**Job Description** + Looking for a candidate who has in depth knowledge in SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) implementation and administration. + Successful candidate must have a blend of expertise in Log sources integration, Custom parser development and Usecase development. **Required Qualifications** + Hands-on experience in SIEM implementation and administration of either Sentinel or XISAM. + Knowledge of data ingestion methods in SIEM along with custom parsers and API integrations. + Ability to integrate different log sources with SIEM and ensuring proper parsing and normalization. + Ability to create correlation rules in SIEM tool to improve threat detection. + In-depth knowledge of KQL (Sentinel) and XQL (XSIAM), which is used in Sentinel and XSIAM for querying log data. + Understanding of security concepts, incident detection, and response to identify and parse relevant security events from logs. + Skills to debug and troubleshoot issues with log data collection, parsing, and query performance. + Good experience in ITSM/ITIL/ITAM process design/process improvement. + Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills. + Experience and comfort in producing project deliverables to include project plans, project status, test plans/results, training materials and release notes. **Preferred Qualifications** + Security certifications CEH, Security+ etc. + Proficiency in regular expressions (regex) for pattern matching and extracting specific data from log entries. + Familiarity with scripting languages like PowerShell, Python, Cortex Query Language (XQL) ,or Kusto Query Language (KQL) for writing custom parsing scripts. Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.