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Senior Splunk Engineer
XPECT Solutions, LLC
USA
Full-time
Senior · 8+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 1 weeks ago
Splunk EnterpriseSplunk CloudSplunk Enterprise Security (ES)IT Service Intelligence (ITSI)Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL)Syslog
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- Lead the deployment and configuration of Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud solutions, ensuring scalability, high availability, and compliance with federal IT standards.
- Create custom dashboards, reports, and alerts to support security operations, system monitoring, and compliance reporting.
- Ingest and normalize data from diverse sources (e.g., syslogs, APIs, cloud services) using props, transforms, and field extractions.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to develop correlation searches, threat detection use cases, and support incident response efforts aligned with NIST and other federal frameworks.
- Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and maintain thorough documentation of configurations, processes, and best practices.
- Active Top Secret Clearance with the ability to pass a Lifestyle Polygraph
- Bachelor's Degree in Physics, Mathematics, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or related discipline
- Eight years of relevant professional experience of applicable technology expertise.
- Proficient in designing, implementing, and managing Splunk environments, including cluster architecture.
- Advanced knowledge of Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL)
- Expertise in developing complex queries, dashboards, and reports using SPL.
- Ability to optimize searches for performance and scalability.
- Strong experience in data onboarding, parsing, and indexing, including log management and extraction of meaningful metrics.
- Familiar with various data input methods like Syslog, HTTP Event Collectors (HEC), and APIs.
- Knowledge of Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) and/or IT Service Intelligence (ITSI)
- Experience in configuring and managing Splunk ES and /or ITSI modules.
- Understanding of security information and event management (SIEM) concepts.
- Proficiency with REST APIs and other scripting tools (e.g. Python, Bash) to automate tasks and integrations.
- In-depth knowledge of Linux/Unix systems administration, including shell scripting and performance tuning.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure) and experience managing Splunk in cloud environments.
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve Splunk performance issues.
- Experience with scaling Splunk in large environments and ensuring high availability.
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