Senior Splunk Engineer

Arlington, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 126100 - 227950

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Leidos has an immediate need for a Splunk Engineer SME for a new customer on a highly-visible and strategic

Cybersecurity Task Order.

The Splunk Engineer SME will install and maintain Splunk infrastructure gatherrequirements from customers onboard data and assist end users with searches dashboards reports and knowledgeobjects. The Splunk Engineer SME may be required to interact with senior management as necessary.

Conceptualize design build and maintain current and future customer-supported tools and platforms

Manage multiple assignments changing priorities and work independently with little oversight

Develop data storage access and retention strategies for a large IT enterprise using industry standards and best

practices to advise Customer executive-level stakeholders

Design build implement and administer Splunk infrastructure in on-prem and cloud environments.

Create manage and support automation solutions for Splunk deployment and orchestration in on-prem and cloud

environments

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

Provide overall engineering and design support for a distributed Splunk environment consisting of heavy forwarders

indexers and search head servers spanning security performance a operational roles

Onboard data to Splunk via forwarder scripted inputs TCP/UDP and modular inputs from various sources

Normalize data to ensure CIM compliance and develop data models to accelerate queries dashboards and

correlation searches

Work closely with all relevant stakeholders to solve technical problems at the network system and application levels

Conduct periodic architectural reviews of Splunk and related systems to assess effectiveness and propose optimal

installation alternatives as

Develop and manage comprehensive documentation artifacts procedures and processes for the optimal

management of the Splunk infrastructure

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree and 12-15 years of experience in system administration database administration network engineering software engineering or software development with a concentration in Cybersecurity

12-15 years of experience with Linux and Windows system administration or an expert understanding of

operating systems and common operating environments

Ten (10) years of experience with Splunk in distributed deployments

Current Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect certification

Excellent written and oral skills ability to work closely with multiple customers manage expectations and track

engagement scope

Experience implementing FISMA NIST NSA and other information security cybersecurity and CDM-related

industry policies procedures guidelines standards and best practices

Expert-level knowledge and ability with Splunk Enterprise Security or integration with other Security Information

and Event Management (SIEM) platforms

Extensive experience with advanced configuration of Splunk including Indexer Clustering and Search Head

Clustering

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

Intermediate understanding of SQL and common SQL dialects

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 architecture/design 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

Experience implementing and optimizing Splunk data models

Proficient in regular expressions

Scripting and development skills (Bash Python or PowerShell)

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

Department of Homeland Security ESOC employees are required to obtain an Entry on Duty (EOD) clearance to

support this program

Preferred Certifications (one or more of the following): Splunk Certified Consultant Splunk Certified Architect CASP GCWN GISF GSSP GICSP CCNP CCNP Security CCIE Security CEH ENSA ECSP MCSE VCP BCAP VCIX VCDX RHCA RHCE

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Original Posting:

September 22 2025

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $126100.00 - $227950.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Leidos has an immediate need for a Splunk Engineer SME for a new customer on a highly-visible and strategicCybersecurity Task Order. The Splunk Engineer SME will install and maintain Splunk infrastructure gatherrequirements from customers onboard data and assist end users with searches dashboards re...