Splunk Engineer
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Design, develop, and maintain Splunk dashboards, reports, alerts, and monitoring solutions Administer and support Splunk environments, including infrastructure components, configurations, and performance optimization Perform data onboarding, parsing, normalization, and indexing for new log sources Troubleshoot and resolve Splunk system, infrastructure, and configuration issues Develop and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures Collaborate with engineering, security, and operations teams to support monitoring and analytics initiatives Provide regular progress updates and technical briefings to stakeholders Support continuous improvement efforts through automation and process optimization
Requirements
Seeking a Splunk Engineer with strong experience in Splunk Enterprise administration, SPL development, data onboarding, and infrastructure management to support secure, mission-focused environments. This hybrid position requires 2-3 days per week onsite in a SCIF.
Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph in DISS, Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) required; preferred fields include Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical discipline 3+ years of experience with Splunk Enterprise Experience developing searches, reports, alerts, and dashboards using Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) Hands-on experience managing Splunk infrastructure, including Indexers, Search Heads, Universal Forwarders, and Index Clusters Experience onboarding, ingesting, and indexing new data sources Familiarity with Splunk configuration files (e.g., inputs.conf, props.conf) and troubleshooting via both GUI and command-line interfaces 1+ year of experience with Linux and/or Windows system administration Experience creating architectural and infrastructure diagrams Proficiency with SharePoint, Jira, and Confluence Experience working within Agile/Scrum teams Ability to provide status updates, presentations, and briefings to stakeholders Availability to work onsite in a SCIF environment 2-3 days per week, Splunk Enterprise administration and engineering Search Processing Language (SPL) Linux and Windows system administration Data ingestion, parsing, and indexing Infrastructure management and troubleshooting Scripting and automation AWS cloud technologies Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Agile/Scrum methodologies Technical documentation and diagram creation
Additional Information:
Experience with Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) preferred Experience with Splunk User Behavior Analytics (UBA) preferred Experience with automation tools and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Experience developing scripts and integrations using Python, Bash, Boto3, JSON, YAML, and XML Experience working within AWS environments Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Ansible Strong verbal and written communication skills Excellent organizational and time management skills Experience supporting secure government environments and SCIF operations is highly desirable
Preferred Certifications:
Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect Splunk Enterprise Security Certification Splunk User Behavior Analytics Certification