Splunk Engineer-Lorton, VA

Clearance: Top Secret w/eligibility for SCI
Duration: 7 yrs

Compensation: DOE

As a Splunk Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining Splunk solutions to support our government clients' cybersecurity initiatives.

Responsibilities:
- Design, deploy, and maintain Splunk infrastructure and applications, ensuring high availability and performance.
- Develop and implement Splunk best practices and security standards to optimize data collection, indexing, and analysis.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement custom Splunk applications and dashboards to meet specific client requirements.
- Monitor and troubleshoot Splunk systems, identifying and resolving performance issues, data quality problems, and system outages.
- Provide guidance and support to junior team members, fostering their growth and ensuring the successful delivery of Splunk solutions.
- Stay abreast of the latest Splunk features, technologies, and industry trends, and make recommendations for continuous improvement.

Requirements:
- Hands-on experience working as a Splunk Engineer, including architecture design, implementation, and maintenance.
- Strong understanding of Splunk architecture, deployment, and administration, including Splunk Enterprise, and Splunk Universal Forwarder.
- Proficiency in developing Splunk searches, reports, dashboards, and alerts to monitor and analyze machine-generated data.
- Experience in integrating Splunk with various data sources, such as log files, syslog, APIs, databases, and cloud platforms.
- Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell) to automate tasks and develop custom Splunk applications.
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and resolve complex Splunk-related issues.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and clients.