Summary:
Supports the DHS Enterprise Engineering Division within the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) is responsible for the architecture, design, engineering, Tier 3 operations support, maintenance, and management of the network and security infrastructure. This program portfolio includes management and oversight of the technical infrastructure and security tools, sensors, servers, and data storage devices to support the DHS Network Operations Security Center (NOSC) Cyber (SOC) and other DHS stakeholders and Components.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- implement, and maintain the Splunk infrastructure, including Splunk Enterprise, and related components.
- with stakeholders to gather requirements and design solutions for data collection, indexing, and visualization within Splunk.
- multiple assignments, changing priorities, and work independently with little oversight.
- and maintain documentation, including architecture diagrams, standard operating procedures, and best practices for Splunk usage.
- Splunk performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize system configurations for maximum efficiency.
- direct support for onboarding data into Splunk via forwarder, scripted inputs, TCP/UDP and modular inputs from sources such as FireEye, BlueCoat proxies, Big IP, Cisco, Palo Alto, host syslogs, etc.
- all support, guidance and develop processes to evaluate and improve all operating systems, hardware support, software, firmware solutions and provide advisement concerning future purchase of the same.
- manage, and support automation solutions for Splunk deployment and orchestration within a Cloud environment.
- closely with senior engineers, other team members and application owners to solve technical problems at the network, system and application levels.
- periodic architectural reviews of installed sensors to assess effectiveness and propose optimal installation alternatives as required.
- network security architecture reviews to determine the size, and placement of intrusion monitoring equipment during the customer onboarding process.
- and Reporting along with presentation, teamwork and DHS wide collaboration are among the expected duties and mission of the task order.
- implement and administer Splunk in Windows and Linux environments.
- Design, Build, and Maintain current and future NOSC supported tools and platforms.
Minimum Qualifications / Requirements
- least 2 years of experience with Splunk in distributed deployments
- managing Splunk using the Splunk command-line interface
- managing Splunk using configuration files
- onboarding data into Splunk via forwarder, scripted inputs, TCP/UDP and modular inputs from a variety of sources.
- onboarding data using Splunk developed add-ons for Windows, Linux, and common third-party devices and applications
- collaborating with separate engineering teams to configure data sources for Splunk integration
- in Linux, Windows and SQL/ODBC interfaces
- implementing and onboarding data in Splunk DB Connect
- in app interface development, using REST API’s
- with Splunk performing systems administration, including performing installation, configuration, monitoring system performance and availability, upgrades, and troubleshooting
- developing in XML, Bash, JavaScript and Python, Perl, PowerShell scripts
- networking and security troubleshooting (firewalls, routing, NAT, etc.)
- architecture/design, implementation, and troubleshooting experience
- in managing, maintaining, and administering multi-site indexer cluster
- and development skills (BASH, python, or java) with strong knowledge of regular expressions
- developing log ingestion and aggregation strategies per Splunk best practices
- normalizing data to Splunk Common Information Model (CIM)
- implementing and optimizing Splunk data models
- developing security-focused content for Splunk, including creation of complex threat detection log and operational dashboards
- integration activities to configure, connect, and pull data with 3rd party software APIs.
- to autonomously prioritize and successfully deliver across a portfolio of projects
- day-to-day operational and user support
- be willing to participate to a rotating on-call support (24/7/365) for nights, weekends, holiday issues.
Experience/Years of Relevant Experience:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to meet deadlines and work independently.
Required Experience 8 to 10 years.
Education:
BA / BS in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Cybersecurity Management field
Certifications (Not Required):
CISSP (Certified Information Security Systems Professional)
CompTIA Security+
ITIL Foundations
Experience with Agile-based project management (primary Kanban)
Software/Hardware Experience Desired
Current Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect certification
CRIBL
DHS
LEARDERSHIP
Clearance:
Must be able to attain/maintain DHS EOD clearance.
Must be a US Citizen and pass a background check.
Maintain applicable security clearance(s) at the level required by the client and/or applicable certification(s) as Requested by Softek and/or required by Softek’s Client(s)/Customer(s).
Location:
Location: DHS HQ (TSA Springfield, VA), or Stennis Data Center
Telework Authorized, Remote Hybrid