Job Description
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Yukerja Summary
The Splunk Cybersecurity SME role at Tier One Technologies is curated from Himalayas (category Teknologi & IT). This role is marked as remote — check timezone and location requirements on the official listing. Yukerja.com is not the employer — applications are handled on the official source site.
Overview
- Tier One Technologies is seeking a Splunk Cybersecurity SME to support our direct US Government client.
- This is going to be a 100% remote Contract-to-Hire position.
- SELECTED CANDIDATES WITHOUT REQUIRED CLEARANCE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION TO RECEIVE IT.
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and maintain on-premises and cloud based Splunk environments to support enterprise-level monitoring, alerting, and reporting.
- Execute new projects as well as data and user onboarding.
- Manage knowledge objects (fields, extractions, tags, event types, lookups, workflow actions, aliases, macros, and so on) – through automations, scripting, management server functions; to include .conf and .cfg files in scope of the last four Splunk Enterprise versions.
- Mentor and guide junior researchers or team members.
- Support off-hours and weekend efforts for incident investigations and systems maintenance.
Qualifications
- A degree from an accredited College/University in the applicable field of services is required. If the individual's degree is not in the applicable field, then 4 additional years of related experience is required
- 8+ years of overall experience in cybersecurity.
- 5+ years of specific Splunk experience.
- Proven Splunk deployment and configuration management experience in large-scale environments.
- Proficiency in writing complex Splunk queries, dashboards, and alerts using SPL (Search Processing Language).
- Experience with REST APIs for Splunk and external system integration.
- Ability to leverage the Splunk AI Assistant and other AI tools to increase accuracy and efficiency of task and other deliverables.
- Advanced knowledge of Unix/Linux and/or Windows systems administration and troubleshooting.
- Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python, JavaScript, SQL and PowerShell for automation and integration tasks.
- Experience with Splunk upgrades, patching, and performance tuning.
- Proficiency in integrating Splunk with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Understanding of security and compliance requirements and implementation of role-based access controls (RBAC) in Splunk.
- Strong knowledge of logging standards and best practices across application and infrastructure layers.Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate research insights into practical solutions that address real-world challenges.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Must be a US Citizen or have permanent residence status (Green Card).
- Must be able to obtain a Position of Public Trust Clearance.
- Must be able to pass a drug screening, criminal history, and credit checks.
- Must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.
- Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last five years. Military Service excluded. (Exception does not include military family members).
Originally posted on Himalayas