Splunk Platform Engineer

Job Description

Join NBCUniversal Cyber Security and help us design and implement monitoring security platforms and services that enable and protect the experience of our businesses.

This role is part of the Cyber SAE Monitoring Engineering team, responsible for SIEM (logging), and data security technologies that supports the entire NBCUniversal enterprise. You'll be joining NBCUniversal at an exciting time where it is transforming from an operational, tool-based cyber defense program to an intelligence and threat-based organization, which means we're rapidly building and expanding the scope of what we ask our platforms to do – and Splunk is one of the biggest and most critical of those platforms.

Qualifications

You'll:

• Provide secure design and engineering guidance for enterprise Splunk solution.
• Onboard various data elements into Splunk across NBC Universal’s business entities.
• Improve cyber monitoring and resolution through Axonius responsibilities.
• Ensure uninterrupted ingestion of critical systems data into enterprise Splunk solution.
• Provide excellent support and service to other teams that rely on Splunk – help share knowledge, and assist in creation and management of Splunk dashboards, alerts, reports and other knowledge objects
• Facilitate knowledge sharing by creating and maintaining detailed documentation and diagrams, while also collaborating with other team members on standard processes and technology roadmaps.
• Maintain & support platform infrastructure for SIEM and endpoint product implementations.
• Participate in an on-call rotation for support of systems outside of normal business hours, and be available to perform maintenance and critical operations as needed

You need:

• A deep understanding SIEM security principles and how to apply them.
• Solid experience with Search Processing Language (SPL), creating dashboards and alerts, optimizing queries, creating field extractions, supporting Splunk tiered architecture on-prem and public cloud environments.
• 3-5 Years of experience administrating Linux Environments
• 3-5 years of experience administrating a large distributed Splunk environment.
• Experience in Python, Bash or other scripting language
• Experience configuring and managing rsyslog/syslog-ng
• A thirst for improvement and an inclination to thoughtfully challenge the status quo
• Desire to try things and iterate on them, fail fast, and focus on functionality that matters
• Eagerness for learn new security tools/services to support broadening portfolio.
• Leverage data to drive design and risk decisions using various sources and basic analytics to create clear metrics and reports.
• Understanding of automation, pipeline, and security frameworks.
• Highly collaborative; personally, and professionally self-aware; able to and interested in interacting with employees at all levels; embody integrity; and represent and inspire the highest ethical standards

Bonus points for:

• A clear understanding of securing infrastructure in AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
• Datadog Administration Experience
• Splunk Enterprise Admin or Architect certification

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $100,000 - $140,000.

Additional Information

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