Remote Senior Splunk Engineer: Ingest, Alerts & Security

NEPSE Trading; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Solutions seeks a Senior Splunk Engineer to design, implement, and maintain data ingestion pipelines across Splunk on-prem and cloud environments.

The role emphasizes SPL expertise, Linux administration, and high-volume data handling, with a focus on security, performance, and compliance across SOC integrations. This 100% remote position includes collaboration with cross‑functional teams and documented SOPs.

Qualifications

• 4 years of Information Technology Experience
• 3+ years of Splunk administration or engineering experience
• Proficiency in configuring and managing Splunk inputs and data ingestion
• Knowledge of SPL, data parsing, and regex for data extraction
• Experience optimizing data pipelines for large data volumes

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement data ingestion processes into Splunk
• Configure inputs for various data sources (logs, metrics, events)
• Maintain secure connections between Splunk and external systems
• Create and monitor alerts for failed data inputs
• Develop custom Technical Add-Ons for non-standard ingest paths
• Perform Splunk upgrades and ensure performance and security

Skills

Splunk administration

Linux

Data pipelines

SPL

Regex

Incident analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Additional two years of IT experience

Tools

Cribl

HTTP Event Collector (HEC)

Splunk Stream

Splunk UF

Job description

Valiant Solutions seeks a Senior Splunk Engineer to design, implement, and maintain data ingestion pipelines across Splunk on-prem and cloud environments.

The role emphasizes SPL expertise, Linux administration, and high-volume data handling, with a focus on security, performance, and compliance across SOC integrations. This 100% remote position includes collaboration with cross‑functional teams and documented SOPs.