Jr. SPLUNK Engineer

Columbia, IN - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 77 - 130

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

ApplyLogic is a fast-paced Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small-Business headquartered in Vienna VA. Our people are our greatest asset and our company culture is grounded on that belief. We offer challenging and interesting work in a friendly and supportive environment. Through prime and subcontracts we deliver best-in-class expertise to solve complex technical problems.

Were looking for a talented Jr. SPLUNK Engineer to join our team in either one of our locations inColumbia SC or Washington DC. This position will support a complex government client and will provide Splunk maintenance dashboarding and reporting support to multiple Splunk distributed enterprise environments.

Work Location:
Hybrid A mix of onsite and remote work.

Clearance:
Must be US citizen with the ability to obtain a Top-Secret security clearance.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:
The Jr. Engineer will be responsible for the daily operations and maintenance of the enterprise-wide Splunk deployment to include:

Perform daily administrative tasks to manage Splunk datasets and storage utilization. This includes monitoring automated backup tasks manually backing up data if necessary monitoring storage utilization on Splunk servers in all environments as well as network attached storage.
Maintain Splunk Knowledgebase by updating existing and creating new KB articles as identified by the team.
Create and update Splunk resources including saved searches visualizations alerts dashboards and any other ad hoc deliverables as needed.
Interface with user community and provide first level of support to troubleshoot issues or assist with any other Splunk requirements.
Coordinate with accept tasking from accept guidance from and collaborate on priorities with Senior Splunk engineer / Task lead.
Participate in periodic stand-up task meetings. Frequency may be daily or multiple times per week based on projects in process.
Create Splunk reports and dashboards as identified as needed based on enterprise customer requirements or internal team needs.
Manage Splunk lookups by verifying that automated jobs are updating lookup tables properly as well making adhoc changes as necessary.
Monitor administer and maintain accessibility to Splunk components including search heads indexers deployers cluster masters forwarders and syslog servers for continuous production environment uptime
Coordinating with various components within the organization to troubleshoot issues
Manage and secure RHEL and Windows servers for Splunk platform including patches and access controls.
Assist team with reviewing/assessing/implementing new data sources ie: syslog scripted input db inputs
Working with IT Managers to validate data and provide training on new dashboard enhancements
Assist with integrating various data sets into Splunk and creating new dashboards to ensure the confidentiality integrity security and availability of the USAO WAN
Provide a weekly Progress/Exceptions Report to include a list of tasks assigned completed and pending.

Required Knowledge and Experience:
Must have 2 years of experience as a SPLUNK administrator/engineer in an enterprise environment.

Preferred Education Experience & Skills:
SPLUNK Certifications are preferred but not required.

The Perks of Being on Our Team
ApplyLogic offers competitive salaries with a robust Fortune-500 type benefits package. Some of the benefits you will receive when you join us are:

Employee Assistance Program
401K
Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
Life/Short-Term Disability/Critical Illness/Accident Insurance
15 PTO Days
11 Federal Holidays
Up to $5K towards continuing education and/or professional development

Required Experience:

Junior IC

Perform daily administrative tasks to manage Splunk datasets and storage utilization. This includes monitoring automated backup tasks manually backing up data if necessary monitoring storage utilization on Splunk servers in all environments as well as network attached storage.
Maintain Splunk Knowledgebase by updating existing and creating new KB articles as identified by the team.
Create and update Splunk resources including saved searches visualizations alerts dashboards and any other ad hoc deliverables as needed.
Interface with user community and provide first level of support to troubleshoot issues or assist with any other Splunk requirements.
Coordinate with accept tasking from accept guidance from and collaborate on priorities with Senior Splunk engineer / Task lead.
Participate in periodic stand-up task meetings. Frequency may be daily or multiple times per week based on projects in process.
Create Splunk reports and dashboards as identified as needed based on enterprise customer requirements or internal team needs.
Manage Splunk lookups by verifying that automated jobs are updating lookup tables properly as well making adhoc changes as necessary.
Monitor administer and maintain accessibility to Splunk components including search heads indexers deployers cluster masters forwarders and syslog servers for continuous production environment uptime
Coordinating with various components within the organization to troubleshoot issues
Manage and secure RHEL and Windows servers for Splunk platform including patches and access controls.
Assist team with reviewing/assessing/implementing new data sources ie: syslog scripted input db inputs
Working with IT Managers to validate data and provide training on new dashboard enhancements
Assist with integrating various data sets into Splunk and creating new dashboards to ensure the confidentiality integrity security and availability of the USAO WAN
Provide a weekly Progress/Exceptions Report to include a list of tasks assigned completed and pending.