ISYS Technologies Hiring for Senior Splunk Engineer at Arlington, Virginia Full Time

Install and maintain Splunk infrastructure, gather requirements from customers, onboard data, and assist end users with searches, dashboards, reports, and knowledge objects and interact with senior management, as necessary.

Conceptualize, design, build, and maintain current and future customer-supported tools and platforms

Manage multiple assignments, changing priorities, and work independently with little oversight

Design, build, implement, and administer Splunk infrastructure in on-prem and cloud environments.

Create, manage, and support automation solutions for Splunk deployment and orchestration in on-prem and cloud environments

Work with existing and custom Splunk applications and add-ons to fulfill customer needs

Provide overall engineering and design support for a distributed Splunk environment consisting of heavy forwarders, indexers, and search head servers, spanning security, performance, and operational roles

Onboard data to Splunk via forwarder, scripted inputs, TCP/UDP, and modular inputs from various sources

Normalize data to ensure CIM compliance, and develop data models to accelerate queries, dashboards, and correlation searches

Work closely with all relevant stakeholders to solve technical problems at the network, system, and application levels

Conduct periodic architectural reviews of Splunk and related systems to assess effectiveness and propose optimal installation alternatives as required

Develop and manage comprehensive documentation, artifacts, procedures, and processes for the optimal management of the Splunk infrastructure

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and a minimum of twelve (12) years of experience in system administration, database administration, network engineering, software engineering, or software development, with a concentration in Cybersecurity

Eight (8)) years of experience with Linux and Windows system administration or an advanced understanding of operating systems and common operating environments

Six (6) years of experience with Splunk in distributed deployments

Current Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin certification

Excellent written and oral skills, ability to work closely with multiple customers, manage expectations and track engagement scope

Experience implementing FISMA, NIST, NSA, and other information security, cybersecurity and CDM related industry policies, procedures, guidelines, standards, and best practices

Experience with Splunk Enterprise Security or integration with other Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms

Proficient at data on-boarding activities including routing, parsing, and normalizing events to the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM)

Proficiency onboarding data using Splunk developed add-ons for Windows, Linux, and common third-party devices and applications

Experience onboarding data into Splunk via forwarder, scripted inputs, TCP/UDP, and modular inputs from a variety of sources

Proficiency managing Splunk using the Splunk command-line interface

Proficiency managing Splunk using configuration files

Experience collaborating with separate engineering teams to configure data sources for Splunk integration

Proficiency implementing and onboarding data in Splunk DB Connect

Experience with Splunk performing systems administration, including performing installation, configuration, monitoring system performance and availability, upgrades, and troubleshooting

General networking and security troubleshooting (firewalls, routing, NAT, etc.)

Splunk implementation and troubleshooting experience

Experience in managing, maintaining, and administering multi-site indexer cluster

Proficiency developing log ingestion and aggregation strategies per Splunk best practices

Perform integration activities to configure, connect, and pull data with 3rd party software APIs

Proficient in regular expressions

Ability to autonomously prioritize and successfully deliver across a portfolio of projects

Desired Requirements:

Experience working among different Cloud Provider environments (Azure, AWS, GCP), particularly for a federal government customer

Experience with GitLab or GitHub or other version control system

Experience with Ansible tower and/or writing ansible playbooks

Experience with distributed systems development using REST APIs

Experience with database development using ODBC, JDBC, or other database APIs

Essential Requirements:

US Citizenship is required.

ISYS Technologies is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected Veteran status, or disability status.

In compliance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the annual base salary range for this position is listed . Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. ISYS Technologies considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and business considerations when extending an offer. In addition, ISYS Technologies remains compliant with all current government requirements surrounding the changing Covid-19 landscape. Proof of current vaccination or approved exemption will be requested upon hire.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodation.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will regularly sit, walk, stand and climb stairs and steps. May require walking long distance from parking to work station. Occasionally, movement that requires twisting at the neck and/or trunk more than the average person, squatting/ stooping/kneeling, reaching above the head, and forward motion will be required. The employee will continuously be required to repeat the same hand, arm, or finger motion many times. Manual and finger dexterity are essential to this position. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, depth perception and telling differences among colors. The employee must be able to communicate through speech with clients and public. Hearing requirements include conversation in both quiet and noisy environments. Lifting may require floor to waist, waist to shoulder, or shoulder to overhead movement of up to 20 pounds. This position demands tolerance for various levels of mental stress.

ISYS Technologies is an Engineering and Information Technology Company focused on providing Services to the Federal and State Government. ISYS offers a competitive compensation program and comprehensive benefits package to our employees.