Security Engineer

About the Company

Maven Research is a global open talent platform powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning. We connect organizations with professionals who offer on-the-ground perspectives, specialized knowledge, and deep expertise. Through our platform, companies can rapidly source the right talent for needs ranging from brief interviews and targeted surveys to in-depth consulting, long-term advisory roles, employment placement, and market research. By enabling seamless access to the world’s most relevant experts, Maven empowers organizations to make smarter, faster decisions and achieve better outcomes.

About the Opportunity

We are seeking cybersecurity professionals with hands-on experience using security information and event management (SIEM) and data security posture management (DSPM) platforms. This role involves sharing your expertise on product strengths and weaknesses, integrations and data sources, deployment and infrastructure requirements, and licensing and cost considerations—or with potential to inform—how security platforms are evaluated, deployed, and optimized. Your insights will help us understand real-world platform performance, buying criteria, and opportunities for improvement. This is a flexible consulting engagement that can be completed alongside full-time employment. Time commitment is based entirely on your availability and schedule.

Relevant Experience

• Hands-on use of SIEM or DSPM platforms in enterprise or security operations environments.
• Managing security event monitoring, log ingestion, and threat detection workflows.
• Configuring integrations and managing data sources for security platforms.
• Participating in deployment, infrastructure planning, or platform administration.
• Evaluating licensing models, total cost of ownership, and vendor pricing for security tools.
• Assessing product strengths, limitations, and performance against security requirements.
• Collaborating with security leadership, IT, and procurement teams on platform decisions.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience or Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in security operations, SIEM administration, data security, or security engineering.
• Direct experience with at least one SIEM or DSPM product highly valued.