Senior Cribl Engineer & Observability Architect

Cribl Engineer Expert

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Cribl Engineer to serve as the principal technical authority for observability pipelines built on Cribl Stream and Cribl Edge. This role is designed for a senior technologist with deep expertise in log/telemetry routing, large scale data engineering, and enterprise-grade observability architectures.

You will shape pipeline strategy, design complex routing and transformation logic, drive platform reliability, mentor senior engineers, and serve as the top technical escalation point for Cribl-related challenges.

What You’ll Do

· Lead architecture and design for Cribl Stream/Edge across multiple enclaves and data domains.

· Build high throughput pipelines (multiTB/day) with advanced routing, filtering, enrichment, and replay workflows.

· Optimize system performance, worker topology, CPU/memory distribution, queues, and transport mechanisms.

· Engineer secure data flows with masking, tokenization, RBAC, PKI/TLS, and other governance controls.

· Integrate pipelines with SIEM/analytics ecosystems (Splunk, Elastic, SaaS telemetry platforms, cloud services).

· Develop HA/DR patterns, reliability frameworks, fleet health metrics, and failure mode response processes.

· Maintain reusable Cribl packs, shared patterns, runbooks, and operational standards.

· Serve as the senior escalation point for Cribl issues; interface with vendor engineering as required.

· Mentor engineers, conduct design reviews, drive engineering excellence, and enforce architectural standards.

· Support cross functional teams (security, cloud, analytics, infrastructure) on logging and telemetry strategy.

Required Qualifications

· 10+ years of experience in logging, observability, or SIEM engineering.

· 5+ years architecting enterprise scale log/telemetry pipelines.

· 3+ years hands‑on with Cribl Stream and Cribl Edge in production environments.

· Demonstrated success operating and scaling pipelines at 5–10+ TB/day.

· Expert-level experience with Splunk forwarding/ingestion, source type management, and indexing practices.

· Strong Linux fundamentals; scripting expertise (Python/Bash);
Git; automation (Ansible/Terraform).

· Strong understanding of transport protocols (HTTP, TCP, TLS/MTLS), Kafka, S3/object storage.

· Experience designing secure data flows, including encryption, RBAC, secrets management, and compliance controls.

· Demonstrated ability to mentor senior engineers and lead technical decision making.

· Certified Cribl Certified Engineer (CCOE) or equivalent Cribl product expertise.

· Must possess the following DoD 8570.01-M certifications or be willing to obtain within 30 days of hire:

o Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II certification (currently Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, GICSP, or CND).

o IAT Level III certification requirements (currently CASP+ CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), GCED, or GCIH).

o Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP) - Infrastructure Support (IS) certification requirements (currently CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND).

· Must possess a TS/SCI with Polygraph

Preferred Qualifications

· Expertise creating and maintaining Cribl Packs and reusable pipelines.

· Experience with cloud telemetry (AWS, Azure, hybrid) and cross‑domain data movement patterns.

· Familiarity with NIST / CIS control frameworks and secure engineering practices.

· Experience building observability frameworks for large distributed systems.

· Vendor engagement experience (Cribl PS, product teams, troubleshooting escalations).