SPLUNK engineering consultant

Valiant Technologies LLC; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC seeks an experienced Splunk engineer to stabilize and optimize our Splunk environment, focusing on search performance, data reliability, usability, and governance in support of security and analytics requirements.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering in search optimization, pipeline reliability, knowledge object hygiene, and detection workflows, with collaboration across security and analytics teams to drive robust observability.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise and Enterprise Security administration and engineering.
• Expert SPL tuning, indexing strategy, search optimization and performance troubleshooting.
• Proven experience with data pipeline reliability and ingestion stabilization.
• Familiarity with governance principles (knowledge object hygiene, schema evolution, retention) and lifecycle controls.
• Proficiency in Python or scripting for automation and advanced handling.

Responsibilities

• Improve search speed and efficiency across large Splunk datasets.
• Strengthen stability of Splunk data pipelines for exports and integrations and support real-time data flows where applicable.
• Review and rationalize knowledge objects (saved searches, lookups, dashboards) and define governance controls.
• Provide guidance on detection-as-code practices and CI/CD integration for security workloads.

Skills

Splunk admin

SPL tuning

Data pipeline reliability

Governance & lifecycle

Python scripting

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Splunk engineer to help stabilize, optimize, and improve our Splunk environment. This role will support search performance, data reliability, usability, and governance practices to ensure Splunk aligns to our security, compliance, and analytics requirements. The ideal candidate combines deep Splunk platform expertise with hands‑on engineering experience in search optimization, pipeline reliability, knowledge object hygiene, and security-focused data workflows.

Key Responsibilities

Search & Performance Optimization

• Improve speed and efficiency of searches across large datasets.


• Implement caching, tuning, and search-hygiene practices to reduce redundant or costly searches.


• Enhance workflows so analysts can pivot and reuse results without re-running full searches.

Data Integration & Reliability

• Strengthen stability and reliability of Splunk data pipelines for exports and integrations.


• Support real-time or near-real-time data flows where applicable.


• Improve resiliency of indexing, clustering, and correlation workloads.

Governance & Lifecycle Management

• Review and rationalize existing knowledge objects (saved searches, lookups, dashboards).


• Implement monitoring to track field drift, schema changes, or configuration defects that affect detections.


• Define lightweight governance and lifecycle controls for knowledge objects and detection artifacts.


• Support alignment with broader data governance policies, including access models, retention, and auditability.

Advanced Capabilities & Usability

• Enable notebook-style investigative analysis for collaboration and reproducibility.


• Assist data transformation and ML/AI-driven analytics enhancements where practical.


• Provide guidance on detection-as-code best practices and CI/CD integration for security detection workloads.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands‑on experience with Splunk Enterprise / Enterprise Security administration and engineering.


• Expert level capability in SPL tuning, indexing strategy, search optimization, and performance troubleshooting.


• Proven experience with data pipeline reliability and ingestion stabilization.


• Familiarity with Splunk governance principles (knowledge object hygiene, schema evolution, retention/access practices).


• Proficiency in Python or scripting for automation and advanced handling.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with security detection engineering or detection-as-code frameworks.


• Background in ML/AI features within Splunk or adjacent systems.


• Understanding of compliance frameworks and their implications on Splunk governance.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

VALIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. VALIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will VALIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract