Splunk Engineer (Annapolis Junction, MD)
**Active TS/SCI w/Polygraph REQUIRED**
Please do not apply if you do not currently possess this level of clearance. We do not have the ability to sponsor people for clearances. We are a contracting company. Our customer mandates the clearances for positions. Our customer does not care about your current skills, tenacity, or willingness to learn – The #1 thing they care about is if you possess the proper clearance level. And if you do not already have that TS/SCI w/Polygraph clearance, there is nothing we can do for you.
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Job Description:
Splunk tool specs:
The role will include:
Basic Requirements:
Shield Consulting Solutions is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Please do not apply if you do not currently possess this level of clearance. We do not have the ability to sponsor people for clearances. We are a contracting company. Our customer mandates the clearances for positions. Our customer does not care about your current skills, tenacity, or willingness to learn – The #1 thing they care about is if you possess the proper clearance level. And if you do not already have that TS/SCI w/Polygraph clearance, there is nothing we can do for you.
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Job Description:
- The Splunk engineer is expected to use Splunk software in his/her everyday job for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated data.
- Scripting Experience (python etc.); pulling data from tools via RestAPI; 7-10 years of experience. Candidates will be considered for DevOps and Splunk multi-role if they possess the skills.
- Its current version is 8.5 running on MASH. Splunk is being used for metrics, diagnosing problems, and pulling data from repositories on our servers from tools such as CASPORT, LATTEART, JIRA, and CONFLUENCE. This data is being assembled into dashboards.
Splunk tool specs:
- 3 search heads
- 4 indexers
- 1 master loader
- 1 load balancer
- 2 forwarders
The role will include:
- administer Splunk clusters
- upgrade the tool when required
- API data calls
- IAVA support
- CentOS7 to RHEL8 upgrade
- Moving to AWS
- pulling logs for servers
- creating dashboards and briefing material using Splunk data for COR-T
Basic Requirements:
- At least 7 years of applicable professional experience
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field
- 4 additional years of applicable professional experience may be substituted for a degree.
Shield Consulting Solutions is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
This is a full time position