What are the responsibilities and job description for the Splunk Engineer position at Mindlance?
Job Details
Position Title: Splunk Engineer
Location: Reston, VA
Duration: 6 months with possible extension
Job Description:
We are seeking a skilled and proactive Splunk Engineer to join our Information Security Engineering team. This role is responsible for managing and optimizing our Splunk environment, developing dashboards, integrating logs, and supporting enterprise security initiatives. The ideal candidate will have strong troubleshooting skills, experience with performance tuning, and a solid understanding of AWS and Python scripting. He should have Developer and Admin Experience
Core Responsibilities:
Troubleshooting Splunk Issues.
Diagnose and resolve performance, indexing, and search-related problems.
Monitor Splunk health and optimize system reliability.
Dashboard Development
Design and implement custom dashboards using Splunk's visualization tools.
Translate business requirements into actionable insights.
Performance Tuning
Optimize search queries and indexing strategies.
Improve data ingestion and system responsiveness.
Address Vulnerability
Managing Enterprise Security
Utilize Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) for threat detection and incident response.
Develop correlation searches and risk-based alerting.
Log Integration with Splunk
Onboard logs from various sources (servers, cloud platforms, applications).
Normalize and parse data using props and transforms.
Preferred Skills:
AWS Knowledge
Experience integrating AWS services (CloudTrail, CloudWatch, S3, etc.) with Splunk.
Familiarity with cloud architecture and security best practices.
Scripting Experience (Python)
Automate Splunk tasks and data processing using Python.
Develop custom scripts for data enrichment and API integrations.
EEO: MindLance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.