Splunk Engineer - TS/ SCI security clearance

CO1046 Sirius Federal, LLC; Washington, Virginia (District of Columbia, MN); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits overview

Job summary

CDW is hiring for a senior Splunk Engineer to design, implement, and manage Splunk environments across on-premise and cloud setups. You will develop data onboarding, write SPL queries, and build dashboards to support security, operations, and business analytics.

Candidates must hold a TS/SCI clearance and have at least eight years of hands-on Splunk experience in a large enterprise. The position is onsite at the National Maritime Intelligence Center in Suitland, MD with a pay range of

Qualifications

• Must have active TS/ SCI security clearance.
• Minimum 8 years of hands-on Splunk administration, implementation, and data analysis.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and manage Splunk environments across on-premise and cloud infrastructures.
• Perform upgrades, patches, and maintenance to ensure optimal system performance and security.
• Monitor Splunk system health and troubleshoot performance, configuration, and connectivity issues.
• Develop data onboarding processes, including parsing, indexing, and normalization of logs and metrics.
• Write and optimize regular expressions, data transforms, and event types for accurate data ingestion.
• Create complex Splunk queries (SPL) to analyze data and extract insights.
• Develop dashboards, reports, and alerts for operations, security, and business needs.

Skills

Splunk administration

Data analysis

SPL

Dashboard creation

TS/SCI security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Cybersecurity

Tools

Regex

Job description

Designs, implements, and manages Splunk solutions to enable advanced data analysis, monitoring, and visualization for our organization.

What You Will Do

Install, configure, and manage Splunk environments across on-premise and cloud infrastructures. Perform upgrades, patches, and maintenance to ensure optimal system performance and security. Monitor Splunk system health and troubleshoot issues related to performance, configuration, and connectivity. Work closely with application owners, network engineers, and other stakeholders to identify relevant data sources. Develop and maintain data onboarding processes, including parsing, indexing, and normalization of logs and metrics from diverse systems. Write and optimize regular expressions, data transforms, and event types to ensure accurate data ingestion. Create complex Splunk queries using Search Processing Language (SPL) to perform analysis and extract meaningful insights. Develop dashboards, reports, and alerts tailored to operational, security, and business requirements.

What We Expect of You

Must have active TS/ SCI security clearance. Onsite at the National Maritime Intelligence Center at 4251 Suitland Road, Suitland, MD 20746.

Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience with Splunk administration, implementation, and data analysis, preferably in a medium-to-large enterprise environment. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field, is a plus.

Pay range: $190,000 - $240,000 depending on experience and skill set. Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/. Salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials. CDW is committed to being an AI-fluent organization.

We’re looking for people who bring curiosity, a learner’s mindset, and a willingness to engage with ever-evolving technology and tools. We value adopting AI as a partner, openness to experimentation, and a shared interest in learning together on AI. Our goal is to create a culture where AI enhances—not replaces—human creativity and decision-making. You don’t need to be an expert today; what matters is your readiness to explore, adapt, and grow with us as we integrate AI responsibly and effectively into our work. Additionally, CDW is committed to fostering an equitable, transparent, and respectful hiring process for all applicants. During our application process, our goal is to understand your experience, strengths, skills, and qualifications. As an AI forward company, we see AI not just as a tool, but as a catalyst for new ways of thinking, creating, and communicating. We encourage candidates to embrace an AI mindset, one that’s curious, adaptive, and ready to explore what’s possible. We welcome thoughtful use of AI to expand your perspective and elevate how you share your story, while ensuring your application remains rooted in your own background, judgment, and voice.

About Us

CDW is a Fortune 500 technology solutions provider that helps businesses, government, education, and healthcare organizations achieve what’s possible through technology. What makes CDW different isn’t just what we do- it's how we do it. At CDW we act as one- building trust, speaking candidly, and working together to achieve more. We play to win- focusing on what matters most and delivering for our customers. And we think forward- staying curious, moving fast, and continuously learning. We believe meaningful work happens when people feel supported, heard, and empowered to contribute. That's why we think of ourselves as coworkers, not just employees- working together to solve complex challenges and deliver real impact for our customers and communities. As a full-stack, full-lifecycle technology partner, CDW brings deep expertise, strong relationships, and broad industry knowledge to help turn ideas into outcomes. When you join CDW, you become part of a collaborative environment where your work matters, your growth is supported, and your contributions help shape what’s next. Together, we deliver the full promise of what technology can do. Together, we Make Amazing Happen.

CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law. At CDW, we make technology work so people can do great things. We are a leading multi-brand technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. Our coworkers across the globe are working together to bring technology to life for our customers by solving complicated IT business challenges, providing outstanding service, and orchestrating the technology landscape to optimize our customers' performance.