Splunk Consultant Engineer

August Schell is seeking an experienced, cleared Splunk Consulting Engineer to serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), providing senior-level technical consulting, architectural guidance, and hands-on engineering support across enterprise Splunk Core and Splunk Cloud environments.

The ideal candidate brings extensive Splunk expertise and a strong background in enterprise architecture, data onboarding, platform optimization, and troubleshooting. This individual will play a critical role in delivering reliable, scalable solutions aligned with Splunk best practices while supporting customer mission objectives.

Primary Responsibilities

Provide expert architectural guidance and hands-on technical support for enterprise Splunk Core and Splunk Cloud environments.

Design, implement, and optimize end-to-end data onboarding processes, including data flow modeling, data source integration, and database design.

Architect and manage distributed Splunk environments, including search head clustering, indexer clustering, and configuration management.

Develop and maintain high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) strategies to ensure platform resilience, scalability, and business continuity.

Perform Splunk index administration, maintenance, optimization, and data retention management in accordance with operational requirements and applicable federal standards.

Configure and optimize data parsing, field extractions, and Common Information Model (CIM) normalization to support accurate and consistent analytics.

Integrate, configure, and maintain Splunk-approved applications and technical add-ons (TAs) across enterprise environments.

Establish proactive platform monitoring, health checks, performance optimization, and alerting mechanisms to identify and resolve potential issues.

Develop and maintain Splunk dashboards, reports, alerts, and customer-facing visualizations that deliver meaningful, actionable insights.

Troubleshoot complex platform, data ingestion, search performance, and integration issues to maintain reliable system operations.

Collaborate with technical teams, customer stakeholders, and leadership to assess requirements, recommend solutions, and implement Splunk best practices.

Provide technical documentation, knowledge transfer, and recommendations to support ongoing platform improvements and customer mission success.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree Preferred Years Experience: 10+ Years Technical Consulting or Big Data Location: Onsite Lackland, Texas, Active TS/SCI

10+ years of experience in technical consulting or big data.

Splunk Core Consultant Certification.

Extensive experience with Splunk Core and Splunk Cloud environments.

Strong knowledge of Splunk architecture, configuration management, distributed search clustering, and high availability/disaster recovery (HA/DR).

Hands-on experience with data flow modeling, database design, and end-to-end data onboarding.

Experience with Splunk index maintenance, data parsing, and Common Information Model (CIM) normalization.

Proficiency working within Unix and Windows command-line interface (CLI) environments.

Scripting and development proficiency in Bash, Python, Java, or .NET.

Knowledge of federal cybersecurity standards, data retention requirements, and enterprise domain controls.

Preferred Experience integrating Splunk-approved applications and technical add-ons (TAs).

Experience implementing proactive Splunk ecosystem monitoring and alerting mechanisms.

Experience developing front-end dashboards and customer visualizations to deliver actionable analytics.

Experience providing architectural guidance and implementing scalable, resilient Splunk platform solutions aligned with Splunk best practices.

Ability to deliver actionable analytics and technical solutions that support customer mission outcomes.