Splunk SIEM Engineer (RE)
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About the Role
Innovative Solutions is seeking a Splunk SIEM Engineer in Riyadh to provide hands-on support, administration, and optimization of the Splunk environment. The role involves data ingestion, performance monitoring, alert configuration, and developing detection logic.
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Responsibilities
- Perform indexing and data ingestion activities, including ingesting, parsing, and indexing log sources
- Identify and resolve ingestion related issues such as parsing errors, timestamp extraction problems, event breaking, line breaking, and truncation
- Monitor Splunk system performance and optimize queries, dashboards, index configurations, and data retention policies
- Review existing Splunk architecture and indexing capacity, and provide recommendations to improve scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency
- Design, configure, and maintain alerts, correlation searches, dashboards, and reports based on operational and user requirements
- Diagnose system issues and failures, conduct root cause analysis, implement remediation actions, and perform follow up verification
- Ensure the Splunk environment follows security best practices and applicable compliance requirements, including access controls and auditing
- Maintain up to date technical documentation, runbooks, and user guides
- Deliver knowledge transfer sessions to operations and engineering teams
- Maintain a comprehensive inventory of Splunk content, including dashboards, saved searches, alerts, correlation searches, lookup tables, macros, knowledge objects, and use cases
- Classify Splunk content by owner, business function, usage frequency, and last modified date
- Provide end to end SIEM capabilities, including detection, alerting, and response for security threats and operational risks
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field
- 3–5 years of relevant experience in Splunk administration, engineering, or SIEM operations
- Strong understanding of Splunk architecture and data flow concepts
- Solid knowledge of security operations and SIEM principles
- Ability to analyze system performance and identify optimization opportunities
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills for diagnosing system and data issues
- Good understanding of security best practices and compliance concepts
- Ability to work with technical documentation and structured operational processes
- Strong communication skills for coordination with technical and operational teams
- Familiarity with AI tools and technologies
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Role Overview
- We are seeking a Splunk SIEM Engineer to provide hands on support, administration, optimization, and continuous enhancement of the Splunk environment.
- The role is responsible for ensuring the reliability, performance, and effectiveness of Splunk services while supporting security monitoring and operational use cases.
Responsibilities
- Perform indexing and data ingestion activities, including ingesting, parsing, and indexing log sources to ensure accurate, consistent, and searchable data.
- Identify and resolve ingestion related issues such as parsing errors, timestamp extraction problems, event breaking, line breaking, and truncation.
- Monitor Splunk system performance and optimize queries, dashboards, index configurations, and data retention policies to meet defined SLAs.
- Review existing Splunk architecture and indexing capacity, and provide recommendations to improve scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
- Design, configure, and maintain alerts, correlation searches, dashboards, and reports based on operational and user requirements.
- Diagnose system issues and failures, conduct root cause analysis, implement remediation actions, and perform follow up verification.
- Ensure the Splunk environment follows security best practices and applicable compliance requirements, including access controls and auditing.
- Maintain up to date technical documentation, runbooks, and user guides.
- Deliver knowledge transfer sessions to operations and engineering teams.
- Maintain a comprehensive inventory of Splunk content, including dashboards, saved searches, alerts, correlation searches, lookup tables, macros, knowledge objects, and use cases.
- Classify Splunk content by owner, business function, usage frequency, and last modified date.
- Provide end to end SIEM capabilities, including detection, alerting, and response for security threats and operational risks.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
- 3–5 years of relevant experience in Splunk administration, engineering, or SIEM operations.
- Strong understanding of Splunk architecture and data flow concepts.
- Solid knowledge of security operations and SIEM principles.
- Ability to analyze system performance and identify optimization opportunities.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills for diagnosing system and data issues.
- Good understanding of security best practices and compliance concepts.
- Ability to work with technical documentation and structured operational processes.
- Strong communication skills for coordination with technical and operational teams.
- Familiarity with AI tools and technologies.
Company Description
- Innovative Solutions (IS) is a leading Cybersecurity company established in 2003, with its headquarters in Riyadh and additional offices in Al Khobar, Jeddah, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi.
- We specialize in delivering Comprehensive Cybersecurity Solutions and Services encompassing Advisory Services, Technical Assurance, Solution Deployment, Professional Services, and Managed Security Services.
- Our mission is 'Delivering secure and intelligent digital services that empower organizations'.
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