Splunk Systems Administrator, Senior

Splunk Systems Administrator, Senior

The Opportunity:  

Your combination of people skills and system administrator expertise makes you the team hero, solving one problem after another. What if you could use those skills to improve the technology supporting the Navy? We’re looking for a system administrator with a solid background in Splunk to help us manage complex customer network environments to help us deploy cybersecurity solutions.

As a system administrator on our project, you’ll install, troubleshoot, and perform administration of DoD networks. You’ll provide your customers with insight into their network through monitoring and performance management.

Your system administrator expertise will be vital as you identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement in a mission-critical network. You’ll help your team better understand the network by turning metrics into information and explaining their meaning.

This is an opportunity to broaden your skillset into areas like cybersecurity, systems engineering, virtualization, and cloud technologies. We focus on growing as a team, so you’ll share your expertise through leadership and mentoring as you help the team work through challenges and develop new methodologies. As a system administrator leader, you’ll identify new opportunities to modernize the network so your clients achieve their goals. Work with us and resolve daily challenges as we improve DoD networks.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have: 

• 4+ years of experience as a systems administrator on DoD networks

• Experience with performing installations, configuration, patch management, and upgrades

• Experience administering both standalone and distributed Splunk enterprise environments, including cluster configuration and maintenance

• Experience in configuring and managing Splunk deployment servers to integrate third-party Splunk applications, managing endpoint logging configurations, updating Splunk Universal Forwarders, and integrating and maintaining network data sources, including Zeek, Suricata, NetFlow, and syslog within Splunk environments

• Experience in configuring indexes, custom source types, and creating field extractions to ensure accurate search capabilities and data usability

• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating systems and system administration

• Knowledge of Navy IT sites, systems, and infrastructure 

• Secret clearance

• HS diploma or GED

• DoD 8140 Certification

Nice If You Have: 

• Experience with Python, PowerShell, or Bash

• Experience with technical writing, acquisition documentation, cybersecurity requirements and deliverable development

• Experience working in a Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) enclave environment, performing vulnerability analysis of networks, systems, and communications protocols

• Knowledge of systems architecture, systems engineering, interoperability, and digitalization of information technology

• Ability to devise and execute client deliverables, research independently, identify problems and devise analysis and solutions, communicate results and report findings, and lead the accomplishment of client tasks from inception to completion

• Ability to brief technical and non-technical senior leadership on complex issues 

• Top Secret clearance

• Bachelor's degree in a Technology field

• Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect, Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin, Splunk Core Certified Power User, or Splunk Core Certified Consultant Certification

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Certification

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

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