Splunk Engineer

Spacex; Washington (District of Columbia); Sur place; USD 135 000 - 195 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

United States Digital Space is seeking a Splunk Engineer to deploy, administer, and support a large Splunk environment. The role focuses on automation, data onboarding, and security-driven dashboards across enterprise-scale systems.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in Splunk, experience with regex, and familiarity with Puppet, Ansible, or similar automation tools. Onsite position in Washington, DC with comprehensive benefits and ITAR compliance.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience administering or implementing Splunk in a professional setting.
• Experience writing complex regex for field mappings and identifying patterns.
• Experience with Puppet, Ansible, or other automation frameworks.

Responsabilités

• Deploy, Admin and Support distributed Splunk environment at an enterprise scale.
• Standardize Splunk agent and enterprise deployment, configuration and management with automation.
• Help monitor and maintain the logging platform's performance, availability, and capacity.
• Write Complex SPLs to help Infosec and other IT organizations with their dashboards and alerts.
• Troubleshoot Splunk Instances and Splunk Universal Forwarder problems.
• Data onboarding, governance, enrichment and fields extraction for various use cases.

Connaissances

Splunk

Regex

Automation tools

Outils

Puppet

Ansible

Git

CI/CD

Description du poste

SPLUNK ENGINEER

the company was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today the company is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

the company is hiring a Splunk Engineer to help protect and drive the the company mission. Our engineers are responsible for deploying, administrating and supporting a distributed Splunk environment at an enterprise scale. As a highly visible and dynamic organization, we must value and guard against damage to our internal information, our physical hardware, and our reputation and brand. It is paramount that we defend against loss of control or confidence in our systems, to guarantee the highest probability of success.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Deploy, Admin and Support distributed Splunk environment at an enterprise scale.
• Standardize Splunk agent and enterprise deployment, configuration and management with automation.
• Help monitor and maintain the logging platform's performance, availability, and capacity.
• Write Complex SPLs to help Infosec and other IT organizations with their dashboards and alerts..
• Troubleshoot Splunk Instances and Splunk Universal Forwarder problems.
• Data onboarding, governance, enrichment and fields extraction for various use cases.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• 2+ years of experience administering or implementing Splunk in a professional setting.
• Experience writing complex regex for field mappings and identifying patterns.
• Experience with Puppet, Ansible, or other automation frameworks.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Certifications such as Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect, Splunk Enterprise Security Admin and Splunk Core Consultant.
• Familiarity with integrating enterprise applications and on-boarding new log sources.
• Familiarity with aerospace, satellite communications, launch vehicle, or factory-floor logging environments.
• Knowledge in the Common Information Model (CIM) with a strong understanding between the CIM and knowledge objects.
• Experience maintaining on-premises deployments of Splunk Core and Splunk Enterprise Security by supporting hundreds of users.
• Experience in identifying visibility gaps for SOC detections and onboarding custom data sources into Splunk.
• Experience with System Administration, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering.
• Experience developing or extending Splunk with Python (custom commands, modular inputs, alert actions, or apps) beyond basic SPL.
• Knowledge of Splunk SOAR (or equivalent security orchestration) and integrating Splunk with EDR, threat intel, or other security tools.
• Experience applying Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit (MLTK) or similar for anomaly detection in operational or security data.
• Hands-on experience with Git, CI/CD, or infrastructure-as-code practices specifically for Splunk configurations and knowledge objects.
• Advanced Linux systems knowledge for large-scale Splunk clusters.
• Experience supporting mission-critical, 24/7 operational environments with strict uptime and rapid incident response requirements.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• This role requires you to be onsite. Hybrid or remote work will not be considered.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range:Level 1: $135,000 - $160,000Level 2: $155,000 - $195,000

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at the company. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

the company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with the company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Applicants wishing to view a copy of the company's affirmative action plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out [e-mail]*.*