Splunk Engineer Jr

Splunk Engineer Jr

Requirements

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree with 3-8 years’ experience in the Information Technology arena.
• Additional Cyber Security Certifications and experience may be considered in lieu of Bachelor’s degree.
• A combination of 3+ Years experience in Linux, Splunk, Ansible, app interface development, using REST APIs, or other Cyber technologies.
• Ability to follow Change & Configuration Management, utilizing automation tools, such as Git.
• 3+ years of experience in a Splunk role working in a Splunk clustered environment, with experience in Splunk premium app management (Enterprise Security, ITSI).
• 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, Office365.
• Understanding and usage of Regex.
• Experience with scripting languages, such as Python, Bash, Visual Basic or PowerShell.
• Possess baseline security certification to meet DoD 8570 at IAT II requirements, such as Security +.
• Understanding basic networking principles or Enterprise network design.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must have at least one of the following certifications: Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin, Splunk IT Service Intelligence Certified Admin, Splunk Cloud Certified Admin, Splunk SOAR Certified Automation Developer, Splunk Certified Developer, Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin, Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect, Splunk Core Certified Consultant.
• Must have a current or be able to favorably pass a 5-year (BI) Background Investigation to join this program.

Responsibilities

• 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 premium apps, spanning security, performance, and operational roles.
• Proficient with recognizing and onboarding new data sources into Splunk, building dashboards, searches, reports, etc.
• Proficient within a Linux environment, editing and maintaining Splunk configuration files and apps.
• Familiar with ansible or other automation tools.
• Interact with end users to gather requirements, perform troubleshooting, and provide assistance with the creation of Splunk search queries and dashboards.
• Interact with senior management, as necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in automating Splunk Deployments and orchestration within a Cloud environment.
• Experience with FISMA Systems requirements.
• Experience with Confluence, JIRA, ServiceNow.
• Splunk Certified Developer certification.