REMOTE Sr. Splunk Engineer ITSI (SME)

Post Date

Mar 08, 2023

Location

Alexandria,
Virginia

ZIP/Postal Code

22314
US
Jul 10, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Software Engineering

Req #

DC0-608030

Pay Rate

$56 - $84 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

* Demonstrated experience using Splunk Search Processing Language to assist customers in creating queries, setting alerts, identifying event conditions, and building dashboards

* Installing, configuring, and deploying Splunk infrastructure, to include search heads, indexers, forwarders, and other Splunk components

* Monitor and maintain Splunk performance, availability, and capacity.

* Test and deploy new versions of Splunk to all enterprise servers as they are made available by the relevant DHA organization

* Grow and improve the enterprise Splunk environment to a mature implementation by creating forwarder apps to ingest data

* Support large-scale deployments with data feeds from multiple locations worldwide

* Develop reliable, efficient, and re-usable queries that will feed custom alerts and dashboards

* Splunk account creation and role-based access control / permissioning

* Act as the Splunk liaison for Splunk technical questions, issues or escalations. This will include working with Splunk Support, Product Management or others as needed.

* Administration of the servers on which Splunk infrastructure is deployed is not a direct responsibility, but the successful candidate must be familiar enough with both Splunk and server administration to participate in server troubleshooting affecting Splunk performance.

Required Skills & Experience

- At least 8 years involved working directly with Splunk

- Experience with the Department of Defense or other federal agencies is preferred but not required.

- Hold an industry certification IAT III or IAM III

- The ability to obtain a clearance

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- Secret Clearance

-Ability to start ASAP

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.