Description
Job Requisition:Junior Splunk EngineerJob Description:Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Security Operations Center (SOC) is a US Government program responsible to prevent, identify, contain and eradicate cyber threats to CBP networks through monitoring, intrusion detection and protective security services to CBP information systems including local area networks/wide area networks (LAN/WAN), commercial Internet connection, public facing websites, wireless, mobile/cellular, cloud, security devices, servers and workstations. The CBP SOC is responsible for the overall security of CBP Enterprise-wide information systems, and collects, investigates and reports any suspected and confirmed security violations. Leidos currently has a need for a Splunk Engineer, junior level, for this highly visible cyber security program supporting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) security operations center (SOC). The Junior Splunk Engineer will support the full system engineering life-cycle, including requirements analysis, design, development, implementation, integration, test, and documentation.
The Junior Splunk Engineer will follow defined best practices and operational workflows.
JOB SUMMARY
The Junior Splunk Engineer will provide engineering, and administration in supporting a very large distributed clustered Splunk environment consisting of search heads, indexers, deployers, deployment servers, heavy/universal forwarders and Splunk Enterprise Security premuim app, spanning security, performance, and operational roles. The Engineer should be familiar with recognizing and onboarding new data sources into Splunk, analyzing the data for anomalies and trends, and assist with building dashboards highlighting the key trends of the data. The Splunk engineer should be familiar within a Linux environment, editing and maintaining Splunk configuration files and apps.
The Junior Splunk Engineer will be a member of the Enterprise Splunk team and will work side by side with Senior Splunk Engineers on the Cybersecurity Engineering team. Will be required to interact with end users to gather requirements, perform troubleshooting, and provide assistance with the creation of Splunk search queries and dashboards. The Splunk Engineer may be required interact with senior management, as necessary.
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Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $10.19 billion for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2018. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
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