Senior Information Security Engineer

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🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

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Dayforce

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5001 - 10000 employees

👥 HR Tech

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $1G Post-IPO Debt - Dayforce on 2024-03

HR Tech • SaaS • Enterprise

Dayforce is a cloud-based human capital management (HCM) platform developed by Ceridian. It provides integrated payroll, HR, benefits administration, workforce management (time and attendance, scheduling), and talent management capabilities as a single SaaS solution for employers to manage the employee lifecycle, compliance, and payroll.

📋 Description

• Manage, maintain, and optimize the on‑premise SIEM platform, including log ingestion, parsing, correlation rules, dashboards, and alerting • Ensure SIEM availability, performance, and scalability to support enterprise security monitoring needs • Develop and tune detection rules, correlation logic, and use cases aligned with threat intelligence and organizational risk • Oversee log source onboarding, configuration, and validation across servers, applications, network devices, and security tools • Conduct regular SIEM health checks, capacity planning, and lifecycle management • Administer and maintain on‑premise IDS/IPS platforms, ensuring accurate detection and prevention of malicious activity • Tune signatures, policies, and rulesets to reduce false positives while maintaining strong detection coverage • Monitor IDS/IPS performance, availability, and event trends to identify anomalies or operational issues • Coordinate with network and security teams to implement policy updates, rule changes, and architectural improvements • Ensure both SIEM and IDS/IPS solutions are aligned with security governance frameworks, compliance requirements, and organizational policies • Maintain documentation for system configurations, processes, runbooks, and governance controls • Support audit activities by providing evidence, reports, and system configuration details • Participate in incident response activities by providing SIEM/IDS/IPS insights, event analysis, and technical expertise • Evaluate emerging threats and recommend enhancements to detection logic and monitoring capabilities • Collaborate with architecture and leadership teams to align SIEM and IDS/IPS strategies with long‑term security objectives • Identify opportunities to automate processes, improve detection fidelity, and enhance operational efficiency.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of hands‑on experience administering, managing, and maintaining an on‑premise SIEM security solution • Minimum 5 years of hands‑on experience administering, managing, and maintaining an on‑premise IDS/IPS security solution • Demonstrated experience ensuring high availability, governance alignment, and operational effectiveness of security monitoring technologies • Strong understanding of SIEM architecture, log ingestion pipelines, correlation logic, and event normalization • Expertise with IDS/IPS technologies, signature tuning, network traffic analysis, and threat detection methodologies • Proficiency with security log formats (syslog, JSON, CEF, LEEF, etc.) • Familiarity with network protocols, firewall rules, and enterprise network architecture • Experience with Linux/Windows server administration as it relates to security tooling • Ability to analyze security events, identify patterns, and support incident response • Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities • Excellent communication skills for cross‑team collaboration • Ability to work independently in a remote environment while managing multiple priorities • Detail‑oriented mindset with a commitment to governance, documentation, and operational discipline.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • 401(k) matching • Flexible work hours • Paid time off • Remote work options