Splunk SIEM Data Onboarding Engineer

Splunk SIEM Data Onboarding Engineer

The Splunk SIEM Data Onboarding Engineer is responsible for managing and enhancing our Splunk environment to ensure seamless data ingestion, analysis, and visualization. This role demands a deep understanding of Splunk architecture, data onboarding, and user management to support business needs and security operations.

• Design, deploy, and manage Splunk infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain Splunk dashboards, queries, and alerts.
• Integrate Splunk with various data sources to ensure comprehensive data ingestion.
• Monitor and troubleshoot Splunk performance issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and provide Splunk solutions.
• Implement and enforce best practices for Splunk data management and retention.
• Provide user training and support for Splunk-related activities.

• 2+ years of experience managing and configuring Splunk, and configuring Cribl sources, destinations, routes, and collectors.
• 2+ years of experience in Splunk architecture, including indexers, search heads, forwarders, and deployment server.
• 2+ years of experience building pipelines to parse, normalize, enrich, mask or dedup, and route data to Splunk.
• 2+ years of experience authoring or maintaining props.conf, transforms.conf, inputs.conf, outputs.conf, and packaging apps or TAs.
• 2+ years of experience in Linux and Windows administration, including file paths, services, permissions, and log locations.
• 1+ year of experience with Splunk REST API for automation and operational tasks.
• 1+ year of experience with Cribl Redmap or JavaScript functions.
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam.
• Associate’s degree and 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities.
• Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities.
• Master’s degree and 1+ year of experience supporting IT projects and activities.
• 10+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities in lieu of a degree.
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level III Certification (e.g., SecurityX, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH, CCSP) and a DoD 8570 Cyber Security Service Provider - Infrastructure Support Certification (e.g., CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, CND) within 30 days of start date.

• 2+ years of experience with networking fundamentals, including TCP/UDP, TLS, syslog transport, firewall ports, and common transport issues.
• 2+ years of experience using basic troubleshooting tools such as tcpdump or wireshark, basic vi/vim usage, setfacl, and SELinux.
• 1+ year of experience with STIGs or other organizational hardening standards in regulated environments.
• 1+ year of experience with regex skills for field extraction and event breaking.
• Experience in SPL for validation, troubleshooting, and basic dashboards.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Power Shell.
• Experience with load-balancer fundamentals.
• Knowledge of common log formats such as syslog, Windows Event, JSON, CSV, and XML.
• Knowledge of Git for code version control.
• Knowledge of Ansible playbooks.

• Projected annual salary range: $99,000.00 to $ USD.
• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
• Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
• Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week are eligible for benefit programs.

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.