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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # SAP NS2 Technical Contributor / Application Administrator - **Company:** Cypress Semiconductor Corporation - **Location:** Herndon, VA, United States - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Bash Shell, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Apache Lucene, Configuration Management, Cyber Security, System Configuration, Continuous Integration, Customer Data Management, Data Infrastructure, Software Design Documents, File Systems, Github, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Windows PowerShell, Ansible, Kusto Query Language, SAP (Applications), Security Information and Event Management, Software Deployment, SQL Databases, Scripting, Data Ingestion, QRadar, Git, Cloudformation, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Microsoft Sentinel, Apache Kafka, Restful APIs, Terraform, Splunk, Data Pipelines, Docker, Jenkins - **Published:** September 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.sap.com/talentcommunity/apply/1433431333/?locale=en_US ## About the Role Must be a US Citizen; this position requires access to customer data. All internals must have Manager's approval to transfer., * U.S. citizenship. Work is performed in a federally controlled environment. * Hands-on production administration of a SIEM or large-scale data platform - Splunk, Elastic, Microsoft Sentinel, Chronicle, QRadar, or comparable - including data onboarding, access administration, and capacity management. * Demonstrated automation of administrative work: scripting in Python, PowerShell, or Bash, and configuration management such as Ansible, applied to real production tasks. Be prepared to describe specific manual processes you replaced and what that saved. * Working fluency with platform REST APIs for bulk auditing, configuration, and tooling. * Git and version-controlled configuration, including experience deploying platform configuration or content through an automated pipeline. * Strong query skills in at least one platform language (SPL, KQL, Lucene or ES DSL, or SQL), with specific before and after performance results the candidate can describe. * Linux administration fundamentals: services, filesystems, networking, TLS, and log troubleshooting. * Excellent written documentation skills. Be prepared to provide a writing sample such as a runbook, design document, or migration plan you authored. * Demonstrated change management discipline and the ability to own a workstream end to end with little oversight., * Splunk administration experience, a current Splunk Enterprise or Cloud Certified Admin, or an equivalent certification on another major SIEM. Splunk is the current primary platform. * Ansible at scale: roles and playbooks for platform configuration, application deployment, and agent or forwarder management across many hosts. * Infrastructure as code (Terraform or CloudFormation) and hands-on cloud administration, AWS preferred. * CI/CD pipeline construction (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins) for configuration and content deployment. * Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). * Data pipeline and log routing tooling such as Cribl, Kafka, or Kinesis Firehose. * Experience with a second SIEM or data platform, or with a large-scale platform migration or consolidation. * Administration of multiple environments or enclaves, including regulated environments such as FedRAMP or IL5. * Security operations context: detection engineering, log source coverage, SOC support, or premium security content such as Enterprise Security or ITSI. * Capacity planning and subscription cost control for a metered platform. ## Related Videos - [What makes Cybersecurity different for critical infrastructure?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/571-what-makes-cybersecurity-different-for-critical-infrastructure) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [One Pipeline, Three Regulator - SBOM Compliance for the Developer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100169-one-pipeline-three-regulator-sbom-compliance-for-the-developer) - [Bringing AI Model Testing and Prompt Management to Your Codebase with GitHub Models](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1536-bringing-ai-model-testing-and-prompt-management-to-your-codebase-with-github-models) - [Git for Code Reviews](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/429-git-for-code-reviews) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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