Cybersecurity Specialist Splunk Engineer

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

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Cybersecurity Specialist, Splunk Engineer, with the option for remote work across the United States. The role supports Enterprise Security Operations Center tools and services, delivering data-driven security solutions and expert guidance.

The candidate should have deep Splunk experience, strong networking knowledge, and the ability to work with customers, documenting efforts and providing technical support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree plus 5+ years in cybersecurity operations or related fields; Master’s +3+ years acceptable.
• Demonstrated experience administering and engineering Splunk.
• Must obtain Splunk Core Certified Admin within 3 months; Azure Fundamentals within 6 months; AWS Cloud Practitioner within 9 months.
• US Citizenship required; willingness for on-call rotations.

Responsibilities

• Administer, install, configure, and maintain Splunk (cloud and on prem) and SIEM tools.
• Develop, audit, and optimize correlation rules; collaborate on detections.
• Build dashboards, reports, alerts, and visualizations; create SPL queries and manage knowledge objects.
• Onboard and manage data sources (syslog, HEC, forwarders, APIs).
• Maintain inputs, reporting, and alerting across Azure and AWS environments.
• Develop scripts and integrations with security tools (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Interface with analysts and stakeholders to ensure tool requirements are met.

Skills

Security operations

Customer interaction

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Splunk

Azure

AWS

PowerShell

Python

Bash

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.