Splunk Engineer

JobDescription

The Splunk Engineer 1is equivalent to anexperiencedengineer at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Security Operations Center (SOC) is a US Government program responsible to prevent identify contain and eradicate cyber threats to CBP networks through monitoring intrusion detection and protective security services to CBP information systems including local area networks/wide area networks (LAN/WAN) commercial Internet connection public facing websites wireless mobile/cellular cloud security devices servers and workstations. The CBP SOCis responsible forthe overall security of CBP Enterprise-wide information systems and collects investigates and reports any suspected and confirmed securitycurrently has a need for aSplunk Engineer 1for this highly visible cyber security program supporting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) security operations center(SOC). TheSplunk Engineer 1will support the full systemengineering life cycle including requirements analysis design developmentimplementation integration test and documentation. TheSplunk Engineer 1will follow defined best practices and operational workflows.

PRIMARYRESPONSIBILITIES:
TheSplunk Engineer 1will provide overall engineering and administration in supportinga very largedistributed clustered Splunk environment consisting of search heads indexers deployers deployment servers heavy/universal forwarders and Splunk Enterprise Security premium apps spanning security performance and operational roles.The Engineer should be proficient with recognizing and onboarding new data sources into Splunk building dashboards searches reports etc. TheSplunk Engineer 1should be proficient within a Linux environment editing and maintaining Splunk configuration files and apps.The Engineer should be familiar with and able to learnhow toutilizeand administerCriblon the job.In addition theSplunk Engineer 1should be familiar with ansible or other automation tools.

TheSplunk Engineer 1will be a member of the Enterprise Splunk team which falls under Cybersecurity Engineering and will beto interact with end users to gather requirements perform troubleshooting andprovide assistancewith the creation of Splunk search queries and dashboards. TheSplunk Engineer 1may beinteract with senior management as necessary.
Basic Qualifications

• A minimum of aBachelorsdegree with 4 years experience in the Information Technology A Bachelors and 8 years of experience (Depending on level)
• Additional Cyber Security Certifications and experience may be considered in lieu ofBachelorsdegree.
• A combination of 3 Years experience in Linux Splunk Ansible app interface development using REST APIs or other Cyber technologies.
• Ability to followChange & Configuration Managementutilizingautomation tools such as Git.
• 3 years of experience in a Splunk roleworking in aSplunkclusteredenvironment with experience in Splunk premium appmanagement (Enterprise Security).
• Strong problem-solving abilities with an analytic and qualitative eye for reasoning under pressure.
• Self-starter with the ability to independently prioritize and complete multiple tasks with little to no supervision.
• Knowledge of Cloud Services such as AWS Office365.
• Understanding and usage of Regex.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python BashJavaScriptor PowerShell.
• Possess baseline security certification to meet DoD 8570 at IAT IIrequirements such as Security.
• Understanding basicnetworking principles orEnterprise network design.
• Must be able to report to the work site 5 days per week if needed.
• Must have a US Citizenship.
• Must be able to obtain the equivalent of a Public Trust clearance.

Must have at least one of the following certifications:

• CompTiaSecurity or equivalent
• ISC2 CISSP
• SplunkEnterprise Security Certified Admin
• Splunk IT Service Intelligence Certified Admin
• Splunk Cloud Certified Admin
• Splunk SOAR Certified Automation Developer
• Splunk Certified Developer
• Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin
• Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect
• Splunk Core Certified Consultant
• Must have a current or be able to favorably pass a 5-year (BI) Background Investigation to join this program.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in automating Splunk Deployments and orchestration within a Cloud environment.
• Experience with FISMA Systems requirements.
• Experience with Confluence JIRA ServiceNow.
• Splunk Certified Developer certification.
• CriblAdmin certified or equivalent experience.