Remote Splunk Analyst

Summary

Join our team at IT Concepts and become a Splunk Analyst supporting several projects at a federal agency. The position is located in Woodlawn, MD. We are looking for driven and innovative individuals with strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of experience, Master's degree and 5 years of experience, or 11 years of experience in lieu of a degree
• At least 6 years’ experience using: Splunk, specifically Splunk scripting and onboarding of large collections of meta data from different sources into Splunk
• At least 4 years of experience with: In-depth knowledge of designing, upgrading, maintaining, and implementing network devices on a large-scale enterprise
• Coordination and communication with other remotely deployed team members
• Developing documentation with processes and procedures
• Proposing, and implementing automation features in a large enterprise environment
• Hold active Splunk Core Certifications of User, Power User and Admin
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in developing and tailoring reporting from network security tools
• Must be US Citizen or US Permanent Resident (Green card holder)
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Public Trust clearance

Responsibilities

• Write complex SPL to develop advanced Splunk dashboards and queries
• Perform on-boarding of data via Splunk tools and automation method
• Work with customers to development custom content, maintaining consistently high quality communications with the client
• Create Splunk dashboards and queries
• Familiar with automating tasks in Splunk
• Develop scripts and code with security tools
• Develop processes and schedule to review existing methodologies and queries for all divisional metrics
• Become knowledgeable on the CDM technical requirements for SSA’s CDM program. Understand your role in CDM activities
• Involved in a wide range of security issues including architectures, firewalls, electronic data traffic, and network access
• Design, manage, and maintain agency SIEM infrastructure to improve data ingestion processes, including architectural work on data pipelines to ensure optimal flow of data
• Maintenance, configuration and implementing products, appliances and devices on the SSA’s network

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) and Enterprise Analytic
• Experience with Cribl for load-balancing data
• Experience using Elastic for cloud storage
• Prior experience supporting the Social Security Administration or similar government agencies a plus
• Understanding of business processes supporting IT programs, networks, and/or cybersecurity programs
• Understanding of network technologies, workflows, IT reporting, etc

Benefits

• Competitive Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Legal Resources Coverage
• 401(k) with company matching with NO vesting period