Cybersecurity Specialist Splunk Engineer

SAIC; Tennessee; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Cybersecurity Specialist, Splunk Engineer, open to remote candidates across the United States. The role centers on supporting ESOC tooling, tuning signatures, and developing detections for data-driven security challenges.

The engineer will maintain Splunk and other SIEM tools, build dashboards, write SPL, and collaborate with stakeholders while ensuring compliance and incident response readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field with 5+ years in cybersecurity operations or software analytics.
• Demonstrated experience administering and engineering Splunk.
• Must obtain Splunk Core Certified Admin within 3 months of employment.
• Must obtain Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) within 6 months.
• Must obtain AWS Cloud Practitioner within 9 months.

Responsibilities

• Administer, install, configure, and maintain Splunk (cloud and on prem) and other SIEM/log management tools.
• Develop, audit, and optimize correlation rules and detections.
• Build and maintain dashboards, reports, alerts, and visualizations.
• Create and optimize SPL queries and manage knowledge objects.
• Onboard and manage data sources (syslog, HEC, forwarders, APIs).
• Handle deployment servers and forwarders; maintain inputs and alerts across Azure/AWS.
• Develop scripts/integrations with Python, Bash, PowerShell.
• Collaborate with teams and stakeholders; document processes.

Skills

Splunk

SIEM

Python

PowerShell

Linux/Windows

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS or related

Master’s degree (optional)

Tools

Azure

AWS

ServiceNow

Regex

HEC

Job description

Description

SAIC has an opening for a Cybersecurity Specialist, Splunk Engineer. For the right candidate, this position may be remote anywhere in the United States.

This position is responsible for duties around supporting the tools and technologies that are owned and operated by the Enterprise Security Operations Center. The Splunk Engineer will support other organizations within the company delivering solutions for data-driven challenges that enable the company.

The individual should be knowledgeable on a number of security technologies, have a solid understanding of information security and networking and experience interacting with customers. Will be able to engage on tasks independently, document and communicate work efforts and provide technical support.

The position will be responsible for maintaining and tuning the signatures, interfaces, and technical processes to ensure the tools are operational and meet the requirements of Enterprise Security Operations.

Job Duties:

• Administer, install, configure, and maintain Splunk (cloud and on prem) and other SIEM/log management tools.
• Develop, audit, and optimize correlation rules; collaborate with ESOC to create new detections.
• Build and maintain dashboards, reports, alerts, and visualizations.
• Create and optimize SPL queries; manage knowledge objects (field extractions, tags, lookups, macros).
• Onboard and manage data sources (syslog, HEC, forwarders, APIs).
• Manage deployment servers and forwarders.
• Maintain inputs, reporting, and alerting across Azure and AWS environments.
• Work at the system level to improve performance and propose platform enhancements.
• Develop scripts and integrations with security tools (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Work with workflow automation tools to orchestrate processes with ServiceNow and other security/infrastructure platforms.
• Use regular expressions (regex) for parsing, extraction, and automation.
• Document procedures for data ingestion and maintain access controls for compliance.
• Create and implement configuration standards, policies, and procedures for improved operations.
• Develop program metrics to measure monitoring effectiveness.
• Resolve incidents and issues; integrate changes with established change management processes.
• Train and mentor ESOC members on SIEM capabilities and best practices.
• Interface with analysts and business stakeholders to ensure tools, dashboards, and applications meet requirements.
• Communicate effectively with teams and clients.
• Work across Linux and Windows platforms.
• Apply an understanding of networking technologies, workflows, and IT reporting.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years cybersecurity operation related experience or software analyst/programming related experience, or master’s degree and 3+ years related experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Demonstrated experience administering and engineering Splunk.
• Must obtain the Splunk Core Certified Admin certification within the first 3 months of employment.
• Must obtain the Azure AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification within 6 months of employment.
• Must obtain the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification within 9 months of employment.
• Availability to work flexible hours and be available for on call during rotations.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Target salary range: $100,001 - $140,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.