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Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Splunk)
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Epiphany Resource Group
Chantilly, VA (In Person)
$197,500 Salary, Full-Time
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Job Requirements Chantilly, VA Top Secret/SCI CI Polygraph Mid Level Career (5+ yrs experience) $185,000 - $210,000 Job Description Senior Cyber Security Engineer (Splunk) -
TS/SCI CI Poly Required Location:
Chantilly, VA Employment Type:
Full-Time Security Clearance:
Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph Required Position Overview We are seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer with strong Splunk engineering and administration experience to support mission-critical cybersecurity operations within a highly secure enterprise environment. This role is responsible for designing, deploying, maintaining, and optimizing enterprise-scale Splunk solutions that support security monitoring, threat detection, and operational visibility. The ideal candidate will have experience engineering Splunk environments, onboarding data sources, managing forwarders and add-ons, and supporting security operations teams through reliable and scalable data collection solutions. Key Responsibilities- Troubleshoot and resolve data ingestion and collection issues to ensure accurate and reliable security monitoring.
- Deploy, configure, and maintain Splunk Enterprise environments.
- Manage Splunk forwarders, deployment servers, add-ons, and integrations.
- Develop and maintain engineering documentation, deployment guides, system configurations, and operational procedures.
- Design and implement scalable log collection and monitoring architectures.
- Configure and maintain role-based access controls to ensure proper data access and security.
- Support system performance tuning, troubleshooting, and operational optimization.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity and operations teams to support threat detection and incident response capabilities.
- Support change management, accreditation activities, and cybersecurity compliance requirements. Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of cybersecurity experience (or additional relevant experience in lieu of degree).
- Hands-on experience administering and engineering Splunk Enterprise environments.
- Splunk certification required.
- Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technologies.
- Experience deploying and managing Splunk forwarders, indexes, search heads, and related components.
- Strong understanding of Linux administration.
- Knowledge of TCP/IP networking and network security concepts.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity compliance and accreditation processes.
- DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+ or equivalent) or ability to obtain within six months. Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS.
- Experience supporting AWS or cloud-based environments.
- Knowledge of enterprise security monitoring technologies.
- Experience supporting vulnerability management, audit collection, or user activity monitoring initiatives.
- Ability to onboard and normalize customer log sources into enterprise monitoring environments.