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DirectViz Solutions (DVS) is a dynamic and rapidly growing government contractor committed to delivering innovative IT solutions that address the mission-critical needs of our government clients. Through the expertise and dedication of our talented team, we provide cutting-edge technology services designed to achieve success and exceed expectations.

At DVS, we prioritize our employees as our greatest asset. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive medical benefits, a 401(k) match, generous PTO accrual, professional development reimbursement, corporate-funded technology certifications, and robust employee recognition and appreciation programs.

Role: Splunk Engineer (Cribl Preferred)

Clearance: Secret Required

Location: Herndon, VA

Onsite Requirement: (hybrid) 1-2x a week determined by the Engineering Lead

Position Description:

Seeking a Splunk / Cribl Ingestion Engineer to support a SOC Engineering team responsible for expanding security visibility across cloud and on-premises environments. This engineer will own end-to-end log onboarding, parsing, normalization, routing, and platform optimization for assigned data sources across Splunk and Cribl. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer with strong SIEM platform experience and a solid understanding of the security monitoring and detection use cases those data pipelines support.

Required skills:

• 4+ years of hands-on experience administering and engineering Splunk Enterprise in production environments
• Experience with distributed Splunk architectures, including forwarders, heavy forwarders, indexers, search heads, and clustering
• Strong experience with data onboarding, parsing, normalization, field extraction, and sourcetype management
• Experience troubleshooting data flow, search performance, platform health, and ingestion bottlenecks
• Experience supporting a SOC, SIEM, or cyber defense environment
• Experience onboarding logs from both cloud and on-premises systems
• Working knowledge of RHEL/Linux and Windows administration
• Ability to collaborate with analysts and engineers to align telemetry ingestion with detection, monitoring, and compliance requirements

Preferred skills:

• Hands-on experience administering Cribl Stream in production environments
• Experience building and tuning Cribl routes, pipelines, packs, and worker groups
• Experience using Cribl to filter, enrich, route, redact, and optimize telemetry prior to Splunk ingestion
• Experience reducing ingest costs and improving telemetry quality through data shaping and routing strategies
• Familiarity with Splunk Enterprise Security, CIM, data models, and security content dependencies
• Experience ingesting data from AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365, identity platforms, EDR, firewalls, and network security tools
• Scripting experience in Python, Bash, or PowerShell
• Familiarity with regex, JSON parsing, syslog, and API-based log collection

If you thrive on solving complex problems and building meaningful connections, we'd love to hear from you. Join our team and make an impact today!

Physical and Mental Qualifications:

• Maintain focus and awareness throughout scheduled working hours.
• Perform tasks requiring prolonged periods of sitting or standing at a desk, utilizing a computer, mouse, and keyboard.
• Lift and move objects weighing up to 15 pounds as needed.
• Exhibit excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a strong command of the English language.
• Demonstrate the ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively as part of a team.
• Quickly learn and retain routine tasks and processes.
• Possess strong organizational skills, attention to detail, business correspondence proficiency, and self-management capabilities.
• Perform the essential functions of the role satisfactorily; reasonable accommodation will be provided for employees with disabilities upon request.
• Accept and adapt to additional responsibilities or changes to assigned duties as determined by DirectViz Solutions (DVS).

DirectViz Solutions, LLC (DVS) is an equal opportunity employer who prohibits discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, , sex (including pregnancy), age, gender identity, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.