Technical Intelligence Solutions, LLC Splunk Engineer Alexandria, VA · Full time Company website

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When engineers lead, solutions follow. We do computing process optimization using the techniques and tools appropriate to maximize efficiency. Our SME level team members design and modernize systems using automation, containerization, and cloud services to provide SRE, AI/ML, Full Stack Development, and Data Engineering. We address our customers' challenges the right way, the first time. TIS is proud to serve critical missions for government customers like SOCOM, DTRA, CDAO, and others, in locations including Virginia, DC, North Carolina, and Florida, as well as OCONUS. TIS values quality, loyalty, and collegial collaboration over all else, to ensure our customers’ success through meeting and beating deadlines, while minimizing total cost of delivery. If you're looking for a collegial environment to help design and implement mission-critical capabilities with rock-solid reliability, we look forward to meeting you.

Security Clearance:

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph in DISS

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) required; preferred fields include Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical discipline
• 3+ years of experience with Splunk Enterprise
• Experience developing searches, reports, alerts, and dashboards using Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL)
• Hands-on experience managing Splunk infrastructure, including Indexers, Search Heads, Universal Forwarders, and Index Clusters
• Experience onboarding, ingesting, and indexing new data sources
• Familiarity with Splunk configuration files (e.g., inputs.conf, props.conf) and troubleshooting via both GUI and command-line interfaces
• 1+ year of experience with Linux and/or Windows system administration
• Experience creating architectural and infrastructure diagrams
• Proficiency with SharePoint, Jira, and Confluence
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum teams
• Ability to provide status updates, presentations, and briefings to stakeholders
• Availability to work onsite in a SCIF environment 2–3 days per week

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain Splunk dashboards, reports, alerts, and monitoring solutions
• Administer and support Splunk environments, including infrastructure components, configurations, and performance optimization
• Perform data onboarding, parsing, normalization, and indexing for new log sources
• Troubleshoot and resolve Splunk system, infrastructure, and configuration issues
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and operations teams to support monitoring and analytics initiatives
• Provide regular progress updates and technical briefings to stakeholders
• Support continuous improvement efforts through automation and process optimization

Skills and Proficiencies:

• Splunk Enterprise administration and engineering
• Search Processing Language (SPL)
• Linux and Windows system administration
• Data ingestion, parsing, and indexing
• Infrastructure management and troubleshooting
• Scripting and automation
• AWS cloud technologies
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Technical documentation and diagram creation

Additional Information:

• Experience with Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) preferred
• Experience with Splunk User Behavior Analytics (UBA) preferred
• Experience with automation tools and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Experience developing scripts and integrations using Python, Bash, Boto3, JSON, YAML, and XML
• Experience working within AWS environments
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Ansible
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Experience supporting secure government environments and SCIF operations is highly desirable

Preferred Certifications:

• Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin
• Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect
• Splunk Enterprise Security Certification
• Splunk User Behavior Analytics Certification