Secret System Administrator III (Splunk Admin)

Insight Global; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a System Administrator III specialized in Splunk for a government contract on an Air Force base. The role focuses on designing, deploying, and managing a Splunk cluster on RHEL, including indexers, search heads, forwarders, and deployment servers.

Responsibilities include administering Splunk Apps, optimizing data ingestion and indexing, and tailoring searches, dashboards, and reports to meet team needs with a strong emphasis on security and compliance.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of professional experience with Splunk performing systems administration, including installations, configurations, monitoring system performance and availability, upgrades, troubleshooting, and dashboard design in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and manage Splunk infrastructure on RHEL (indexers, search heads, forwarders, deployment servers).
• Administer Splunk Apps and develop/extend Apps for specialized functionality.
• Develop and implement data ingestion, parsing, indexing strategies for availability and performance.
• Consult teams to customize searches, reports, dashboards and configure Splunk to meet requirements.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Splunk

RHEL

IAT-II

Job description

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a System Administrator III specialized in Splunk, for a government contract. These individuals will be working on a military base doing all network and system support for all of the Air Force.

The day to day is as follows:

• Design, deploy, configure, and manage Splunk clustered infrastructure on RHEL, including Splunk indexers, search heads, forwarders, and deployment servers.
• Administering Splunk Apps to include developing new or extending existing Apps to perform specialized functionality.
• Develop and implement strategies for efficient data ingestion, parsing, and indexing, ensuring availability and optimal performance of Splunk data repositories.
• Consulting with teams to customize searches, reports, dashboards and configure Splunk to meet their requirements.

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Skills and Requirements

2-5 years of professional experience with Splunk performing systems administration, including installations, configurations, monitoring system performance and availability, upgrades, troubleshooting, and dashboard design in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment (RHEL).

• Strong familiarity with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) administration.
• Strong understanding of network protocols, security frameworks, and compliance standards.
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Secret clearance
• IAT-II certification

Hold one of the following: Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin or

Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin