Systems Engineer - Splunk Administrator, Senior Advisor - TS/SCI w/poly

Peraton; United States; On-site; USD 176,000 - 282,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 280 hours

Health benefits

Annual bonus

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Splunk Engineer to maintain and enhance our enterprise Splunk infrastructure in a national security context. The role focuses on administration of Splunk deployments, OS and application layers, and supporting Splunk Enterprise Security.

You will upgrade, patch, troubleshoot, and optimize performance while communicating with government and contractor teammates. A TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required, along with a bachelor's degree and extensive SE experience.

Qualifications

• Experience with Splunk in planning and leading Systems engineering tasks.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph required.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with SE experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance the enterprise Splunk infrastructure.
• Manage administration of Splunk deployments across OS and application layers.
• Support Splunk Enterprise Security.
• Apply upgrades and patches to keep systems current.
• Troubleshoot logs and communicate with government and contractor teams.
• Analyze and resolve system performance issues and bottlenecks.
• Design solutions by analyzing stakeholder requirements.
• Modernize Splunk by designing architectures, ingest, data modeling, and dashboards.

Skills

Splunk

Security clearance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, CS, IS or related

Job description

Responsibilities

• The candidate's primary responsibilities will include maintaining and enhancing the existing Splunk infrastructure in the enterprise.
• Manage the administration of Splunk deployments, including both operating system and application aspects.
• Support Splunk Enterprise Security
• Apply upgrades and patches as necessary to maintain system
• Troubleshoot logs and effectively communicate with teammates, both government and contractor, in an enterprise environment.
• Analyze and resolve system performance issues (e.g. response time or timing problems, interface/integration problems, system bottlenecks, data flow issues).
• Design a solution by analyzing stakeholder requirements and conferring with users and other system engineers
• Modernize existing Splunk instance to upgrade an existing system's capabilities and make improvements / modernize by performing the following functions:
  • Design and size Splunk architectures
  • Craft ingest capabilities
  • Data modeling
  • Dashboard designing

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Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
• Seventeen (17) years' experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required.
• Demonstrated experience with Splunk and in planning and leading Systems
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with current polygraph required

Highly Desired:

• Certification - Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin or other advanced certification

This critical National Security role is eligible for Peraton's premier benefits package, designed to recognize and support the professionals safeguarding our nation. A few highlights:

• 280 hours of annual leave (5 weeks of PTO & 2 weeks of holiday)
• Health Benefits (medical, dental & vision) - very low to no cost employee contributions
• Annual Critical Skills Bonus

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$176,000 - $282,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.