Senior Splunk Engineer

Job Summary

To support enterprise-scale cybersecurity initiatives, the remote contract Senior Splunk Engineer will design, implement, and optimize Splunk environments while managing infrastructure and ensuring data integration and security monitoring capabilities.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud environments, managing infrastructure components
• Onboard and integrate logs and data sources, ensuring data quality and optimizing ingestion performance
• Develop dashboards, reports, and alerts to enhance security monitoring and incident response capabilities

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise and/or Splunk Cloud environments
• Strong experience with Splunk architecture, including Indexers, Search Heads, and Forwarders
• Expertise in Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) and dashboard/report development
• At least one relevant Splunk certification, such as Splunk Core Certified Power User or Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin