Cribl Splunk Engineer

Candidates MUST have an active Top Secret/SCI clearance for consideration. A CI Polygraph is preferred. This position is 100% onsite at one of the following locations: Joint Base Anacostia Bolling (Washington DC); Reston, VA; Maryland Square, MD; Quantico, VA; Colorado Springs, CO; Waikiki, HI

Cribl Splunk Engineers fuel solutions to ensure enterprise security deployments make the deepest impact possible across an organization. They solve organizations’ most challenging problems, including the ones they didn’t know existed. They are self-motivated, have an insatiable thirst to learn new technologies and thrive in a fast paced environment. As a Splunk and Cribl engineer, you will prevent adversary network threats, identify advanced attack vectors, and thwart methods of exploitation. Lastly, they feel comfortable mastering new technologies and come from a variety of business, analytic and technology backgrounds. This position is 100% onsite with our Government customer.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Prevent adversary network threats, identify advanced attack vectors, and thwart methods of exploitation
• Drive complex security focused deployments of Splunk while working side by side with the customers to solve their unique problems across a variety of use cases
• Work with our customers to understand their security posture and requirements
• Support our security deployments by unlocking the potential of Splunk to assist our customers in achieving their Cyber Security strategy
• Collaborate across the entire organization to bring access to product and technical teams to get the right solution delivered and drive innovation gathered from customer input
• Leverage previous experiences, share best practices and create innovative solutions to push user adoption and maximize the value of Splunk
• Enable customers to solve the next wave of questions on their own

Position Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience with Splunk or Cribl systems administration

• Experience with Windows and Linux, including installing, configuring, or maintaining servers operating systems and applications

• Experience doing data processing and data ingestion and building custom parsers 

• Experience working with STIGs, SCAP, and cybersecurity best practices

• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam

• HS diploma or GED and 7+ years of experience conducting or supporting cyber engineering projects and activities, Associate’s degree and 5+ years of experience conducting or supporting cyber engineering projects and activities, Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience conducting or supporting cyber engineering projects and activities, or Master’s degree and 1+ years of experience conducting or supporting cyber engineering projects and activities

• DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II Certification, including Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, GICSP, or CND Certification

• DoD 8570.01-M Cyber Security Service Provider - Infrastructure Support Certification, including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND Certification

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with VMWare

• Experience with big data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or anomaly detection

• Experience scripting in PowerShell and BASH command line interfaces or in Python or Perl scripting languages

• Experience in a consulting or client-facing environment

• Ability to automate security configurations of Linux and Windows systems, and recommend and implement remediations for non-compliant security controls

• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills, including using presentations to convey complex ideas to client and internal staff

• Possession of excellent problem-solving skills