Splunk Cyber Security Architect / Engineer SME

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Splunk Cyber Security Architect / Engineer SME supporting the United States Postal Service. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiators. As a Splunk Cyber Security Architect / Engineer SME, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Splunk Cyber Security Architect / Engineer SME joining our team to analyze design, develop, implement, and support code for our government customer, the United States Postal Service.

How a Splunk Cyber Security Architect / Engineer SME will make an impact:

• Responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining on-premises and cloud based Splunk environments to support enterprise-level monitoring, alerting, and reporting.
• Deep expertise in Splunk system architecture, design, implementation, configuration and operational support in a hybrid on-prem Unix/Linux and cloud-based environment.
• Collaborate across DevOps, Security, and IT teams to optimize performance, ensure data integrity, system availability and support mission-critical operations. Proven hands-on experience with a large enterprise wide Splunk environment is mandatory.
• Off-hours and weekend efforts for systems maintenance, upgrades and support may be required from time to time.

What you'll need to succeed:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, preferred but not required.
• NOTE: If resources do not have a relevant college degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.
• 10+ Years of Splunk Experience Required
• Manages knowledge objects (fields, extractions, tags, event types, lookups, workflow actions, aliases, macros, and so on) through automations, scripting, management server functions; to include .conf and .cfg files in scope of the last four Splunk Enterprise versions
• Experience with Splunk deployment and configuration management in large-scale environments
• Proficiency in writing complex Splunk queries, dashboards, and alerts using SPL (Search Processing Language)
• Experience with REST APIs for Splunk and external system integration
• Ability to analyze and troubleshoot complex data ingestion and parsing issues
• Designing and developing an automations workflow and dashboard interface for such
• Self-starter with a service-oriented mindset who will take action, find ways to solve problems, and move projects to conclusion independently
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate research insights into practical solutions that address real-world challenges.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience in mentoring and guiding junior researchers or team members
• Ability to leverage the Splunk AI Assistant and other AI tools to increase accuracy and efficiency of task and other deliverables
• Advanced knowledge of Unix/Linux and/or Windows systems administration and troubleshooting
• Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python, JavaScript, SQL and PowerShell for automation and integration tasks
• Experience with Splunk upgrades, patching, and performance tuning & integrating Splunk with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Understanding of security and compliance requirements and implementation of role-based access controls (RBAC) in Splunk
• Extensive knowledge of defense-in-depth principles, Network and Security architecture, network topology, IT device integrity, and common security elements.
• Executes new projects as well as data and user onboarding
• Strong understanding of IT and Cyber industry standards and technologies to include such controls governed by NIST, FISMA, and FedRamp
• Experience installing and utilizing and developing with the Splunk App for Data Science and Deep Learning.
• Experience installing and utilizing and developing with the Splunk SOAR Automation toolset
• Experience or background in the Cybersecurity, Systems/Network Administration or Observability industry

Security Clearance Level:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting
• This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.

Location:

• Morrisville, NC
• Falls Church, VA
• Eagan, MN
• Remote considered

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

The likely salary range for this position is $144,410 - $195,378. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options: Onsite

Work Location: USA VA Falls Church

Additional Work Locations: USA NC Morrisville

Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.