enterprise Security.
• Build operational dashboards and reports for SOC and leadership stakeholders.
• Collaborate with SOC Analysts and Threat Hunters to improve detection coverage and response workflows.
• Contribute to purple team exercises to enhance controls and detections.

Requirements

• 2-3 years of hands-on experience with Splunk in security logging and detection engineering.
• Working knowledge of Cribl for data routing and optimization.
• Solid SPL skills: joins, stats/timechart, eval, rex, transaction.
• Understanding of core security concepts and incident response basics.
• Experience with Linux fundamentals and scripting for automation (bash or Python preferred).
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with risk-based alerting and threat hunting content.
• Familiarity with cloud logging (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of compliance/reporting standards (PCI-DSS, ISO 27001).

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Remote work flexibility to balance your work and personal life.
• Relocation support for candidates willing to move.
• Opportunities for professional development and certifications.
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment.