Splunk Senior Engineer
Job Locations US-VA-Home
Requisition ID 2023-134548
Position Category Systems Engineering / Development / Architecture / Integration
Clearance Secret
Sector Citizen Security & Public Services
Responsibilities
Peraton is seeking a Splunk Senior Engineer ("Senior Engineer") to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. The qualified applicant will be a member of the Department of State (DOS) Consular Affairs Enterprise Infrastructure Operations (CAEIO) Program for the Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA). The CAEIO Program provides IT Operations and Maintenance to modernize the legacy networks, applications, and databases supporting CA services globally.
A successful Senior Engineer is self-directed; is able to gather requirements and plan and execute Splunk architecture and deployment efforts; and is able to perform gap analysis and initiate and execute architectural improvements.
Responsibilities
The Senior Engineer applies, expertise and thought leadership to:
• Architect, design, and administer an on-premise Splunk instance with 3.5 TB/day ingestion. Future integration of ES, SOAR, and ITSI planned. Ensure a balance between scalability, performance, stability, reliability, and agility.
• Suggest, plan, and execute enhancements to integrate premium applications and growth to a 7 TB/day instance.
• Plan and execute Splunk system updates and patch deployments.
• Perform on-boarding of standard and custom data sources in Splunk and have a thorough knowledge of using regular expressions to create extractions.
• Integrate threat intelligence feeds with other security tools to facilitate automation.
• Participate in onboarding and user requirements collection and delivery with larger Enterprise Monitoring team.
• Design, develop, maintain, and improve Splunk dashboards, reports, alerts, etc. based on customer requirements.
• Enhance customer's ability to accomplish mission initiatives by delivering forward-thinking solutions that are not defined by requirements.
• Perform performance monitoring and tuning of Splunk and premium apps.
• Write SOPs for operational tasks and coordinate transition to operational support teams.
• Provide production support, root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and expedient remediation of Splunk instance issues.
• Evaluate and provide recommendations for backup and recovery where applicable.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
• US Citizenship and an active SECRET Government Security Clearance.
• At least five years of hands-on experience architecting, building, deploying Splunk instances.
• Hands-on experience administering, maintaining, and scaling Splunk instances.
• Knowledge of working in enclaved/firewalled networks using server proxy model.
• Strong working knowledge of Linux/Unix.
• Strong knowledge of SPL
• Working knowledge of networking and switching protocols, and infrastructure services to troubleshoot and identify DNS, NTP, routing, switching, and firewall issues affecting connectivity of Splunk instances to users, end nodes, and heavy forwarders.
• Must have working knowledge and understanding of network infrastructure such as routers, switches, firewalls, and F5 appliances.
• Customer-oriented with excellent issue follow-through and resolution abilities.
• Excellent written and oral communication, and presentation skills.
• Experience with some combination of DB Connect, ES, SOAR, and ITSI.
• Experience managing M-21-31 requirements and implementation
• Ability to effectively work both autonomously and on a team.
• Ability to identify and prioritize tasks that will take the longest to accomplish overall projects.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, strong work ethic, and self-motivated.
• Tracks own work and can prioritize shifting priorities.
• Practical knowledge of Agile and SaFE Agile practices.
• Ability to work in an Agile environment.
Desired Qualifications
• Splunk Certified Architect or Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin, or Splunk Premium Applications Admin, or Splunk certified Admin certifications.
• CompTIA Security + or relevant networking industry certifications
• Cisco CCNA or CompTIA Network + or relevant networking industry certifications
• Windows/Linux OS and MS SQL/MYSQL/Oracle DB Administration.
• Experience with MongoDB (KV Store) upgrades, implementation, etc.
• Experience with technology capabilities market research, technical analysis/review, and recommendation.
• Experience with cloud environments such as Azure, AWS, and Salesforce.
Education and Experience Requirements: Bachelor's degree and 12-15 years of experience; Master's degree and 10-13 years of experience; PhD and 10+ years of experience.
Peraton Overview
Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.
Target Salary Range
$146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
EEO Tagline (Text Only)
An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veteran.
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