Mid-Level Cribl Engineer

Ennoble First Inc.; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Ennoble First is seeking a Mid-Level Cribl Engineer to support an Intelligence Community customer in Reston, VA. You will design, administer, and optimize Cribl Stream and Cribl Edge within enterprise logging and SIEM environments.

You will work with cybersecurity and engineering teams to manage data pipelines, troubleshoot ingestion issues, and automate operations using Python, Bash, Ansible, and Terraform.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of information technology experience.
• 2–5 years operating Cribl Stream/Edge in production.
• 2+ years administering enterprise SIEM/logging environments.
• Experience designing data pipelines (routing, filtering, parsing, transformation).
• Experience integrating Cribl with enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

• Administer and engineer Cribl Stream and Cribl Edge in production environments.
• Configure Cribl sources, destinations, routes, collectors, and pipelines.
• Design and maintain data pipelines supporting enterprise logging and SIEM.
• Route, filter, transform, parse, enrich, and optimize log data.
• Develop and maintain Regex and JavaScript for data processing.
• Develop scripts and automation using Python and Bash.
• Use Ansible and Terraform for repeatable deployments.
• Monitor and optimize platform performance and data flow.

Skills

Cribl expertise

Regex & JavaScript

Linux administration

Python scripting

Automation with IaC

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

Cribl Stream

Cribl Edge

Linux

Python

Bash

Ansible

Terraform

Regex

JavaScript

SIEM

Job description

Location: Reston, VA

Required Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Employment Type: Full-Time Regular

Shift: Day

Travel: No

Relocation Assistance: Yes

Company Overview

We are Ennoble First. The people supporting and securing some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work has meaning and impact on the world around us, but also on us, and that's important.

Ennoble First is your place. You make it your own by embracing autonomy, seizing opportunity, and being trusted to deliver your best every day. We think. We act. We deliver. There is no challenge we can't turn into an opportunity.

Position Overview

Ennoble First is seeking a Mid-Level Cribl Engineer to support an Intelligence Community customer in Reston, Virginia. This hands-on engineering role focuses on the design, administration, optimization, and support of Cribl Stream and Cribl Edge within enterprise logging and SIEM environments.

The Cribl Engineer will work with technical and cybersecurity teams to manage data pipelines, integrate logging sources and destinations, optimize data routing and transformation, troubleshoot complex ingestion issues, and automate platform operations across secure enterprise environments.

Primary Responsibilities

• Administer and engineer Cribl Stream and Cribl Edge in enterprise production environments.
• Configure and manage Cribl sources, destinations, routes, collectors, and pipelines.
• Design and maintain data pipelines supporting enterprise logging, monitoring, and SIEM environments.
• Route, filter, transform, parse, enrich, and optimize log and security data as it moves between source systems and downstream platforms.
• Support integration of Cribl with enterprise SIEM, security, observability, and logging platforms.
• Troubleshoot data ingestion, routing, parsing, transformation, and performance issues.
• Develop and maintain Regex and JavaScript used for data processing and transformation.
• Support Cribl deployments and operations within Linux environments.
• Develop scripts and automation using Python and Bash.
• Use automation and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible and Terraform to support repeatable platform deployment and configuration.
• Monitor and optimize platform performance, reliability, scalability, and data flow.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, and engineering teams to address logging and data-management requirements.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, configuration information, and operational procedures.

Required Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in information technology.
• 2–5 years of hands-on experience operating and managing Cribl Stream and/or Cribl Edge in production environments.
• 2+ years of experience administering or engineering enterprise SIEM or logging environments.
• Experience designing and managing data pipelines, including routing, filtering, parsing, transformation, and enrichment.
• Experience integrating Cribl with enterprise SIEM, logging, security, or observability platforms.
• Experience using Regex and JavaScript for data processing and transformation.
• Experience administering and troubleshooting Linux environments.
• Experience with scripting and automation using Python and/or Bash.
• Experience with automation or Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Active Cribl certification.
• Ability to obtain a qualifying CSSP-IS certification within 30 days of offer acceptance, such as CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND.
• Ability to obtain a qualifying IAT Level III certification within 45 days of obtaining the CSSP-IS certification, or within 45 days of offer acceptance if already CSSP-IS qualified. Qualifying certifications include SecurityX (formerly CASP+), CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP or Associate of ISC2, GCED, GCIH, or CCSP.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Intelligence Community or other classified environments.
• Experience with enterprise security monitoring and observability architectures.
• Experience automating Cribl deployments and configuration management.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Strong interpersonal and customer relationship skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Pay Range

$125,000–$155,000

The Ennoble First pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Ennoble First is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.

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