[Hiring] Senior Splunk Engineer @Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc.

Role Description

The Senior Splunk Engineer supports the federal client by engineering, developing, deploying, and maintaining the organization’s SIEM implementation and its minor applications, integration, apps, and interfaces. This position possesses mastery of the Splunk tool, with technical expertise including hands-on solution development and implementation experience, and analytical skills for evaluating and optimizing capabilities of securing application solutions. The qualified candidate will be a critical team member with proven leadership, communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills. This position provides technical consulting support as well as advanced technical design and specifications and planning process assistance, and must have the ability to multitask and solve complex technical problems.

Qualifications

• Senior level mastery of SIEM front and back-end operations and configurations.
• Extensive knowledge of Splunk Enterprise Security and CIM compliance.
• Extensive knowledge of Splunk Risk Based Alerting (RBA).
• Cross-functional and well-rounded understanding of data flows and interconnections between multiple systems.
• Extensive knowledge of system back-end engineering and administration with a heavy focus on Linux.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Extensive experience with SIEM systems and security event correlation.

Requirements

• The ability to obtain, maintain, and access classified information at the Public Trust level.
• Required Certifications: Certified Splunk Architect.
• Preferred Certifications: Additional Splunk certifications, CEH, CySA+, GSEC, CISM, CCNA, Security+, Server+, Linux+, Cloud+ (or equivalent higher-level certifications).
• Analytical skills for evaluating and optimizing capabilities of securing application solutions.
• Must demonstrate capability to operate autonomously in a diverse environment with minimal supervision.
• Must have excellent troubleshooting skills, be self-motivated, results-driven, and well organized.
• PERL/Linux shell scripting/Regex experience is highly preferable.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance.
• Company Life Insurance.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance.
• 401(K) Immediate Vesting.
• Professional Development Assistance.
• Legal Aid Assistance Program.
• Family Planning / Fertility Assistance.
• Personal Time Off.
• Observance of Federal Holidays.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the integration of CNI Core Competencies into daily functions.
• Implements, optimizes, and maintains the SIEM infrastructure (Splunk).
• Increases the efficiency of the infrastructure to connect more enterprise data sources to Splunk Enterprise.
• Develops change management plans to be adaptable to the changing needs of the program.
• Manages and monitors Linux-based on-prem server infrastructure for configuration and software upgrades.
• Develops, maintains, and optimizes installation of internal and external SIEM components.
• Oversees the optimization, operation, and health of Splunk components and connections to data sources.
• Provides mentoring to Tier II technicians for problem resolution.
• Shares and provides knowledge to junior security architects and engineers.
• Brings industry best practices and innovative ideas leading to continuous improvement of the Splunk environment.

Education / Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management of Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related Math or Science discipline.
• A minimum of six (6) years in IT infrastructure, networking, architecture, administration, or security.
• Six (6) years of Splunk expertise, with at least three (3) years of experience in large scale enterprise-level solutions.
• Experience with Splunk premium apps, such as Enterprise Security.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. Work is primarily performed in an office/warehouse setting. Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. Regularly required to reach with hands and arms, occasionally above head. Regularly required to twist at the waist, climb and descend stairs while carrying objects. Ability to speak and hear. Frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. Regularly lifts and/or moves up to twenty-five pounds and occasionally lifts and/or moves up to fifty pounds. Works near moving mechanical parts. Regularly exposed to general office and general office machinery noise. May be exposed to warehouse, truck, or forklift noise.

EOE including Disability/Vet

The estimated pay range for this role is $125,000 to $150,000, with the final offer contingent on location, skillset, and experience.