Splunk Engineer- Mid Level with Security Clearance

Company: Leidos
Location: Alexandria
Posted on: March 27, 2020

Job Description:

Description Job Description: Department of Homeland Security (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 SOC is responsible for the overall security of CBP Enterprise-wide information systems, and collects, investigates and reports any suspected and confirmed security violations.Leidos currently has a need for a Splunk Engineer for this highly visible cyber security program supporting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) security operations center (SOC).The Senior Splunk Engineer will support the full system engineering life-cycle, including requirements analysis, design, development, implementation, integration, test, and documentation. The Splunk Engineer will follow defined best practices and operational workflows. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: The Splunk Engineer will provide overall engineering, and administration in supporting a very large distributed clustered Splunk environment consisting of search heads, indexers, deployers, deployment servers, heavy/universal forwarders and Splunk Enterprise Security premuim app, spanning security, performance, and operational roles. The Engineer should be proficient with recognizing and onboarding new data sources into Splunk, analyzing the data for anomalies and trends, and building dashboards highlighting the key trends of the data. The Splunk engineer should be proficient within a Linux environment, editing and maintaining Splunk configuration files and apps. The Splunk Engineer will be a member of theEnterprise Splunk team, Cybersecurity Engineering team members and will be required to interact with end users to gather requirements, perform troubleshooting, and provide assistance with the creation of Splunk search queries and dashboards. The Splunk Engineer may be required interact with senior management, as necessary. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: A minimum of a Bachelor's degree coupled with 12+ years' experience in the Information Technology arena or Masters Degree with 10+ years of relevant e 4+ years of experience in a senior Splunk roleworking in a Splunkclustered environment supporting SOC or NOC environments 3+ Years experience in Linux and SQL/ODBC interfaces 2+ Years experience in app interface development, using REST API's Ability to followChange & Configuration Management. 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, Azure, Office365 Ability to script in one more of the following computer languages Python, Bash, Visual Basic or Powershell Certifications: Splunk Certified Architect Certification Clearance: Must have an active Secret Clearance and in addition, must have a current or be able to favorably pass a 5 year (BI) Background Investigation to join this program. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: * Experience in SQL * Current or former completed Splunk training * Prior experience a in Splunk professional services role * Experience in automating Splunk Deployments and orchestration with in a Cloud environment DHSCyber External Referral Bonus: Eligible Potential for Telework: No Clearance Level Required: Secret Travel: No Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Requisition Category: Professional Job Family: Cyber Security Leidos Leidos is a Fortune 500-- information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $10.19 billion for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2018. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com . Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here . Securing Your Data Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to . Commitment to Diversity All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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