Splunk Engineer

Edgewater Federal Solutions is currently seeking a Splunk Engineer to provide support to an Edgewater Federal government contract.

Deep hands-on knowledge of Splunk and Splunk Enterprise Security to include the Splunk query language, configuration management, and underlying AWS infrastructure
• Deep Experience working with Splunk and APIs, CI/CD pipeline automation and integration with Splunk and other cloud native technology API endpoints using python, ansible, salt, chef, and other tools.
• Deep Splunk Enterprise Security knowledge and experience, "under the hood" knowledge.
• Comfortable working with bash, PowerShell, and batch scripts; ability to develop scripts in these languages to support Splunk deployments
• Strong experience and expertise engineering data streaming and Splunk solutions for federal customers
• Hands-on implementation of all critical components of system for audit and monitoring.
• Experience deploying/managing Splunk indexer clusters and search head clusters
• Deployment experience with migrating/consolidating 10+ federated instances of Splunk Core, Enterprise Security
• Strong understanding of the underlying Splunk infrastructure and components (lookups, modular inputs, standard inputs, relationships between varying configuration files, etc.)
• Experience with data pipeline and data lake solutions, such as Cribl
• Strong Linux system administration and engineering skills; must be very comfortable administering servers from the command line and working with configuration files
• Experience working with other big data analytics solutions (Elastic Stack, Crowdstrike, Palantir, etc.) is a plus
• Experience in building Splunk Technology Add-ons and configuring field extractions for various data sources (Regular Expressions)
• Supports and oversees all the engineering activities to include change management, platform performance and stability
• Deploys Splunk in clustered and non-clustered environments (based on customer needs; includes indexer clusters and search head clusters)
• Experience with managing Load Balancers in both on premises and large AWS environments.
• Implements and maintains Splunk platform infrastructure and configuration in large enterprise AWS environments
• Ability to provide hands-on assistance with implementation, troubleshooting, maintenance and scale for all facets of the platform
• Document all the technical functions in alignment with the internal standards, processes, and practices
• Produce metrics for platform performance, capacity, and user management periodically.
• Analyze and articulate risks, tradeoffs and debt associated with Splunk Core and ES configurations and component implementations.
• Integrations with ServiceNow, Phantom, UBA, and other similar platforms

• Proven experience supporting large, complex, federal Splunk deployments
• Proven experience supporting Splunk CDM deployments
• Proven experience advancing federal agency compliance with OMB M-21-31
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments while being flexible and able to handle rapidly changing scenarios and are someone who sees 'ambiguity' as an opportunity rather than a hurdle.
• True change agent - not intimidated by challenge of unknown and willing to challenge status quo.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to include the ability to influence decisions with business units and technical leadership; Ability to communicate in both formal and casual situations.
• Demonstrated ability to handle stressful situations with calm effectiveness

Salary : $150,000.00 - $185,000.00

Additional Benefits:

• Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-Tax 401K and/or After-Tax Roth IRA (with employer matching contribution)
• Tuition and Technical Training Reimbursement
• Exercise Reimbursement
• Computer Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program

About Us:

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2024.

It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law