Senior Splunk Engineer - Security Monitoring & IR Expert

ZP Group; Newington (VA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Paid Holidays

Medical

Dental

Vision

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 requires a TS/SCI clearance.

The Senior Splunk Engineer will design, administer, and optimize Splunk environments to enhance security visibility and operational effectiveness. Responsibilities include architecting and maintaining Splunk Enterprise, developing detection

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Splunk engineering

SIEM administration

cybersecurity monitoring

security analytics

security operations

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or Computer Science

Tools

Splunk Enterprise

log management

data models

correlation searches

dashboards

CIM mapping

Splunk architecture

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 on-site role is located in Newington, VA and requires a TS/SCI clearance.

The Senior Splunk Engineer will design, administer, and optimize Splunk environments to enhance security visibility and operational effectiveness. Responsibilities include architecting and maintaining Splunk Enterprise, developing detection