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Lead Cyber Security Engineer

USA💼 Full-time💰 $100,000–$140,000🗓 2026-07-14 → 2026-09-26

Core

Troubleshooting data collection issues, deploying and managing Splunk Add-ons, and producing security documentation for system stability and accreditation.

Role type

Lead Cyber Security Engineer (SIEM/Splunk focus)

Builds

Splunk production environments and security documentation

Domain

Cybersecurity / SIEM / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Splunk administration, Linux systems administration, TCP/IP networking, network security concepts, Certification & Accreditation processes, DoD policy knowledge, role-based access control design, forwarder deployment, centralized configuration management

Preferred skills

Red Hat/CentOS Linux administration, AWS cloud environment experience, ICS 500-27 audit collection knowledge, Enterprise Security Services, Host Base Security Service, Enterprise Vulnerability Scanning Service, log feed creation

Technologies

AWS, Linux, Splunk, TCP/IP

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot data collection issues and resolve system stability problems, deploy and manage Splunk Add-ons for specific data sources, produce security documentation including system security plans and accreditation documents, design and deploy forwarders with centralized configuration management, maintain role-based access control solutions

Seniority

Lead, hands-on IC

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