Remote Cybersecurity Splunk Engineer: SIEM & Dashboards

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

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.