Senior Splunk Security Engineer – Federal (Hybrid)

Energy Jobline ZR; Washington; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Employer match

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Group Life Insurance

DTO Program

11 Paid Holidays

Job summary

UltraViolet Cyber is seeking a Senior Security Engineer specializing in Splunk to enhance security monitoring, detection, and response for Federal clients. You will design and optimize Splunk deployments, build dashboards, and lead end-to-end projects with Cribl integration.

Requirements include US citizenship, a Master’s in Cybersecurity, and 12+ years in security engineering with 3+ years in Splunk. Hybrid work near Harbor, Maryland, with federal clearance participation and cross-agency

Qualifications

• US Citizenship required and ability to clear government clearance
• Master's degree in Cybersecurity or related field
• 12+ years of security engineering experience with 3+ years in Splunk

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain complex Splunk deployments for security monitoring, threat detection, data ingestion, and search optimization
• Document and map the architecture of current Splunk infrastructure and lead the development of a security engineering roadmap for future improvements
• Develop and optimize Splunk searches, dashboards, and alerts to enhance security operations
• Define and manage index clustering, search head clustering, and forwarder deployment
• Lead end-to-end Splunk deployment and configuration projects, including infrastructure planning, installation, and integration
• Troubleshoot complex Splunk issues involving search performance, indexing, ingestion, parsing, data availability, clustering, storage, authentication, configuration, and integrations with other security tools
• Conduct performance tuning and capacity planning for Splunk Environments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate Splunk with other security tools and data sources
• Help lead discussions regarding Splunk optimization, modernization, consolidation, automation, scalability, and efficiency
• Lead the Cribl to Splunk integration and data pipeline optimization
• Serve as the team’s point of contact for security tool operation and management
• Embed Splunk across a wide range of tools across Enterprise IT operations to ingest endpoint and firewall logs
• Integrate tools such as CrowdStrike, Cribl, CyberArk, Tenable, CASB, Trellix, Axonius, and others

Skills

Splunk

Cribl

SIEM

Security monitoring

Threat detection

Security architecture

US Citizenship required

Education

Master's degree in cybersecurity or related field

Tools

Splunk Certified Architect

Splunk Certified Enterprise Security Admin

CISSP

Job description

UltraViolet Cyber is seeking a Senior Security Engineer specializing in Splunk to enhance security monitoring, detection, and response for Federal clients. You will design and optimize Splunk deployments, build dashboards, and lead end-to-end projects with Cribl integration.

Requirements include US citizenship, a Master’s in Cybersecurity, and 12+ years in security engineering with 3+ years in Splunk. Hybrid work near Harbor, Maryland, with federal clearance participation and cross-agency