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Senior Splunk Engineer

RemoteFull-time$125k2026-08-03 → 2026-11-11
Remote

Core

Engineering, developing, deploying, and maintaining a federal client's SIEM implementation and minor applications using Splunk.

Role type

Senior Splunk Engineer (SIEM)

Builds

SIEM infrastructure, security dashboards, alerts, and reports

Domain

Cybersecurity / SIEM / Federal Government

Required skills

Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Risk Based Alerting (RBA), Linux administration, SIEM event correlation, Perl/Linux shell scripting, Regex, SDLC methodologies

Preferred skills

Additional Splunk certifications, CEH, CySA+, GSEC, CISM, CCNA, Security+, Server+, Linux+, Cloud+

Technologies

Splunk, Linux, Perl, Regex

Responsibilities

Implement, optimize, and maintain the SIEM infrastructure; Develop change management plans; Manage and monitor Linux on-prem server infrastructure; Provide mentoring to Tier II technicians; Lead technical discussions with SIEM engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC