Senior Splunk Administrator
Washington, DC - USA
Job Summary
GCYber is seeking a Senior Splunk Administrator to support a high-profile government customer. This is a hands-on administration role responsible for data ingestion dashboard development and resolving issues when data is missing delayed duplicated or incorrectly parsed.
As the Senior Splunk Administrator you will:
- Administer and monitor an enterprise Splunk environment including indexer clusters search head clusters heavy and universal forwarders deployment servers deployers cluster managers and monitoring consoles.
- Troubleshoot missing delayed duplicated incorrectly parsed or incorrectly routed data across the complete ingestion path.
- Configure and maintain Splunk inputs outputs indexes sourcetypes routing filtering timestamp extraction and event parsing.
- Build and maintain Splunk dashboards reports alerts and saved searches that provide useful operational and cybersecurity visibility.
- Work with stakeholders to define dashboard requirements identify the right data and present results in a clear and actionable format.
- Develop and optimize SPL searches that support dashboards data validation troubleshooting trend analysis and operational reporting.
- Diagnose issues involving forwarders blocked queues certificates network connectivity indexing permissions dashboards and search logic.
- Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance
- Active IAT II certification (i.e. Security CySA CCNA-Security GSEC CND GICSP SSCP)
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity Computer. Engineering Information Technology or equivalent degree
- 5 years of Splunk administration or engineering experience.
- Hands-on experience supporting a distributed enterprise Splunk environment
- Experience with indexer clusters search head clusters heavy forwarders universal forwarders deployment servers and related Splunk components.
- Splunk certification preferred
Our Benefits
GCyber is committed to the well-being and development of every employee. Our benefits are designed to support your personal and professional goals from health and wellness programs to retirement savings and career development opportunities. Highlights include:
- 26 Days of Paid Leave Annual PTO Increase
- An extra day of paid leave for every year of employment with GCyber
- Paid Parental Leave
- Additional Leave Allowances for Military Duty Jury Duty and Bereavement Leave
- 401(k) Matching
- 100% Company-funded Disability Insurance
- 90% Company-Funded Health Dental and Vision Insurance with contributions to insurance benefits for spouses children and family members
- Training and Professional Development Plans
- Commuter Benefits Plan
- Parking and Transportation Allowance
Equal Opportunity Employer
GCyber is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means you dont have to worry about whether your application process will be fair. We consider all applicants without regard to race color religion age ancestry ethnicity gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation veteran status or disability.
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Senior IC
About Company
GCyber, a leading government IT contractor, specializes in empowering U.S. Defense and Federal agencies with cutting-edge technology solutions. We provide top-tier Infrastructure and Operations, Security and Risk Management, and Portfolio & Program Management services. We deliver secu ... View more