Senior Splunk Engineer

Requisition #: 576

Job Title: Senior Splunk Engineer 

Location: Ashburn, VA

Clearance Level: Active DoD - Background Check 

Required Certification(s): 

· Splunk Certified Architect Certification 

· Splunk Certified Administrator Certification 

SUMMARY

The Security Operations Center (SOC) is a U.S. Government program responsible to prevent, identify, contain and eradicate cyber threats to the DHS's networks through monitoring, intrusion detection and protective security services to DHS's information systems. The SOC is responsible for the overall security of the clients Enterprise-wide information systems, and collects, investigates, and reports any suspected and confirmed security violations. The selected candidate will provide overall engineering, and administration in supporting a very large distributed clustered Splunk environment consisting of search heads, indexers, deployers, deployment servers, heavy/universal forwarders and Splunk Enterprise Security premuim app, spanning security, performance, and operational roles. 

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

· The candidate should be familiar with recognizing and onboarding new data sources into Splunk, analyzing the data for anomalies and trends, and building dashboards highlighting the key trends of the data. The Splunk engineer should be familiar with a Linux environment, editing and maintaining Splunk configuration files and apps. 

· The Splunk engineer will work with other Cybersecurity Engineering team members and will be required to interact with end users to gather requirements, perform troubleshooting, and provide assistance with the creation of Splunk search queries and dashboards. The Splunk engineer will be required interact with senior management, as necessary. 

· Knowledge of Cloud Services such as AWS, Azure, Office365 

· Ability to script in one more of the following computer languages Python, Bash, Visual Basic or Powershell 

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Certifications 

· Splunk Certified Architect Certification 

· Splunk Certified Administrator Certification 

Education, Background, and Years of Experience 

· Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree coupled with 7+ years’ experience in the Information Technology arena. 

ADDITIONAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

Required Skills 

· Must have experience with Elastic ---- 4+ years of experience in a senior Splunk role working in a Splunk clustered environment supporting SOC or NOC environments 

· 3+ Years experience in Linux and SQL/ODBC interfaces 

· 2+ Years experience in app interface development, using REST API’s 

· Previous project management experience. 

· ITIL Change & Configuration Management 

· Experience with Ansible and GIT 

· Ability to follow Change & Configuration Management 

· Strong problem solving abilities with an analytic and qualitative eye for reasoning under pressure 

· Self-starter with the ability to independently prioritize and complete multiple tasks with little to no supervision 

· Knowledge of Cloud Services such as AWS, Azure, Office365 

· Ability to script in one more of the following computer languages Python, Bash, Visual Basic or Powershell 

· Experience in automating Splunk Deployments 

Preferred Skills 

· Experience in SQL 

· Experience in other systems and network management products. 

· Current or former completed Splunk training 

· Prior experience a in Splunk professional services role 

· Automation/orchestration of Splunk with in a Cloud environment 

WORKING CONDITIONS

Environmental Conditions 

· Must be a US citizen, no clearance required and in addition, must have a current or be able to favorably pass a (BI) Background Investigation to join this program. 

· Remote role, but should be able to travel to Asburn, VA on occasion 

Strength Demands 

· Light – 20 lbs. Maximum lifting with frequent lift/carry up to 10 lbs. A job is light if less lifting is involved but significant walking/standing is done or if done mostly sitting but requires push/pull on arm or leg controls. 

Physical Requirements 

· Stand or Sit; Walk; Repetitive Motion; Use Hands / Fingers to Handle or Feel; Stoop, Kneel, Crouch, or Crawl; See; Push or Pull