Splunk Dashboard Developer

Saic; Beltsville (MD); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking a skilled Splunk Dashboard Developer to design, develop, and maintain dashboards that deliver actionable insights from Department-level operational data. The developer will work closely with NT leadership and operators to translate mission requirements into real-time, scalable dashboards.

This hybrid role may require onsite work in Springfield, VA and Beltsville, MD. The position emphasizes collaboration across teams, data modeling, reporting, and secure access control, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 14+ years of experience or Master's plus 12+ years (experience may substitute for degree).
• Strong experience with Splunk dashboard development and SPL language.
• Proven ability to design and optimize Splunk dashboards for large, complex datasets.
• Experience translating operational requirements into actionable visualizations.
• Familiarity with collaborative tools for sharing dashboards across teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• US Citizenship and active secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain dashboards in Splunk using SPL and Dashboard Studio/Simple XML.
• Optimize dashboards for performance, scalability, and usability with large data sets.
• Collaborate with NT leadership, engineers, operators, and stakeholders to meet requirements.
• Assist in data modeling, reporting, and access control configuration for secure sharing.
• Support documentation and training for dashboard users.

Skills

Splunk dashboard development

SPL query language

Dashboard optimization

Data modeling & reporting

Collaboration with leadership

Analytical & communication skills

ServiceNow familiarity

Power BI experience

Education

Bachelor's degree +14+ years experience

Master's degree +12+ years experience

Tools

ServiceNow

Splunk APIs

Power BI

Job description

Description

Vanguard is seeking a skilled Splunk Dashboard Developer to design, develop, and maintain dashboards that provide actionable insights from Department-level operational data. The developer will work closely with NT leadership and operators to translate mission requirements into real-time, scalable, and visually intuitive dashboards.

This role is considered hybrid and may require onsite work in Springfield, VA and Beltsville, MD.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain dashboards natively within Splunk using SPL (Search Processing Language) and Dashboard Studio / Simple XML.


• Optimize dashboards for performance, scalability, and usability with large data sets.


• Collaborate with NT leadership, engineers, operators, and stakeholders to ensure dashboards meet operational and mission requirements.


• Assist in data modeling, reporting, and access control configuration for secure and effective information sharing.


• Support documentation and training for dashboard users.

Qualifications

Required Education & Experience

• Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; may accept additional experience in lieu of degree.


• Strong experience with Splunk dashboard development and SPL query language.


• Proven ability to design and optimize Splunk dashboards for large, complex datasets.


• Experience translating operational requirements into actionable visualizations.


• Familiarity with collaborative tools for sharing dashboards across teams.


• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Required Clearance

• US Citizenship.


• Active secret clearance with the ability to obtain top secret.

Preferred

• Experience in a government environment.


• Familiarity with IT-related (specifically network) data and metrics.


• Familiarity with IT operations, monitoring, or ticketing platforms such as ServiceNow.


• Ability to use APIs to pull data from Splunk for custom reporting or integrations.


• Some Power BI experience for cases where Splunk dashboards may not meet all visualization needs.


• Security clearance or ability to obtain one.

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.