CareerPlan

Observability Engineer (Splunk)

Arlington, VAFull-time$81k2026-09-29 → 2026-11-10
Based in United StatesNo visa sponsorshipSecurity clearance required

Core

Engineer, configure, and optimize Splunk components to ensure performance, reliability, and scalability for US federal government clients.

Role type

Senior IC Observability Engineer (Splunk)

Builds

Splunk infrastructure (indexers, search heads, forwarders) and data pipelines for security and operations teams

Domain

US Federal Government / Observability & Security

Required skills

Splunk, data onboarding, data parsing, field extraction, data modeling, normalization, pipeline troubleshooting, license consumption management, infrastructure automation

Responsibilities

Engineer and optimize Splunk components; Partner with teams to design searches, dashboards, and alerts; Design and implement data onboarding for new sources; Analyze and troubleshoot data pipelines; Monitor and maintain observability infrastructure health

Seniority

Mid-to-Senior, hands-on IC