Cyber Security Engineer

Allegis Group - Fairfax, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Fairfax, VA

10,001+ employees

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Splunk Cyber Security Engineer will be responsible for managing and maintaining the backend of Splunk within the client's Operations Technology Network. This role involves engineering data ingestion, onboarding new data sources, and ensuring the proper configuration and maintenance of Splunk systems.

Responsibilities

• Management of Indexes in Splunk
• Onboarding new Indexes as needed
• Onboarding Log Sources
• Maintaining Current Log Sources
• Installing/Updating Apps and Addons in Splunk
• Researching Splunk Add-ons
• Splunk Change Management and Maintenance
• Understanding of how data flows throughout the network
• Log Rotation and Maintenance of Syslog Services
• Linux Updates and Security Patching
• Splunk Deployments
• On Call for Splunk related outages

Requirements

• 4-5+ years of backend Splunk Management
• Strong knowledge of Splunk
• Experience with Red Hat Linux administration
• Understanding of network data flow
• Experience with Linux Syslog maintenance

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)