Senior Splunk Systems Engineer Advisor

Peraton; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 176,000 - 282,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual PTO (5 weeks)

Health benefits

Annual skills bonus

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Systems Engineer - Splunk Administrator in Annapolis Junction, MD to sustain and enhance the enterprise Splunk environment. The role covers OS and application administration, plus support for Splunk Enterprise Security, upgrades, and performance troubleshooting.

The ideal candidate will have a strong SE background, a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, and a track record of modernizing Splunk architectures, data models, and dashboards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field; five years of SE experience may substitute for a degree.
• Seventeen years' experience as a SE in similar scope is required.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph required.
• Demonstrated experience with Splunk and in planning and leading Systems

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance the existing Splunk infrastructure in the enterprise.
• Administer Splunk deployments, including OS and application aspects.
• Support Splunk Enterprise Security.
• Apply upgrades and patches to maintain system integrity.
• Troubleshoot logs and communicate with teammates in an enterprise environment.
• Analyze and resolve system performance issues (response time, bottlenecks, data flow).
• Design solutions by analyzing stakeholder requirements with users and other system engineers.
• Modernize Splunk by designing architectures, crafting ingest, data modeling, and dashboards.

Skills

Splunk

Systems engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Splunk

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Systems Engineer - Splunk Administrator in Annapolis Junction, MD to sustain and enhance the enterprise Splunk environment. The role covers OS and application administration, plus support for Splunk Enterprise Security, upgrades, and performance troubleshooting.

The ideal candidate will have a strong SE background, a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, and a track record of modernizing Splunk architectures, data models, and dashboards.