Splunk Engineer

Public Trust: None

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to work with the largest government agency in the nation. Make an impact by advancing the Department of Defense’s mission to keep our country safe and secure.

Job Description

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Splunk Engineer and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT:
As a Splunk Engineer , the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of USCENTCOM. You will play a crucial role by working with a high-performing team to deploy, configure, and optimize Splunk for data analysis, security monitoring, and operational insights. The Splunk Engineer will play a key role in building, maintaining, and supporting Splunk infrastructure across a large enterprise environment. This includes configuring data inputs, creating and managing dashboards, reports, and alerts, as well as optimizing Splunk performance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain Splunk Enterprise infrastructure, including deployment, configuration, and performance tuning.

• Collect, index, and monitor machine data across a large-scale environment, ensuring high availability and security.

• Develop and configure Splunk dashboards, alerts, and reports to support operational, security, and performance monitoring.

• Develop and optimize SPL (Search Processing Language) queries to analyze logs and provide valuable insights.

• Collaborate with security and operations teams to create use cases, improve data ingestion, and enhance event correlation.

• Troubleshoot and resolve performance, security, and scalability issues within Splunk environments.

• Integrate third-party systems and data sources with Splunk to enhance the visibility of network traffic and security incidents.

• Provide technical support and training to junior administrators and other staff members to optimize the usage of Splunk.

• Monitor and report on the health of Splunk infrastructure, ensuring it is operating within defined SLAs.

• Perform regular updates and maintenance on Splunk instances, including upgrading to the latest releases.

• Provide incident response analysis and participate in the development of security-related queries and monitoring rules.

• Document processes, configurations, and best practices for future reference

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Systems Engineer SME must have:

• Certification: DoD 8140 or DoD 8570 Certification

• Experience: 15+ years of related experience

• Required Skills:

  • Proven experience in Splunk configuration, administration, and optimization.

  • Strong understanding of data ingestion, search queries, indexing, and reporting in Splunk.

  • Proficiency in Splunk SPL for querying and analyzing machine data.

  • Experience in setting up and managing Splunk enterprise-wide alerts, reports, and dashboards.

  • Knowledge of security monitoring, SIEM integration, and log management best practices.

  • Ability to analyze and troubleshoot Splunk performance issues and security incidents.

  • Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automating Splunk-related tasks.

• Desired Skills:

  • Splunk Certified Power User or Splunk Certified Admin

  • ITIL 4 Foundation Certification

  • Experience working with large-scale environments (5,000+ users, 1,000+ servers).

  • Familiarity with SIEM, PKI, or other security-related technologies.

  • Experience with cloud-based Splunk implementations (e.g., Splunk Cloud).

  • Prior experience working in cross-functional IT teams and supporting security operations.

• Required Security clearance level: a current/active TS/SCI clearance is required.

• US citizenship required due to the TS/SCI clearance requirement.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

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Work Requirements

Years of Experience

15 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

CompTIA Security+ CE | CompTIA - CompTIA

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required