Splunk Engineer

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Performance Tuning, Splunk Administration, Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring

Certifications:

None

Experience:

15 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Splunk Engineer and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT:
As a Splunk Engineer, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of USCENTCOM. You will play a crucial role by working with a high-performing team to deploy, configure, and optimize Splunk for data analysis, security monitoring, and operational insights.  The Splunk Engineer will play a key role in building, maintaining, and supporting Splunk infrastructure across a large enterprise environment.  This includes configuring data inputs, creating and managing dashboards, reports, and alerts, as well as optimizing Splunk performance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain Splunk Enterprise infrastructure, including deployment, configuration, and performance tuning.

• Collect, index, and monitor machine data across a large-scale environment, ensuring high availability and security.

• Develop and configure Splunk dashboards, alerts, and reports to support operational, security, and performance monitoring.

• Develop and optimize SPL (Search Processing Language) queries to analyze logs and provide valuable insights.

• Collaborate with security and operations teams to create use cases, improve data ingestion, and enhance event correlation.

• Troubleshoot and resolve performance, security, and scalability issues within Splunk environments.

• Integrate third-party systems and data sources with Splunk to enhance the visibility of network traffic and security incidents.

• Provide technical support and training to junior administrators and other staff members to optimize the usage of Splunk.

• Monitor and report on the health of Splunk infrastructure, ensuring it is operating within defined SLAs.

• Perform regular updates and maintenance on Splunk instances, including upgrading to the latest releases.

• Provide incident response analysis and participate in the development of security-related queries and monitoring rules.

• Document processes, configurations, and best practices for future reference

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Systems Engineer SME must have:

• Certification: DoD 8140 or DoD 8570 Certification

• Experience: 15+ years of related experience

• Required Skills:

  • Proven experience in Splunk configuration, administration, and optimization.

  • Strong understanding of data ingestion, search queries, indexing, and reporting in Splunk.

  • Proficiency in Splunk SPL for querying and analyzing machine data.

  • Experience in setting up and managing Splunk enterprise-wide alerts, reports, and dashboards.

  • Knowledge of security monitoring, SIEM integration, and log management best practices.

  • Ability to analyze and troubleshoot Splunk performance issues and security incidents.

  • Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automating Splunk-related tasks.

• Desired Skills:

  • Splunk Certified Power User or Splunk Certified Admin

  • ITIL 4 Foundation Certification

  • Experience working with large-scale environments (5,000+ users, 1,000+ servers).

  • Familiarity with SIEM, PKI, or other security-related technologies.

  • Experience with cloud-based Splunk implementations (e.g., Splunk Cloud).

  • Prior experience working in cross-functional IT teams and supporting security operations.

• Required Security clearance level: a current/active TS/SCI clearance is required.

• US citizenship required due to the TS/SCI clearance requirement.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

#ARMA

#CENTCOMCITS

#GDITPRIORITY

The likely salary range for this position is $136,000 - $184,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA FL MacDill AFB

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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