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Senior Splunk Engineer - Infrastructure Operations

• Posted 13 hours ago • Updated 1 hour ago

Full Time

USD 60.00 per day

GovCIO

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Job Details

Skills

Recruiting
Data Centers
Concurrent Computing
CPU
Extraction
Onboarding
Data Flow
API
RBAC
SPL
Dashboard
Query Optimization
Knowledge Base
IDS
Management
KPI
Capacity Management
Data Retention
Regulatory Compliance
Data Governance
Testing
Data Recovery
High Availability
Root Cause Analysis
Collaboration
ROOT
Orchestration
Cloud Computing
Splunk
Clustering
Security Clearance

Summary

GovCIO is currently hiring for Senior Splunk Engineer - Infrastructure Operations of Infrastructure Operations to support our Administrative Office of the US Courts NLS project. The NLS currently ingest an average of 18-20TB of logging data daily across 60 indexers distributed in 2 data centers. This position is located within the United States and is fully remote.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and operate the Splunk Core, Enterprise Security, IT Service Intelligence (i.e., ITSI), Phantom (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)), Splunk Cloud, Splunk On-Call, and Multi-Site Index Clustering environment.
Monitor overall Splunk health through the Monitoring Console (DMC) including indexer, search head, and cluster master status.
Track indexing rates, license usage, queue health, and search concurrency to identify performance or ingestion issues early.
Monitor CPU, memory, and disk utilization across all Splunk components to ensure optimal resource usage.
Respond promptly to health alerts, DMC warnings, or anomalies observed on monitoring dashboards.
Investigate and resolve common user-reported issues such as access problems, failed searches, or non-triggering alerts.
Troubleshoot data ingestion, parsing, and indexing issues across Universal Forwarders, Heavy Forwarders, and HEC endpoints.
Investigate missing or duplicate logs, timestamp errors, or sourcetype misassignments and escalate complex parsing issues to Engineering.
Validate new data source onboardings by confirming sourcetype assignment, timestamp accuracy, and field extraction integrity.
Support data source owners with forwarder deployment, syslog setup, and connectivity troubleshooting during initial onboarding.
Maintain data flow visibility from source forwarder indexer to confirm data completeness and performance.
Rotate and update credentials, API keys, or tokens used in data inputs, integrations, alerts, and scheduled searches.
Manage RBAC user and role mappings, handling access requests, entitlement reviews, and permission troubleshooting.
Provide end-user assistance with SPL searches, reports, alerts, and dashboards, including query optimization tips.
Maintain and update knowledge base articles, SOPs, and FAQs for repeatable issues and troubleshooting steps.
Log and escalate platform or parsing issues to the Engineering team with evidence such as logs, screenshots, and correlation IDs.
Open and manage Splunk Support cases for platform-level bugs, license problems, or critical system faults.
Monitor and manage ITSI service health, including KPIs, correlation searches, NEAP policies, and summary index latency.
Troubleshoot ITSI-related issues such as broken KPIs, delayed episodes, or missing notable events.
Perform capacity management by monitoring index growth, bucket rotation, and frozen data retention policies.
Conduct periodic system maintenance tasks, including orphaned object cleanup and knowledge object review.
Verify and maintain compliance with data governance and retention policies, ensuring secure and auditable configurations.
Participate in DR testing and validation to ensure Splunk data recovery and HA configurations are functioning as expected.
Document incidents, RCA findings, and preventive actions for future reference.
Collaborate closely with the Engineering team for escalations, root-cause investigations, and deployment verifications.

Qualifications

Bachelor's with 10 years (or commensurate experience) OR Masters Degree or higher (in a related discipline) with 7 years experience

Required Skills and Experience

Expert skills in Enterprise Security, ITSI, SOAR, and the Slunk product line.
Able to design, implement, and operate the Splunk Core, Enterprise Security, IT Service Intelligence (i.e., ITSI), Phantom (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)), Splunk Cloud, Splunk On-Call, and Multi-Site Index Clustering environment.

Clearance Required: Must be able to obtain and maintain AOPublic Trust

Posted Salary Range

USD $105,000.00 - USD $145,000.00 /Yr.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 10443217
Position Id: 8618
Posted 13 hours ago

Company Info

About GovCIO

GovCIO is a rapidly growing provider of advanced technology solutions and digital services for the federal government. Combining our extensive federal experience with the latest innovations in IT and disruptive approaches, our experts develop comprehensive solutions to meet the most pressing demands of today’s government agencies. From the U.S. military to Health and Human Services, we have an impressive track record of helping our customers optimize how they operate.

We’re transforming government IT, empowering our federal customers to meet the challenges of today while building the government of tomorrow.

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