What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Splunk Engineer position at Intact Technology?
Senior Splunk Engineer
Reston VA/ Remote
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This is a key technical role that will provide cyber-focused Splunk subject matter expertise in supporting security enablement and accountability through Splunk architecture, development, dashboarding and data visualization.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical expertise in enhancement of the Splunk architecture to meet user demand
- Operate and maintain infrastructure and Splunk application monitoring tool as part of the Client Cybersecurity, network, and application audit and monitoring program
- Administer the Splunk application infrastructure, including implementing the access control, data segmentation, and general Splunk infrastructure
- Build design documentation for deploying advanced network access control given a baseline understanding of current tools deployed and the implementation status of each tool
- Provide Splunk support for design, architecture, development, unit test, deployment, installation, configuration, integration, operation, and maintenance
- Support the expansion of the environment to include architecting search head, indexer, and forwarder instances needed to service the expanding enterprise demand expected on the Splunk System as cross organizational use cases emerge
- Perform on-boarding of new data sources in Splunk through analysis of anomalies and trends
- Build and integrate contextual data into notable events and provide reports on the data usage
- Perform tuning of data streams, use cases, and data onboarding and normalization
- Deploy and maintain dashboards, reports, alerts, as well as Splunk applications, technology add-ons, and Common Information Model
- Work to solve unique problems across a variety of use cases within Splunk
- Provide technical and administrative direction relative to the problem
- Share best practices and create innovative solutions to push user adoption and maximize the value of Splunk
- Recommend innovative solutions to management and key stakeholders
- Provide insights with respect to the availability and applicability of new products and features
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university required, an additional four (4) years of related work experience can substitute for a degree
- Minimum 3 years of professional working experience with Splunk analytics and experience in the design, development, integration, testing, and implementation of large-scale analytical data sets in Splunk
- Proven ability to work on and with teams comprised of the primary client and other client stakeholders dispersed across geographical sites
- Knowledge of federal information security policies, standards, procedures, directives, and risk management processes
- We are stakeholders in our customer’s success. Do it well or not at all!
- We are super passionate about delivering the best outcomes for our customers.
- Our people are doers, makers, creators, thinkers and creative problem solvers.
- Our culture thrives on individuality, independence, autonomy and empowerment.
- We encourage a healthy work/life balance.
Exceptional benefits for exceptional performers:
- Ongoing personal and professional development
- Unlimited paid time away from work to go on adventures, relax, or recover, plus 12 paid holidays.
- Company holiday closure December 25th – January 1st
- Premium healthcare plans, Medical, Dental, Vision including HSA and FSA options.
- Qualified 401k Program
- Virtual happy hours and other team building events.
- Wellness Clubs that cater to different interests
Intact Technology is an Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to an individual’s race, color, religion, age, gender identification, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin, or disability.