Cribl Platform Engineering & Administration Engineer

• Build and maintain pipelines for filtering, routing, masking, enrichment, and transformation of telemetry data.
• Optimize telemetry pipelines to reduce ingestion costs while preserving security, compliance, and investigative value.
• Develop and enforce standards for telemetry onboarding, pipeline design, and operational best practices.

AI-Driven Observability & Automation

• Integrate AI/ML capabilities into observability and security workflows, including:
• Intelligent data enrichment and normalization
• Anomaly detection and signal amplification
• Automated routing, suppression, or prioritization of telemetry
• Partner with data science, AI platform, or security teams to operationalize AI-driven insights within Cribl pipelines.
• Leverage AI-assisted tooling to improve troubleshooting, detection fidelity, and operational efficiency.

Security & Compliance Enablement

• Implement data protection controls including PII masking, tokenization, filtering, and policy-based routing.
• Support security monitoring and incident response by ensuring high-quality, reliable telemetry delivery to downstream SIEM, SOAR, and analytics platforms.
• Ensure Cribl configurations align with enterprise security, privacy, and compliance requirements (e.g., PCI, HIPAA, SOX, NIST).

Collaboration & Technical Leadership

• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Cribl and telemetry pipeline architecture.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and security teams to onboard new data sources.
• Mentor engineers and provide guidance on observability and telemetry best practices.
• Contribute to runbooks, architectural documentation, and operational playbooks.

Operational Support

• Participate in on-call rotations supporting critical observability and security infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot complex data pipeline, performance, and reliability issues across distributed systems.
• Support incident response, post-incident reviews, and continuous improvement efforts.

The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s/applicant’s qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not available., * 5+ years of experience in observability, telemetry engineering, data engineering, or security engineering roles.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Cribl Stream and/or Cribl Edge in production environments.
• Strong experience with log management, SIEM, and observability platforms (e.g., Splunk, Elastic, Datadog, OpenSearch, Sentinel).
• Proficiency with Linux, networking fundamentals, and distributed systems.
• Experience with Public Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP).
• Strong scripting or programming experience in Python, JavaScript, Go, or similar languages.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
• Experience implementing AI/ML-driven observability or security use cases.
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and modern telemetry standards.
• Experience with containerized and serverless environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of data streaming and messaging platforms (Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub).
• Understanding of enterprise compliance frameworks (PCI, HIPAA, SOX, NIST).
• Experience supporting large-scale, multi-region, 24/7 production environments.
• Strong ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders., You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there’s a position you really want, you’re fully prepared to get it.

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