Lead Splunk & Data Integration Engineer

Our Architecture and Engineering team provides technical enterprise to design, implement, and maintain a multi-cloud, multi-tenant managed service offering including defining and implementing the build, deployment and monitoring standards. This team delivers end-to-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management in a cloud environment by building and configuring delivery environments supporting CD/CI tools using an Agile delivery methodology. In addition, the team works closely with the development team to create an automated continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) system.

The Integration Layer Developer responsibilities include conducting full development lifecycle of data that includes requirements from DHS, other OMB initiatives, and provide support for the whole program. This position also requires building a new data automation practice on the program to address our client’s most pressing needs with Cyber Security Threats and Data. The successful candidate will bring a consultative approach to data to improve the value of the data that’s being collected by our customers.

This position is also a thought leader in the practice of Big Data in solving our clients’ cyber security problems, coupled with demonstrated experience designing and developing enterprise data solutions for large clients by providing a new approach to the team, presenting white papers and other solutions.

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About the Role:

• Develop efficient processes to collect, ingest, and transform data from various sources into Splunk.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and availability.
• Configure and maintain continuous and accurate data ingestion into Splunk.
• Develop complex Splunk searches and dashboards.
• Design and maintain Splunk data models to support efficient searches and analysis.
• Collaborate with other developers, share findings, and report methodologies within documentation and productive discussion.
• Utilize Agile Methodologies with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Pipelines
• Utilize GIT Commands for version control and delivery via platforms such as Azure Devops, Git Lab, etc.
• Script innovative tools to further the capabilities of the solution via Python.
• Automate manual processes using Python, BASH, Power Shell or other scripting languages.
• Review, Identify, Analyze data from multiple source Cybersecurity tools at multiple agencies.
• Interpret data, analyze results using statistical techniques and support data trends based on the customer needs.
• Develop and implement databases, data collection systems, data analytics and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality.
• Acquire data from primary and other data sources and maintain databases/data systems.?
• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex datasets.
• Analyze source data and types, identify data requirements for destination systems.
• Analyze, interpret, and develop data models on data based on Data Dictionary & Logical Data Models guidance.
• Locate and define new process improvement opportunities.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Demonstrated experience with continuous integration and software CM processes / tools (GIT, JIRA, Confluence, Puppet, Ansible)
• Intermediate experience with shell scripting and Unix environments.
• Intermediate knowledge of network design
• Intermediate hands-on experience with Cribl or Kafka
• Independently analyze problems and implement solutions.
• Extensive experience with ELT and data integration from multiple disparate data sources and data formats.

You’ll Bring These

Qualifications:

• Must be a US citizen and pass a background investigation.
• Able to obtain and maintain a DHS Suitability/Entry on Duty (EOD)
• Experience with scripting languages like Java, Python, Bash, Power Shell, R
• Familiarity working with various API response types such as JSON and XML
• Familiarity with Splunk platform including Universal Forwarders.
• Experience developing complex queries and searches within Splunk.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to data processing such as data integrity issues, parsing errors, or query performance problems.
• Bachelor's Degree complete or in progress preferably in computer…