Splunk Engineers with Security Clearance

Our Ashburn VA based client is looking for Splunk Engineers. All Applicants must be US CITIZENS with active Secret /Top Secret Clearance. If you are qualified for these openings, please forward a copy of your updated resume in word format to Work location: Ashburn VA Must Have One of the Following J3 Certifications
CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP)
GCIH - Incident Handler
GCWN - Windows Security Administrator
GISF - Security Fundamentals
GISP - Security Professional
GSSP - Secure Software Programmer
GICSP -Cyber Security Professional
GSSP - Secure Software Programmer
SEI (Software Engineering Institute)
CCSP - Certified Cloud Security Professional
CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security
CSSLP - Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional
SSCP - Systems Security Certified Practitioner
CCNP
CCNP Security
CCIE Security
CEH - Certified Ethical Hacker
ECSP - EC-Council Certified Secure Programmer
MCSE - Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (Server)
RHCA
RHCE
VCA (Certified Associate)
VCP (Certified Professional)
VCAP (Certified Advanced Professional)
VCIX (Implementation Expert)
VCDX (Certified Design Expert)
Converged Infrastructure Specialist
Certified Implementation Engineer Specialist
Certified Data Administrator Professional
Certified Storage Associate
Certified Splunk Architect Primary Responsibilities

• The candidate should be proficient with recognizing and onboarding new data sources into Splunk, analyzing the data for anomalies and trends, and building dashboards highlighting the key trends of the data. The Splunk engineer should be proficient within a Linux environment, editing and maintaining Splunk configuration files and apps.
• The selected candidate will assist with providing engineering, and administration in supporting a very large distributed clustered Splunk environment consisting of search heads, indexers, deployers, deployment servers, heavy/universal forwarders and Splunk Enterprise Security premuim app, spanning security, performance, and operational roles.
• The Splunk engineer will assist the Enterprise Splunk team, Cybersecurity Engineering team members and will be required to interact with end users to gather requirements, perform troubleshooting, and provide assistance with the creation of Splunk search queries and dashboards. The Splunk engineer will be required interact with management, as necessary. Basic Qualification

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree coupled with 5+ years of experience in the Information Technology arena.

• 2+ years of experience in a Splunk engineering role supporting SOC or NOC environments

• 2+ Years of experience in Linux and SQL/ODBC interfaces

• 1+ Years of experience in app interface development, using REST APIs

• Experience with Ansible and GIT

• Knowledge of Splunk Clustering.

• Ability to follow Change & Configuration Management

• Strong problem solving abilities with an analytic and qualitative eye for reasoning under pressure

• Self-starter with the ability to independently prioritize and complete multiple tasks with little to no supervision

• Ability to script in one more of the following computer languages Python, Bash, Visual Basic or Powershell

• Splunk Certified Administrator Certification
• Must have an active Secret Clearance and in addition, must have a current or be able to favorably pass a 5 year (BI) Background Investigation to join this program. Preferred Qualification

• Experience in SQL
• Current or former completed Splunk training

• Experience in automating Splunk Deployments and orchestration with in a Cloud environment

• Experience in linux environment

• Splunk Certified Architect Certification