Splunk Engineer
Allyon

Job Info

Summary:

Allyon, Inc. is an established IT and Healthcare Services firm and we love what we do! It makes our day when we are able to help talented individuals achieve their career goals while at the same time helping our clients build quality teams. If you are interested in joining the Allyon Team, please apply or submit your resume for review today!

Job Title:

Splunk Engineer

Location:

Arlington, VA

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple assignments, changing priorities, and work independently with little oversight

• Build, implement, and administer Splunk in Windows and Linux environments

• Work with existing and custom Splunk applications and add-ons to fulfill customer needs

• Provide operations and maintenance support for a distributed Splunk environment consisting of heavy forwarders, indexers, and search head servers, spanning security, performance, and operational roles

• Editing and maintaining Splunk configuration files and apps

• Onboard data to Splunk via forwarder, scripted inputs, TCP/UDP, and modular inputs from a variety of sources.

• Provider operational support for Splunk Universal Forwarder on Linux and Windows endpoints

• Manage, and support automation solutions for Splunk deployment and orchestration in on-premise and cloud environments

• Documentation, reporting, presentation, teamwork, and DHS wide collaboration are among the expected duties and mission of the task order

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and a minimum of six (6) years of experience in system administration, database administration, network engineering, software engineering, or software development, with a concentration in Cybersecurity

**Splunk Cloud Experience**

• Minimum of Four (4) years of experience with Splunk in distributed deployments

• Current Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin certification

• Excellent written and oral skills, ability to work closely with multiple customers, manage expectations and track engagement scope

• Experience with Splunk Enterprise Security or integration with other Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms

• Proficient at data on-boarding activities including routing, parsing, and normalizing events to the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM)

• Proficiency onboarding data using Splunk developed add-ons for Windows, Linux, and common third-party devices and applications

• Experience onboarding data into Splunk via forwarder, scripted inputs, TCP/UDP, and modular inputs from a variety of sources

• Proficiency managing Splunk using the Splunk command-line interface * Proficiency managing Splunk using configuration files

• Experience collaborating with separate engineering teams to configure data sources for Splunk integration

• Proficiency implementing and onboarding data in Splunk DB Connect

• Experience with Splunk performing systems administration, including performing installation, configuration, monitoring system performance and availability, upgrades, and troubleshooting

• General networking and security troubleshooting (firewalls, routing, NAT, etc.)

• Splunk implementation and troubleshooting experience

• Experience in managing, maintaining, and administering multi-site indexer cluster

• Proficiency developing log ingestion and aggregation strategies per Splunk best practices

• Perform integration activities to configure, connect, and pull data with 3rd party software APIs

• Proficient in regular expressions

• Ability to autonomously prioritize and successfully deliver across a portfolio of projects

• DHS Entry on Duty (EOD) is required to support this program

Other:

At least one of the following certifications: CCIE Security

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

• CCNP Security

• CCSP - Certified Cloud Security Professional

• CEH - Certified Ethical Hacker

• Certified Data Administrator Professional

• Certified Implementation Engineer Specialist

• Splunk Certified Architect

• Certified Storage Associate

• CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security

• CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP)

• Converged Infrastructure Specialist

• CSSLP - Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional

• ECSP - EC-Council Certified Secure Programmer

• GCIH - Incident Handler

• GCWN - Windows Security Administrator

• GICSP -Cyber Security Professional

• GISF - Security Fundamentals

• GISP - Security Professional

• GSSP - Secure Software Programmer

• MCSE - Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (Server)

• RHCA - Red Hat Certified Architect

• RHCE - Red Hat Certified Engineer

• SEI (Software Engineering Institute)

• SSCP - Systems Security Certified Practitioner

• VCA (Certified Associate)

• VCAP (Certified Advanced Professional)

• VCDX (Certified Design Expert)

• VCIX (Implementation Expert)

• VCP (Certified Professional)

• MS 365 Certified: Security Administrator

• Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer (Associate)

• Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect

• Splunk Enterprise Certified Administrator

• Splunk Core Certified Consultant

• Splunk SOAR Certified Automation Developer

• Splunk Certified Developer

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

• Swimlane Certified SOAR Developer

What we Offer:

• Competitive pay and benefits

• 401k eligibility after 6 months, including company match

Allyon, Inc. is an equal employment opportunities (EEO) employer and terms of employment are without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. Allyon, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.