Splunk Engineer

NOTE: THIS POSITION IS TO JOIN AS W2 ONLY.

Splunk Engineer

Location: Silver Spring, MD / DC / Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)

Duration: 6 Months

Project: The Client Security Engineering team empowers the Client Global Information and Content Security (GICS) teams by supporting the Security Engineering, Security Architecture, Threat Detection and Response, and other Security teams/functions through the deployment, management, and maintenance of shared, reliable, and extensible security platforms/systems. The security engineer plays a key role in the GICS security engineering team, ensuring that security best practices are followed and that tools and processes that support a secure platform are maintained and kept up to date. Ideal candidates will have a mixture of security and systems engineering backgrounds to ensure that business processes are configured correctly and that security best practices are designed and implemented.

Job Responsibilities:

• Implement design reviews to evaluate security controls
• Identify and communicate opportunities to enhance the security posture of Client
• Build and / or manage enterprise security platforms effectively
• Communicate effectively across all levels of management to articulate Client security goals and vision.
• Identify and communicate opportunities to enhance the security posture of Client
• Build and / or manage enterprise security platforms effectively (SAAS, on premise or in Cloud)
• Communicate effectively across all levels of management to articulate Client security goals and vision.
• Have a team player mentality; strive to contribute to team cohesion however can work independently if the need arises
• Plan, design, engineer and implement security-related technologies
• Understanding technical security issues, their implications within Client business units and able to effectively communicate them to management and other business leaders.
• Configure, troubleshoot, and maintain security infrastructure – including software and hardware in cloud environments, as well as on-premises.
• Conduct security audits and assessments to regularly determine the effectiveness of security platforms and identify areas of improvement.
• Host and operating systems hardening, auditing, monitoring and logging with appropriate security controls and best practices while meeting security best practices and business goals
• Research and explore emerging security technologies and determine their appropriate use within the company.
• Prepare, document, and create standard operating procedures and protocols.
• Crosstrain and mentor other team members as needed

Must Have Skills:

• Implementing advanced cyber security technology in a complex environment
• 5+ years of experience; Hands-on experience in security engineering, hands-on experience in building, designing, and maintaining enterprise security tools in a Linux environment.
• Scripting experience (using Python, Go, or other equivalent languages)
• 5+ years of experience; Bash scripting experience
• Hands-on Experience with Splunk Administration
• 3+ Years of experience; Back-end Splunk Administration (Data ingestion, Splunk Server Configuration, Forwarder Configuration, Basic understanding of Splunk Architecture)

Nice to Have Skills:

• Security and Cloud certifications are a plus. (CISSP, AWS Solution architect).
• Media/entertainment or distributed global network experience.
• A minimum of 3+ years of hands-on Experience with automation technologies (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, etc.).

Soft Skills

• Hands-on technical experience with networking and computing system architectures, specifically, the security aspects thereof.
• Thorough understanding of information security principles, techniques, principles, policy frameworks, and best practices
• Hands-on technical experience with compliance and regulatory frameworks and how they affect architecture designs and review

Education / Certifications

• Splunk Admin Certification