Splunk engineer

E*Pro Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in New York seeks a Splunk Engineer. The candidate must have direct experience with Splunk, scripting abilities in languages like BASH or Python, and solid knowledge of Linux/Unix systems. Strong interpersonal skills and a background in networking and security are essential. The role focuses on engineering and deploying analytics and SIEM solutions within a large enterprise environment, ideally in financial services. This position is contractual and offers a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• Direct experience as a Splunk Engineer or Architect.
• Scripting and development skills (BASH, Perl, Python or Java) with strong knowledge of regular expressions.
• Linux/Unix sysadmin experience.
• General networking and security knowledge.

Skills

Direct experience as a Splunk Engineer or Architect

Scripting and development skills (BASH, Perl, Python or Java)

Linux/Unix sysadmin experience

Interpersonal skills

General networking and security knowledge

Job description

E*Pro Consulting service offerings include contingent Staff Augmentation of IT professionals, Permanent Recruiting and Temp-to-Hire. In addition, our industry expertise and knowledge within financial services, Insurance, Telecom, Manufacturing, Technology, Media and Entertainment, Pharmaceutical, Health Care and service industries ensures our services are customized to meet specific needs. For more details please visit our website www.epro-tech.com.

Job Description

Job Location: NYC, NY

Duration: Contract

Required Skills:

• Direct experience as a Splunk Engineer or Architect
• Prior experience engineering and deploying analytics and SIEM SOC solutions in a large enterprise environment (>50 servers)
• Scripting and development skills (BASH, Perl, Python or Java) with strong knowledge of regular expressions
• Linux/Unix sysadmin experience
• Interpersonal skills - communicator, flexibile, self-driven, team player
• General networking and security knowledge (firewalls, routing, DNS, NAT, packet trace and analysis, etc.)
• Able to demonstrate a broad exposure to various technologies - preferably in a global environment, ideally within the finance industry

Skills highly desired:

• Experience with Splunk Enterprise Security (ES4) and Splunk ITSI
• Knowledge of statistical modeling for anomaly, ML and outlier detection
• Splunk enterprise architecture, integration and deployment experience
• Knowledge of indicators of compromise (IOC) of systems and applications
• Familiarity with key security events on common platforms
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, SANS, CeH, etc.
• SDLC experience, using JIRA and GIT
• Experience authoring security policy and security best practice documentation
• Experience onboarding

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.