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The Multi-domain Solutions Division (MDS) within the Leidos National Security Sector is seeking a skilled Splunk Engineer to join a new cyber security program and play a key role in supporting government-critical systems. You will be part of a program that oversees development, integration, delivery, and operations and maintenance of IT managed security services, which encompasses support to monitor the cybersecurity threat and security posture situational awareness for the enterprise. This opportunity is in anticipation of a future contract award!
What you’ll be doing:
- Support a high-impact federal cybersecurity program focused on protecting critical government infrastructure.
- Design, implement, and maintain Splunk Enterprise / Splunk Cloud environments to provide real-time visibility, advanced analytics, and incident detection and response capabilities across complex enterprise systems.
- Design, deploy, and optimize Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud environments, including indexers, forwarders, and search heads.
- Create and manage custom dashboards, reports, alerts, and data models to support SOC operations and cybersecurity investigations.
- Ingest and normalize diverse data sources (e.g., syslogs, Windows Event Logs, cloud service logs) using TA and CIM (Common Information Model).
- Tune Splunk correlation rules and detection content to reduce false positives and improve threat detection.
- Automate data ingestion, parsing, and transformation using Splunk's props.conf, transforms.conf, and inputs.conf.
- Assist in the development of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) use cases and support incident response teams with ad hoc queries and dashboards.
- Maintain system performance, reliability, and security, applying best practices and compliance with NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, or other government security frameworks.
- Support compliance reporting and continuous monitoring requirements (e.g., CDM, RMF).
- Coordinate with cybersecurity analysts, engineers, and program managers to ensure visibility into threat activity and system health.
What does Leidos need from me?
- Active Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) with Polygraph security clearance required. Must be U.S. Citizen.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
- 3 to 5 plus years of experience with Splunk in a security operations or engineering role.
- Hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) and familiarity with detection engineering practices.
- Strong understanding of log management, threat detection, and incident response workflows.
- Experience with STIGs, RMF, FedRAMP, NIST 800-53 or other federal cybersecurity compliance requirements.
- Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-based logging sources.
Favorable if you have:
- Splunk Certified Power User / Admin / Architect / ES Certified.
- Experience with DevSecOps pipelines, SOAR, or integration with tools like Phantom, ServiceNow, CrowdStrike, or Tenable.
- Familiarity with Elastic Stack, Sentinel, QRadar, or other SIEM platforms (for comparative understanding).
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:Pay Range $104,650.00 - $189,175.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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