Splunk Software Engineer

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a Splunk Software Engineer specializing in Splunk to join our team in the Linthicum, MD. Our dynamic team delivers information security solutions that facilitate secure data flows and the detection/prevention of unauthorized behaviors, performs system security vulnerability assessments and solution development, provide enterprise-level network, server, desktop, and application security services.

 

As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets.

 

The ideal candidate will need to possess experience in Splunk Architecture as well as building and designs.

 

The Splunk Software Engineer duties may include but are not limited to:

• Act as the Splunk SME providing input into strategies, capabilities, and integrations to improve the availability and performance of applications.
• Provide production and infrastructure support, root cause analysis, troubleshooting, health monitoring, etc.
• Design Splunk systems to meet growth while maintaining a balance between performance, stability, and agility.
• Design and develop software solutions by analyzing stakeholder requirements and conferring with users or system engineers.
• Design or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints; Perform quality control on team products.
• Design and size Splunk architectures.
• Implement recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards.
• Oversee one or more software development teams and ensure the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project.
• Confer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
• Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure operational specifications are met.
• Analyze and resolve system performance issues.
• Build custom dashboards.

**This role requires 100% on-site support M-F**

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Active/current TS/SCI security clearance with a current polygraph is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline with eight (8) years of software engineering (SWE) experience; master’s degree with six (6) years of experience; PhD with three (3) years of experience. 14 years of SWE experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Must have one of the following Splunk certifications:
  • Splunk Certified User
  • Splunk Certified Power User
  • Splunk Certified Admin
  • Splunk Accredited Core Implementation
  • Splunk Accredited Consultant
• Ability to design and develop software solutions by analyzing stakeholder requirements and conferring with users or system engineers.
• Demonstrated experience developing software system installation, build procedures, and scripts.
• Ability to analyze and resolve system performance issues (e.g. response time or timing problems, interface/integration problems, system bottlenecks, data flow issues).
• Ability to build a new Splunk instance to replace an existing system’s capabilities and modernize/improve.

 Desired Qualifications:

• Security certifications: SANS, CISSP, etc.
• Background of creating and managing app and its components.
• Proficiency with Splunk component utilization (e.g. Indexer loads and requirements, search head peering, etc), component resourcing (e.g. underlying server specs), inter-component communications and tradeoffs (e.g. DNS vs IP tables, usage of SSL, etc) and underlying platform requirements.
• Knowledge of two of the following programming languages: Perl, Python, SQL, Shell.
• Experience providing architecture-level design to support and operate Splunk using security information and event management (SIEM) or security event management (SEM) best practices and Splunk enterprise security.

Salary Range Estimates:

 

The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Peraton's total compensation package for employees. 

 

Benefits:

 

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.