SIEM Administrator

Position: SIEM Administrator Support
Location: Hālawa Heights

ASE is looking for a SIEM Administrator Support to work in Camp H M Smith, HI. The SIEM Administrator is responsible for managing, maintaining, and optimizing the USINDOPACOM enterprise Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform, specifically utilizing Splunk Enterprise (SE) and Splunk Enterprise Security (ES). To join our team of outstanding professionals, apply today!

Responsibilities

This role ensures continuous visibility into cybersecurity events, supports defensive cyber operations, and enforces DoD and USINDOPACOM cybersecurity compliance requirements. The SIEM Administrator is also responsible for developing SIEM content, conducting security analytics, supporting incident response, and ensuring secure configuration and posture of all SIEM components.

+ Serve as the primary Splunk platform administrator, designing, implementing, administering, and maintaining Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) deployments including configurations, indexes, apps, knowledge objects, data inputs, and security content while ensuring optimal performance, availability, and smooth installation of updates and patches.

+ Monitor and maintain overall SIEM system health and security posture by tracking performance and capacity, conducting STIG and PKI compliance activities, reviewing and validating ACAS scan results, auditing security practices to prevent incidents, and proactively identifying system shortfalls, discrepancies, and opportunities for improvement or automation.

+ Develop and enhance security monitoring capabilities through the creation of dashboards, alerts, reports, correlation logic, and new data inputs; partner with system administrators and developers to expand visibility, troubleshoot issues, and build workflows for CND-related assets and Service Now-integrated processes.

+ Maintain operational readiness and documentation by managing configuration baselines, recording all changes, evaluating daily Service Now tickets, ensuring continuous compliance with DoD/USINDOPACOM requirements, and supporting after‑hours or weekend activities for scheduled or unscheduled outages.

Qualifications

+ IAW DoD 8140.03-M, must meet the Intermediate Proficiency Level qualifications.

+ Must have at least four years of system, network administration or developer experience and two years of Splunk administration.

+ Must have Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin credential.

+ Must have experience administering Linux servers

+ Must have experience with SIEM Content Development.

+ Demonstrated experience of strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

+ An active secret clearance is required.

Desired

Qualifications:

+ Prefer Red Hat Linux administrator certification (RHCSA/RHCE).

+ Prefer experience with Splunk Enterprise Security.

+ Prefer experience in a virtualized environment (VMware, etc).

+ Prefer one or more relevant CND certifications: CISSP, CASP, OSCP, CySA+, CEH, or GCIH.

Job

Work Type

On-Site

Pay Range

$127,000 - $132,000 per year

Benefits

Regular - The company offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and a range of other voluntary benefits. Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full-time and part-time employees.

Company Description

Work Where it Matters

Akima Systems Engineering (ASE), an Akima company, is not just another federal systems support contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At ASE, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders , ASE provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers , ASE delivers solutions in maritime IT, systems engineering, and integration across the Department of Defense and stands ready to help improve operational performance at a reasonable and sustainable cost.

As an ASE…