Senior Splunk Engineer Job at KamisPro, Arlington, VA

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  • KamisPro
  • Arlington, VA

Job Description

  • This is a hybrid position, 2-3 days onsite in Arlington, VA.
  • TS/SCI clearance required. TS/SCI Poly preferred
  • Splunk Certified Administrator required, Certified Architect preferred
  • Our client is seeking a Senior Splunk Engineer to support a premier analytics platform. This engineer will join a high-performing cloud and cybersecurity team, directly supporting critical initiatives to modernize and secure the enterprise's analytics capabilities. You will play a pivotal role in moving Splunk from AWS cloud platform to CI/CD pipelines. You will also be enhancing Splunk deployments, optimizing data ingestion, and ensuring seamless performance through infrastructure automation, security best practices, and continuous integration.

    Responsibilities:

    • Architect, deploy, and manage enterprise-level Splunk environments in alignment with CI/CD best practices.
    • Design and implement Splunk infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and GitLab to support automated, scalable deployments.
    • Lead version upgrades across clustered Splunk environments; manage Indexers, Search Heads, and Universal Forwarders.
    • Ingest and normalize diverse data sources (Syslog, HEC, APIs, log monitoring) and optimize for performance and license usage.
    • Develop documentation, user guides, and internal SOPs for streamlined knowledge transfer across engineering teams.
    • Create dashboards, reports, alerts, and custom visualizations to support mission operations.
    • Support SSL configuration, STIG compliance, and RHEL patching for secure deployments.
    • Collaborate with DevOps, Cloud, and Security teams to troubleshoot issues and implement security analytics using Splunk ES and UBA.
    • Interface with end users, government stakeholders, and analysts to improve Splunk adoption and performance across the platform.

    Qualifications:

    • 3+ years of hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise deployments, upgrades, and data onboarding.
    • Experience administering Linux (RHEL/CentOS) and Windows systems.
    • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and Ansible.
    • Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
    • Strong understanding of Splunk configuration files (inputs.conf, props.conf, transforms.conf).
    • Experience managing clustered environments across bare metal and VM infrastructures.
    • Familiarity with AWS and cloud-native technologies is a plus.
    • Splunk Certified Administrator required; Splunk Certified Architect (preferred or in-progress).
    • CompTIA Security+ (DoD 8570 IAT II compliant).
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and ability to collaborate in agile team environments.

    Preferred:

    • Experience with Splunk Enterprise Security (ES), User Behavior Analytics (UBA), and automation pipelines.
    • Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, or Ansible in DevSecOps pipelines.
    • Familiarity with compliance frameworks, endpoint tools (Tanium, Palo Alto), and vulnerability management.

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