Marks & Spencer Group plc

Principal SIEM Engineer - Vice President

Marks & Spencer Group plc
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4 days ago
Baltimore, MD, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$140k - $195k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop analytics in Elasticsearch to detect actionable security alerts.
  • Develop and fine-tune detection rules, alerting mechanisms, and security use cases for sophisticated threats.
  • Monitor and support SIEM platforms to maintain the security and stability of SOC infrastructure.
  • Create security metrics, reports, and dashboards that provide insights into the organization's security posture.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate SIEM capabilities into broader cyber response workflows.
  • Develop SOAR automations and apply alert correlation, de-duplication, and false-positive reduction techniques.
  • Contribute to a collaborative, inclusive, innovative, and continuously improving team culture.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience as a cybersecurity professional.
  • Hands-on computer network defense experience in a Security Operations Center or Cyber Incident Response Team.
  • Experience creating and managing SIEM detection logic using platforms such as Elasticsearch, Splunk, ArcSight, or Microsoft Sentinel.
  • Experience developing SOAR automations using tools such as Palo Alto XSOAR, SumoLogic, or Swimlane.
  • Experience with SIEM rule tuning, correlation logic, alert de-duplication, and false-positive reduction.
  • Strong knowledge of exploitation techniques, MITRE ATT&CK, and security use-case development.
  • Experience applying Indicators of Compromise, including YARA rules, STIX, and TAXII.
  • Experience with data normalization using technologies such as Kafka, NiFi, or Spark.
  • Experience with CI/CD technologies such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
  • Intermediate experience developing scripts in Python.
  • Strong communication, task management, and organizational skills.

Benefits

  • Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, health savings account, dependent day care savings account, life insurance, disability, and other insurance plans.
  • Paid time off, including sick leave consistent with state and local law, parental leave, and 20 vacation days annually.
  • 10 paid holidays, 401(k), short-term and long-term disability, and additional employee perks.
  • The successful candidate may be eligible for annual discretionary incentive compensation and participation in a business-unit incentive compensation plan.
  • Base salary range is $140,000–$195,000 per year.

Tech Stack

Apache KafkaApache SparkElasticsearchGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDJenkinsPythonSplunk

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About Marks & Spencer Group plc

10,000+ employees

Marks & Spencer Group plc is a British retailer selling clothing, home goods, and food to consumers through stores and ecommerce, with a focus on own-brand products. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange, was founded in 1884, and is headquartered in London. In the UK, its online grocery offering runs via Ocado Retail, a joint venture in which M&S holds a significant stake.

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