Senior Splunk Engineer

Leidos has an immediate need for a Splunk Engineer SME for a new customer on a highly-visible and strategic   Cybersecurity Task Order. The Splunk Engineer SME will install and maintain Splunk infrastructure, gather   requirements from customers, onboard data, and assist end users with searches, dashboards, reports, and knowledge   objects. The Splunk Engineer SME may be required to interact with senior management, as necessary.     Conceptualize, design, build, and maintain current and future customer-supported tools and platforms   Manage multiple assignments, changing priorities, and work independently with little oversight   Develop data storage, access, and retention strategies for a large IT enterprise using industry standards and best   practices to advise Customer executive-level stakeholders   Design, build, implement, and administer Splunk infrastructure in on-prem and cloud environments.   Create, manage, and support automation solutions for Splunk deployment and orchestration in on-prem and cloud   environments   Work with existing and custom Splunk applications and add-ons to fulfill customer needs   Provide overall engineering and design support for a distributed Splunk environment consisting of heavy forwarders,   indexers, and search head servers, spanning security, performance, a operational roles   Onboard data to Splunk via forwarder, scripted inputs, TCP/UDP, and modular inputs from various sources   Normalize data to ensure CIM compliance, and develop data models to accelerate queries, dashboards, and   correlation searches   Work closely with all relevant stakeholders to solve technical problems at the network, system, and application levels   Conduct periodic architectural reviews of Splunk and related systems to assess effectiveness and propose optimal   installation alternatives as required   Develop and manage comprehensive documentation, artifacts, procedures, and processes for the optimal   management of the Splunk infrastructure       Basic Qualifications:   Bachelor's Degree and 12-15 years of experience in system administration, database administration, network engineering, software engineering, or software development, with a concentration in Cybersecurity  . Additional years of experience and Cyber certifications may be considered in lieu of a degree. 12-15 years of experience with Linux and Windows system administration or an expert understanding of   operating systems and common operating environments   Ten (10) years of experience with Splunk in distributed deployments   Current Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect certification   Excellent written and oral skills, ability to work closely with multiple customers, manage expectations, and track   engagement scope   Experience implementing FISMA, NIST, NSA, and other information security, cybersecurity and CDM-related   industry policies, procedures, guidelines, standards, and best practices   Expert-level knowledge and ability with Splunk Enterprise Security or integration with other Security Information   and Event Management (SIEM) platforms   Extensive experience with advanced configuration of Splunk including Indexer Clustering and Search Head   Clustering   Proficient at data on-boarding activities including routing, parsing, and normalizing events to the Splunk Common   Information Model (CIM)   Proficiency onboarding data using Splunk-developed add-ons for Windows , Linux, and common third-party devices   and applications   Experience onboarding data into Splunk via forwarder, scripted inputs, TCP/UDP, and modular inputs from a variety   of sources   Proficiency managing Splunk using the Splunk command-line interface   Proficiency managing Splunk using configuration files   Experience collaborating with separate engineering teams to configure data sources for Splunk integration   Intermediate understanding of SQL and common SQL dialects   Proficiency implementing and onboarding data in