SIEM Data Onboarding Engineer

The Opportunity

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 in managing and configuring Splunk, and in Splunk architecture, including indexers, search heads, forwarders, and deployment servers
• 2+ years of experience configuring Cribl sources, destinations,routesand collectors, and building pipelines to parse, normalize, enrich, mask, dedupe, and route data to Targets
• 2+ years of experience authoring and maintaining props.conf, transforms.conf, inputs.conf, and 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+ years of experience with Cribl Redmap or JavaScript functions
• 1+ years of experience with regex for field extraction and event breaking, and Splunk REST API for automation and operational tasks
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
• Asso cia te’s degree and 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, OR 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, OR 10+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities in lieu of a degree
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification, including Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, GICSP, or CND certification
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 Cyber Security Service Provider - Infrastructure Support certification, including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND certification, within 60 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 in basic troubleshooting with tools such as tcpdump or wireshark, basic vi/vim usage,setfacl,SELinux
• 1+ years of experience with DoD STIGs or other organizational hardening standards working in regulated environments
• 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, including syslog, Windows Event, JSON, CSV, and XML
• Knowledge of Git for code version control
• Knowledge of Ansible playbooks
• Possession of strong verbal and written communication skills

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.

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