Cribl Engineer

Cribl Engineer
The Opportunity:

We are seeking a talented and motivated mid-level Cribl Engineer to join our Visibility Analytics and Automation Team ( VAAT ) . In this role, you will play a cru cia l role in building, managing, and optimizing our enterprise data pipelines, with a strong focus on feeding our downstream SIEM ecosystem. Your primary focus will be designing and maintaining routing, filtering, and transformation logic using Cribl Stream and Cribl Edge.

If you are passionate about logging, SIEM architecture, and solving complex data ingestion challenges, we would love to have you on the team.

What You'll Work On:

• Build, maintain, and optimize high-throughput data pipelines using Cribl Stream and Cribl Edge to ensure efficient data routing, masking, and transformation.
• Normalize incoming log sources to standardized schemas such as CIM and ECS before routing to downstream SIEM platforms, analytics tools, and storage.
• Implement complex routing logic, data masking, enrichment, and replay workflows, utilizing custom JavaScript functions and Regular Expressions ( Regex ) patterns directly within Cribl pipelines.
• Monitor system health, assist in managing worker topology, and troubleshoot bottlenecks or failures in the data flow.
• Utilize scripting, including Python or Bash, and Infrastructure-as-Code tools, including Ansible or Terraform, to automate deployment and configuration management.
• Maintain clear and accurate technical documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures for the observability infrastructure.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• 3+ years of experience in information technology, focusing on logging, observability, or SIEM engineering
• Experience operating and managing data pipelines with Cribl Stream or Cribl Edge in a production environment
• Experience administering or engineering enterprise SIEM environments
• Knowledge of log forwarding, indexing, data collection, search architecture, source types, and ingestion-time parsing
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
• HS diploma or GED and 7+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, 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, or Master's degree and 1+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level III Certification such as SecurityX, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH, or CCSP Certification , within 60 days of start date
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support ( CSSP-IS ) Certification such as CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND Certification , within 30 days of start date
• Ability to obtain a Cribl Certification such as Cribl Certified Observability Engineer - CCOE Certification , within 30 days of start date

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with Linux or Unix administration
• Experience writing complex Regex for pattern matching, data extraction, and log parsing
• Experience using JavaScript within Cribl's native execution environment to write custom functions, execute advanced data transformations, and manipulate JSON or event payloads inside pipelines
• Knowledge of transport protocols, including HTTP, TCP, and TLS, and data formats, including JSON and Syslog
• Knowledge of data security fundamentals, including encryption, RBAC, and data masking strategies
• Knowledge of log normalization concepts and schema alignment, including Common Information Model ( CIM ) or frameworks such as ECS or OCSF
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment
• Ability to pay strict attention to detail
• Possession of excellent problem-solving skills
• Enterprise SIEM Administrator or Engineering Certification s

Clearance:

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.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs.

Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

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