Senior Automation Engineer / Splunk SME

Wyandotte Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Senior Automation Engineer / Splunk SME to support mission-critical systems for Southwestern Power Administration (SWPA), U.S. Department of Energy. This role is centered on enterprise automation, Splunk engineering, DevOps/CI/CD, operational observability, system integration, and complex troubleshooting in secure, highly restricted environments, including real-time SCADA operations.

The successful candidate will serve as a technical subject matter expert, designing automation solutions, expanding Splunk capabilities, reducing manual processes, and improving the reliability, visibility, and supportability of critical systems.

What You’ll Do

Automation Engineering

· Serve as a technical SME for enterprise automation and process improvement.

· Identify manual, repetitive, and error-prone processes and engineer automated solutions.

· Design, develop, test, document, and maintain production-grade automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash, APIs, and other appropriate technologies.

· Automate deployments, configuration, validation, monitoring, reporting, and operational support activities.

· Integrate systems and tools through APIs, scripting, event-driven workflows, and scheduled automation.

Splunk Engineering & Administration

· Serve as a Splunk subject matter expert supporting enterprise and operational environments.

· Design, build, optimize, and maintain Splunk searches, dashboards, alerts, reports, and operational monitoring solutions.

· Develop and maintain advanced SPL (Search Processing Language) queries for troubleshooting, analytics, monitoring, and operational intelligence.

· Onboard and normalize data sources; support indexes, sourcetypes, field extractions, forwarders, retention, access, and platform health.

· Develop actionable alerts and dashboards that improve visibility and reduce time to detect and resolve issues.

· Analyze application, infrastructure, security, and operational logs to identify trends, anomalies, failures, and root causes.

· Integrate Splunk with applications, automation workflows, ServiceNow, and other enterprise tools where appropriate.

DevOps, CI/CD & Software Engineering

· Design, implement, and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.

· Automate build, test, release, deployment, validation, and rollback processes.

· Develop, enhance, integrate, and support custom enterprise applications.

· Modernize legacy applications and operational processes into secure, supportable architectures.

· Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform detailed root-cause analysis.

· Participate in Agile/Scrum development and sprint activities and create clear technical documentation.

Mission-Critical Operations

· Support systems operating in secure and highly restricted environments, including real-time operational and SCADA-related systems.

· Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation and occasional evening/weekend maintenance or deployment activities.

· Work closely with SWPA stakeholders, technical teams, and leadership to translate operational needs into reliable technical solutions.

· Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field plus 5+ years of relevant professional experience; OR 9+ years of relevant software engineering, automation, DevOps, systems integration, or implementation experience.

· Experience in client relationship building and team communication

· 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and supporting production-grade automation solutions.

· Strong scripting experience using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or comparable technologies.

· 5+ years of hands-on Splunk engineering or administration experience in enterprise or production environments, including advanced SPL expertise.

· Experience developing Splunk dashboards, alerts, reports, data onboarding, and operational monitoring solutions.

· Experience analyzing logs and telemetry to troubleshoot complex application or infrastructure problems.

· Experience designing or maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.

· Experience with Git or another modern version-control platform.

· Strong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, communication, and independent technical ownership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

· Splunk certification (Splunk Core Certified Power User, Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin, or higher) strongly preferred; advanced Splunk administration, architecture, or engineering experience.

· Complex SPL development, search optimization, data onboarding, forwarders, indexes, sourcetypes, field extraction, and data normalization.

· Automated remediation, event-driven automation, REST APIs, enterprise integrations, and ServiceNow workflow automation.

· C#, .NET, Python, JavaScript, and/or C++; relational databases, SQL, and web application development.

· Windows and Linux environments; secure or restricted computing environments.

· SCADA, industrial control systems, real-time operational systems, utilities, energy, or other critical-infrastructure environments.

· Technical leadership or mentoring of engineers and administrators.

The Candidate We’re Looking For

This is an SME-level automation and Splunk engineering role, not a traditional application-development position. We are looking for a senior engineer who can independently design automation, engineer Splunk solutions, troubleshoot complex operational issues, and establish technical standards for the team.

Employment Requirements

· U.S. Citizenship is required.

· Must successfully complete a 7-year background investigation.

· Must be able to work onsite in Springfield, Missouri.

· Must participate in an on-call rotation supporting mission-critical systems.

Pulled from the full job description

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account, · Must be available for occasional evening or weekend maintenance and deployment activities.

Why This Role Matters

Support critical federal power infrastructure by improving how mission systems are automated, monitored, deployed, diagnosed, and supported. This role has direct influence on operational reliability and engineering modernization.

If you bring deep Splunk expertise, strong automation engineering skills, and DevOps experience, we want to hear from you.

Pay: $110,000.00 - $115,000.00 per year, * 401(k)

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance