SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER ENGINEER - 72003907

Requisition No: 867366 

Agency: Management Services

Working Title: SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER ENGINEER - 72003907

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 72003907 

Salary:  $80,000 - $105,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 01/06/2026 

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Security Operations Center (SOC) Engineer
Florida Digital Service
State of Florida Department of Management Services
This position is located in Tallahassee, FL
 

Position Overview and Responsibilities:

The SOC Engineer supports the design, maintenance, and continuous improvement of security engineering capabilities across the Florida Digital Service (FLDS). This role ensures the reliability, fidelity, and effectiveness of the Security Lake, telemetry pipelines, and related cybersecurity platforms that enable SOC operations.  The SOC Engineer works closely with the Security Engineering Lead, other engineering staff, SOC Team Leads, and SOC Analysts to integrate log sources, tune sensors, maintain tool uptime, and support analytic workflows. This position ensures that the technical foundations required for threat detection, monitoring, and analysis remain accurate, efficient, and resilient. 

Key Responsibilities:

Engineering Operations and Coordination 

• Maintain baseline configurations and assist with deployment and monitoring of tool integrations across Security Lake, Operations platform, CTI platform, and other enterprise security platforms.
• Configure, tune, and validate sensors, agents, connectors, and ingestion pipelines to ensure consistent and accurate telemetry flow.
• Troubleshoot ingestion issues, schema mismatches, logging failures, and other engineering problems affecting SOC operations.
• Support coordination of engineering activities with the Security Engineering Lead and collaborate with SOC Team Leads to align engineering support with analyst needs.
• Participate in briefings, interagency technical discussions, and enterprise coordination activities as assigned.
• Collaborate across teams on cross-functional initiatives while ensuring engineering contributions align with shared objectives. 

Security Lake and Data Pipeline Support 

• Monitor ingestion health, schema alignment, and event fidelity across AWS Security Lake and integrated log sources.
• Validate telemetry accuracy and resolve gaps or inconsistencies reported by analysts or identified during engineering checks.
• Ensure adherence to schema standards and normalization requirements for all data flowing into Security Lake.
• Support onboarding, documentation, and lifecycle management of new log sources. 

Documentation, Analysis, and Continuous Improvement

• Ensure complete and accurate documentation of engineering work, including configuration changes, integrations, and troubleshooting procedures.
• Analyze ingestion patterns, telemetry quality, and historical engineering issues to identify systemic weaknesses or opportunities for improved system performance.
• Support continuous improvement by refining ingestion logic, engineering SOPs, and automation workflows.
• Contribute to engineering performance measurement, maturity roadmap execution, and automation efforts as directed. 

Support to SOC  

• Provide engineering support to CSOC by addressing telemetry gaps, correcting ingestion issues, and optimizing data sources needed for monitoring and analysis.
• Implement technical fixes based on analyst feedback, including adjustments to log sources, connectors, and system parameters.
• Assist analysts by enabling access to logs, resolving ingestion or query issues, and ensuring the tools function consistently and effectively. 

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

Knowledge

• Understanding of cloud application platforms, cloud concepts, or cloud security fundamentals.
• Understanding of database querying languages such as SQL.
• Familiarity with logging pipeline concepts, including normalization, parsing, schema standards, and log source onboarding.
• Familiarity with enterprise security tools, sensors, agents, or connectors (EDR, network sensors, cloud telemetry, etc.).
• Knowledge of various industry-standard cybersecurity frameworks: NIST CSF 2.0 – Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover, and Govern; ISO 27001, CIS Controls Top 18 

Skills

• Excellent analytical and technical skills.
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) with the ability to communicate with all levels. 

Abilities:

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team supporting 24×7 operations. 
• Ability to research, interpret and prepare reports, presentations, and other documents.
• Ability to manage time, prioritize and organize tasks, and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to read and interpret structured and unstructured data, including JSON, logs, and telemetry feeds. 
   

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least three years of experience in cybersecurity, information technology, computer science, or a related field
• At least three years of experience administering or supporting Linux and/or Windows systems.
• At least one year of technical experience in security engineering, system administration, cloud operations, or log/telemetry management.
• At least one year of experience designing, implementing, securing, and/or troubleshooting complex enterprise (preferably cloud) networks. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with security logging or monitoring platforms (e.g., SIEM, XDR, cloud logging services). 
• Experience with writing scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) sufficient for automation or troubleshooting.
• Understanding of OCSF schema standards. 

Our Organization and Mission:

Under the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis, Interim Secretary Tom Berger and DMS’ Executive Leadership Team, the Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) is a customer-oriented agency with a broad portfolio that includes the efficient use and management of real estate, procurement, human resources, group insurance, retirement, telecommunications, fleet, and federal property assistance programs used throughout Florida’s state government. It is against this backdrop that DMS strives to demonstrate its motto, “We serve those who serve Florida.”

Special Notes:

DMS is committed to successfully recruiting and onboarding talented and skilled individuals into its workforce. We recognize the extensive training, experience and transferrable skills that veterans and individuals with disabilities bring to the workforce. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to contact our recruiter for guidance and answers to questions through the following provided email addresses:
DMS.Ability@dms.myflorida.com
DMS.Veterans@dms.myflorida.com
An individual with a disability is qualified if he or she satisfies the skills, experience, and other job related requirements for a position and can perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must contact the DMS Human Resources (HR) Office at (850) 488-2707. DMS requests applicants notify HR in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
Criminal background investigation including fingerprinting and statewide and national criminal history records check per Section 110.1127 Florida Statutes, Chapter 435 Florida Statutes and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s CJIS Security Policy CJISD-ITS-DOC-08140.
Pursuant to F.S. 215.422 every officer or employee who is responsible for the approval or processing of vendors’ invoices or distribution of warrants to vendors are mandated to process, resolve and comply as section 215.422 requires
 

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.