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Returnship Sentinel Cyber Security

Cognizant

2 - 5 years

Bengaluru

Posted: 05/08/2025

Job Description

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.

About Company

Cognizant is a global leader in technology and consulting services, helping businesses transform their operations through digital solutions. Specializing in IT services, including software development, business process outsourcing, and consulting, Cognizant supports clients across industries such as healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and retail. With a focus on innovation, Cognizant assists organizations in modernizing their technology, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing customer experiences. Headquartered in the U.S., it is consistently ranked among the most admired companies in the world and is a member of the NASDAQ-100.

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