Senior Splunk Engineer

Zachary Piper Solutions; Newington, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Paid Holidays

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K

Tuition Reimbursement

Sick Leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Splunk Engineer to support a cybersecurity program focused on enterprise security monitoring, threat detection, and incident response. This on-site role is located in Newington, VA and will design, administer, and optimize Splunk environments to strengthen security visibility and incident response.

Responsibilities include deploying Splunk Enterprise, building detection content, and leading data onboarding.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required.
• 10+ years in Splunk engineering or SIEM/security ops.
• Experience with Splunk Enterprise, log management, correlation, alerts.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy and maintain Splunk Enterprise in a large-scale environment.
• Develop correlation searches, dashboards, data models, and alerts.
• Lead data onboarding: parsing, normalization, CIM mapping, data source integration.
• Perform health checks, troubleshooting, and capacity planning.
• Collaborate with SOC and security teams to improve detection and response.

Skills

Splunk engineering

Security monitoring

Security analytics

Incident response

Windows security logs

Linux security logs

Python scripting

Bash scripting

PowerShell scripting

Threat detection

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/IT/CS

Tools

Splunk Enterprise

CIM mapping

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Splunk Engineer to support a cybersecurity program focused on enterprise security monitoring, threat detection, and incident response. This position is on-site in Newington, VA. The Senior Splunk Engineer will serve as the technical subject matter expert responsible for designing, administering, and optimizing Splunk environments to enhance security visibility, detection capabilities, and operational effectiveness.

Responsibilities for the Senior Splunk Engineer include:

• Architect, deploy, administer, and maintain Splunk Enterprise in a large-scale distributed environment
• Develop and optimize correlation searches, dashboards, data models, detection content, and alerting capabilities
• Lead data onboarding efforts, including parsing, normalization, CIM mapping, and integration of security and operational data sources
• Perform system health checks, troubleshooting, performance tuning, capacity planning, and platform optimization
• Collaborate with SOC, Threat Intelligence, and Security Engineering teams to improve threat detection, threat hunting, and incident response operations

Required Qualifications for the Senior Splunk Engineer include:

• 10+ years of experience in Splunk engineering, SIEM administration, cybersecurity monitoring, security analytics, or security operations
• Hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise, log management, event correlation, alert tuning, detection engineering, and Splunk architecture
• Strong knowledge of Windows, Linux, firewall, IDS/IPS, cloud, and network security logs, with scripting experience in Python, Bash, or PowerShell
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
• Active TS/SCI Security Clearance

Compensation for the Senior Splunk Engineer include:

• Salary Range: $175,000 - $195,000 depending on experience
• Full Benefits Package: PTO, Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Tuition Reimbursement, Sick Leave as required by law

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