Splunk Engineer

3Core Systems, Inc; Owings Mills, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

3Core Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior Splunk/Data Management Engineer to design, implement, and optimize Splunk infrastructure to support scalable, robust data solutions.

The role emphasizes SRE practices, incident response, and cross-functional leadership across multiple domains. The ideal candidate will leverage expertise in Splunk Enterprise/Cloud, Cribl, and automation tools, while guiding teammates in a hybrid environment with regular onsite collaboration in Owings Mills, MD and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 5+ years of total relevant work experience.
• Expert knowledge of infrastructure components including Cribl, Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud.
• Expert knowledge of Agile/SCRUM utilizing JIRA/Confluence or equivalent.
• Expert knowledge of core infrastructure capabilities: AWS, Linux OS, networking, identity, and access.
• Expert knowledge in automation technologies including Ansible/AWX.

Responsibilities

• Technical leader within Log Data Management and Engineering specializing in Splunk Enterprise Platform administration, onboarding and tuning.
• Defines standards for use and management of infrastructure components.
• Guides decisions about infrastructure upgrades, refreshes, and replacement.
• Leads or supports incident response and troubleshooting across multiple domains.
• Participates in continuous improvement efforts spanning multiple multi-functional domains.
• Mentors other team members and provides coaching to leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Problem solving

Interviews participation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Cribl

Splunk Enterprise

Splunk Cloud

JIRA

Confluence

Ansible/AWX

AWS

Job description

Owings Mills, United States | Posted on 09/01/2026

Location: OwingsMills, MD or Baltimore, MD or Washington, DC (Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite)
Duration: Full-Time

At Client, we identify andactively invest in opportunities to help people thrive in an evolving world. Asa premier global asset management organization with more than 85 years ofexperience, we provide investment solutions and a broad range of equity, fixedincome, and multi-asset capabilities to individuals, advisors, institutions,and retirement plan sponsors. We take an active, independent approach toinvesting, offering our dynamic perspective and meaningful partnership so ourclients can feel more confident.

We believe doing the right thingfor our clients and our associates is good business. With a career at the firm,you can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in yourcommunity. You'll enjoy resources to support your career path, as well ascompensation, benefits, and flexibility to enrich your life. Here, you'll finda collaborative culture that respects and values differences and colleagues whoshare a spirit of generosity.

Role Summary

In this role, you will analyze, design, build and implementSplunk infrastructure solutions for technology needs ensuring that theinfrastructure (network, hardware, software, data center, facilities, tools,and related equipment) is sufficiently robust, scalable, and efficient toenable delivery and ongoing operation of the solutions within an SREorganization. You will research problems, conduct installations, and evaluatenew technologies.

• Requires specializedknowledge and expertise in your own job discipline and deep experience inintegrating related disciplinary knowledge
• Leads disciplinary ormulti-functional program of notable risk; uses sophisticated analyticalthought to identify creative solutions
• Accountable for work ofyourself and others; sets standards around which others will operate
• Works independently withguidance in only the most complex situations
• Acts as advisor tomanagement and key external partners on broad ranging projects

Responsibilities

• Technical leader withinLog Data Management and Engineering specializing in Splunk EnterprisePlatform administration, onboarding and tuning
• Defines standards foruse and management of infrastructure components
• Guides decisions aboutinfrastructure upgrades, refreshes, and replacement
• Leads or supportsincident response and troubleshooting efforts in more highly compleximplementations and across multiple domains
• Participates incontinuous improvement efforts that span multiple multi-functional domainsand informs the generation of new standards
• Identifies non-obviousrelationships and anomalies often overlooked by others
• Detects and overcomesissues before the broader team is aware of them
• Draws logical and objectiveconclusions from the data and validates them as the prime cause andcontributing factors
• Mentors other teammembers
• Provides feedback andcoaching to others who have management responsibility
• Participates ininterviews for new team members
• Capable of leading ateam on large, technically complex projects
• Able to overcomedifferences of opinion and drive team alignment around a specific goal orsolution
• Holds associates andteams accountable for adhering to practices and policies

Business knowledge

• Demonstrates deepknowledge of products/flows within supported businesses
• Articulates broaderbusiness concerns and/or regulatory landscape, including key risks andcontrols (e.g., GDPR, MIFID, SOX)
• Makes decisions that arecognizant of the firm's broader business strategy

Qualifications
Required:

• Bachelor's degree or theequivalent combination of education and relevant experience AND 5+ yearsof total relevant work experience
• Expert knowledge of oneor more infrastructure components including Cribl, Splunk Enterprise orSplunk Cloud
• Expert knowledge ofAgile/SCRUM utilizing JIRA/Confluence or equivalent
• Expert knowledge of coreinfrastructure capabilities: AWS, Linux operating systems, networking,identity, and access
• Expert knowledge inautomation technologies including Ansible/AWX
• Expert knowledge oftooling used to test and manage infrastructure components
• Stays ahead ofbest-of-breed technologies

Preferred:

• Prior experience in theasset management industry