Junior Splunk Engineer

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DPP is seeking a Junior Splunk Engineer for an opportunity with our client in either Columbia, SC or Washington DC.

Work location: Hybrid (onsite at least 1 day/week) in either SC or DC

Duration: 4 months

Terms: W2 position

Work authorization: Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a US security clearance.

Position summary:

• The Junior Splunk Engineer will provide Splunk analysis, maintenance, and reporting support to multiple EOUSA Splunk-distributed enterprise environments (PROD, TEST, POC).
• The Junior Splunk Engineer has experience in defining security, utilization, and performance requirements for local and wide area networks.
• The engineer will be proficient in implementing solutions that align with the Government’s security / monitoring systems and requirements.
• The engineer will be proficient in the SPLUNK platform, familiar with Ansible, Python, and PowerShell scripting, Internet Proxy Logs, RSA, Windows Active Directory, Windows Servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Servers, and capacity planning in Windows/ Linux environments.
  
  

Responsibilities:

Under the guidance of the Network Operations IT Program Manager, the Junior Splunk Engineer will be responsible for the daily operations and maintenance of the EOUSA/NOS Splunk deployment, including:

• Perform daily administrative tasks to manage Splunk datasets and storage utilization. This includes monitoring automated backup tasks, manually backing up data if necessary, monitoring storage utilization on Splunk servers in all environments as well as network-attached storage.
• Maintain Splunk Knowledgebase by updating existing and creating new KB articles as identified by the team.
• Create and update Splunk resources including saved searches, visualizations, alerts, dashboards and any other ad hoc deliverables as needed.
• Interface with user community and provide first level of support to troubleshoot issues or assist with any other Splunk requirements.
• Coordinate with, accept tasking from, accept guidance from, and collaborate on priorities with Senior Splunk engineer / Task lead.
• Participate in periodic stand-up task meetings. Frequency may be daily or multiple times per week based on projects in process.
• Create Splunk reports and dashboards as identified as needed based on enterprise customer requirements or internal team needs.
• Assist in creating, updating, and documenting Ansible playbooks (scripts) used to automate tasks and workflows (groups of tasks) within the Splunk environments.
• Manage Splunk lookups by verifying that automated jobs are updating lookup tables properly as well making ad hoc changes as necessary.
• Monitor, administer and maintain accessibility to Splunk components including search heads, indexers, deployers, cluster masters, forwarders and syslog servers for continuous production environment uptime
• Coordinating with various components within EOUSA and DOJ to troubleshoot issues
• Manage and secure RHEL and Windows servers for Splunk platform including patches and access controls.
• Assist team with reviewing/assessing/implementing new data sources, ie: syslog, scripted input, database inputs
• Working with IT Managers to validate data and provide training on new dashboard enhancements
• Assist with maintaining existing PowerShell / Python / C# scripts and creating new scripts as needed
• Assist with integrating various data sets into Splunk and creating new dashboards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, security and availability of the USAO WAN
• Provide a weekly Progress/Exceptions Report to include a list of tasks assigned, completed, and pending.
  
  

Minimum requirements:

• Experience in defining security, utilization, and performance requirements for local and wide area networks
• Proficient in implementing solutions that align with the Government’s security / monitoring systems and requirements
• Proficient in the SPLUNK platform, familiar with Ansible, Python, and PowerShell scripting, Internet Proxy Logs, RSA, Windows Active Directory, Windows Servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Servers, and capacity planning in Windows/ Linux environments.
  
  

Interested? Learn more:

Click the apply button or contact our recruiter Harrison at to learn more about this position (#26-00386).

: This role requires the ability to obtain up to a Top Secret US security clearance, which requires a thorough background search and ship. Residency requirements may apply. EOE/AA/V/D

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