Splunk EngineerFull-timeEmployees work in a hybrid mode

Ashburn Consulting LLC; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashburn Consulting LLC is looking for a Senior Splunk Engineer in Leesburg, Virginia to support a federal cybersecurity architecture opportunity. This role involves maintaining enterprise Splunk operations, developing dashboards, and managing configurations in a complex Government environment.

Qualified candidates must have over 10 years of Splunk experience, and hands-on expertise with services such as AWS and security analytics. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to important cybersecurity efforts.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Splunk architecture across Government environments.
• Hands-on experience with Splunk components including Indexer, Search Head, and more.
• Advanced ability to extract and visualize data using Splunk.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, operate, and maintain Splunk infrastructure.
• Support SIEM data ingestion and operational reporting.
• Manage Splunk configurations and improve log source coverage.

Skills

Splunk architecture

Scripting (Shell, Python, etc.)

Data visualization

SIEM operations

Security analytics

Tools

Splunk

AWS

LDAP

Job description

Ashburn Consulting, LLC, based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, specializes in providing network and network security solutions in complex environments to a select set of government and business clients. The company, an established leader in its field, is composed of an elite team of engineers and business consultants, each of whom is recognized and highly regarded within the network and security communities.

Job Description

Ashburn is seeking a Senior Splunk Engineer to support a federal cybersecurity architecture opportunity. This Key Personnel role will support enterprise SIEM operations, Splunk architecture, data ingestion, dashboards, alerting, analytics, secure configuration, and performance optimization in a complex Government environment for a proposal opportunity.

Primary Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, operate, and maintain enterprise Splunk infrastructure.
• Support SIEM data ingestion, indexing, normalization, dashboarding, alerting, and operational reporting.
• Develop dashboards and visualizations for security, operations, and mission stakeholders.
• Manage Splunk configurations, search/index clusters, data models, alerts, reports, saved searches, and knowledge objects.
• Support account/access management, server management, monitoring, patching, Splunk version upgrades, and app/add-on maintenance.
• Improve log source coverage and quality across enterprise systems and applications.
• Use scripting and automation to improve SIEM operations and support security analytics.
• Support federal cybersecurity standards, secure configuration, and audit‑ready documentation.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Candidates must be U.S. citizens.
• Candidates must be willing and able to work as Ashburn W-2 employees; 1099 and corp‑to‑corp arrangements are not permitted for these roles.
• DHS EOD / suitability is required.
• 10+ years of experience designing, implementing, and maintaining Splunk architecture across diverse Government or similarly complex enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting Splunk across Windows, Linux, Solaris, and macOS environments.
• Hands‑on expertise with core Splunk components: Indexer, Search Head, Deployer, Deployment Server, License Master, Heavy Forwarder, Universal Forwarder.
• Experience with Splunk authentication methods such as LDAP and SAML.
• Experience managing Splunk indexer and search clusters.
• Experience configuring Splunk through configuration files and implementing policies, procedures, and standards for secure and efficient Splunk operations.
• Advanced ability to use Splunk to extract, transform, analyze, and visualize data for actionable security and operational insights.
• Experience developing advanced Splunk queries, dashboards, reports, alerts, and data models.
• Experience conducting application performance and capacity analysis.
• Advanced scripting experience using Shell, Python, JavaScript, XML, CSS, or equivalent tools.
• Experience configuring data collection applications such as Splunk DB Connect and the Splunk App for AWS.
• Experience deploying or supporting Splunk Cloud services on AWS.

Preferred / Strongly Desired Qualifications

• Prior DHS, DOD / DOW, or federal civilian cybersecurity program experience.
• Experience supporting large, multi‑datacenter Splunk clusters.
• Experience improving log coverage, log quality, data source onboarding, dashboards, anomaly detection, and security analytics.
• Splunk certifications strongly preferred.
• Experience working in DevSecOps, cybersecurity operations, or enterprise security architecture environments.

Physical Requirements

Work is equally performed in the field as well as in a normal office environment. Lifting (up to 50 lbs) may be required. Ladder climbing may be required. Driving is required. All duties are performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status. Ashburn Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Affi­ncative Action Employer.

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