Cribl Engineer

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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 crucial 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.

Pipeline Development:
Build, maintain, and optimize high-throughput data pipelines using Cribl Stream and Cribl Edge to ensure efficient data routing, masking, and transformation.

Data Integration and Schema Mapping:
Normalize incoming log sources to standardized schemas such as CIM and ECS before routing to downstream SIEM platforms, analytics tools, and storage.

System Optimization:
Monitor system health, assist in managing worker topology, and troubleshoot bottlenecks or failures in the data flow.

Automation:
Utilize scripting including Python or Bash and infrastructure-as-code tools including Ansible or Terraform to automate deployment and configuration management.

Documentation:
Maintain clear and accurate technical documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures for the observability infrastructure.

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3+ years of experience in Information Technology, focusing on logging, observability, or SIEM engineering

2+ years of experience operating and managing data pipelines with Cribl Stream or Cribl Edge in a production environment

2+ years of 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 with 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 Certification (CSSP-IS), including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND Certification within 30 days of start date

Cribl Certification such as Cribl Certified Observability Engineer - CCOE Certification

Experience with Linux or Unix administration

Experience writing complex Regular Expressions (Regex) for pattern matching, data extraction, and log parsing

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, specifically Common Information Model (CIM) or frameworks such as ECS or OCSF

Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment

Possession of excellent problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail

Enterprise SIEM administrator or engineering Certifications

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