What are the responsibilities and job description for the Splunk Engineer SME position at Waypoint Human Capital?
Position Title: Splunk Engineer SME
Position Type: Onsite
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Clearance: TS/SCI
Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Position Type: Onsite
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Clearance: TS/SCI
Responsibilities:
- Implements, tests, and operates advanced software security techniques in compliance with technical reference architecture.
- Performs on-going security testing and code review to improve software security.
- Troubleshoots and debugs issues that arise.
- Provides engineering designs for new software solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities.
- Contributes to all levels of the architecture and maintains technical documentation.
- Consults team members on secure coding practices. Develops a familiarity with new tools and best practices.
- Designing, implementing, and maintaining SIEM and SOAR solutions.
- Design and implement threat detection, automate incident response processes, integration of various security tools with SIEM and SOAR platforms via APIs
- Maintain SIEM applications to collect and aggregate IDS and IPS data from network sensors, raw data from collection agents, firewalls, proxy servers, DLP, antivirus, vulnerability scanner elements, and other security-relevant devices.
- Utilize expertise in Splunk "Search" language, Splunk Dashboards, Reports, Lookup Tables, and Summary Indexes. Build Splunk dashboards that take inputs from various data sources such as application logs / operating system logs / middleware logs / network feeds etc. and identify / highlight anomalous activities on the dashboards by their severity levels.
- Perform troubleshooting and provide assistance with the creation of Splunk search queries and dashboards.
Requirements:
- Proven experience as a Splunk Administrator or similarly named Splunk focused role.
- Strong understanding of Splunk architecture, components, and deployment options.
- Proficiency in Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) for creating complex search queries and reports.
- Experience with Splunk data ingestion methods, including forwarders, HTTP Event Collector (HEC), and scripted inputs.
- Familiarity with Splunk Enterprise Security (ES), Qumolos, and Splunk SOAR is a plus.
- Solid understanding of IT infrastructure, including networking, operating systems, and security principles.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
- 8140/8570 IAT Level III certification required.
