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Agile Defense

Splunk Architect Lead (CBP)

Reston, VA · Hybrid

$57.50 - $78.75/hr

Last 5 years of experience serving as a senior Certified Splunk Administrator or Architect in large environment.An understanding and practical experience in applying project management principles ...

MANTECH

Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Chantilly, VA · On-site

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career, and customer-oriented Senior Cyber Security Engineer to join our ... You will play a key role in maintaining and tuning Splunk systems, while collaborating with ...

MANTECH

Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Chantilly, VA · On-site

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career, and customer-oriented Senior Cyber Security Engineer to join our ... You will play a key role in maintaining and tuning Splunk systems, while collaborating with ...

JCS Solutions LLC

Senior AI OPS Engineer

Fort Belvoir, VA · On-site

$150K - $174K/yr

JCS Solutions LLC is seeking a Senior AIOps Engineer to support critical mission operations within ... You will utilize Splunk and the Machine Learning Toolkit (MLTK) to provide descriptive and ...

JCS Solutions LLC

Senior AI OPS Engineer

Fort Belvoir, VA · On-site

$150K - $174K/yr

JCS Solutions LLC is seeking a Senior AIOps Engineer to support critical mission operations within ... You will utilize Splunk and the Machine Learning Toolkit (MLTK) to provide descriptive and ...

MANTECH

Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Chantilly, VA · On-site

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Senior Cyber Security Engineer , serving as a Splunk Engineer to join our team in Chantilly, VA. Responsibilities include but are not limited ...

MANTECH

Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Chantilly, VA · On-site

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Senior Cyber Security Engineer , serving as a Splunk Engineer to join our team in Chantilly, VA. Responsibilities include but are not limited ...

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AspectSenior SplunkSplunk Engineer
CertificationsSplunk Certified Power User, Admin, or ArchitectSplunk Certified Power User or Admin
Experience LevelAdvanced, with leadership and project oversightMid-level, focused on deployment and maintenance
Work EnvironmentEnterprise environments, often in leadership rolesOperational teams, deployment, and support
ResponsibilitiesDesign, architecture, strategic planningImplementation, troubleshooting, daily operations

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Splunk Architect Lead (CBP)

Agile Defense

Reston, VA • Hybrid

$57.50 - $78.75/hr

Full-time

Re-posted 18 days ago

Job description

About Agile Defense
 
At Agile Defense we know that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That's why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next.
 
Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility-leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation's vital interests.

Title: Splunk Architect Lead
Clearance: Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility, ability to obtain and maintain a CBP Background Investigation (CBP BI) and EOD, active BI strongly preferred. We can begin processing for candidates who do not hold one.
Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship required
Location: Reston, VA - Hybrid 3-5 days
Salary Range: $175,000-225,000
Signing Bonus: $10,000 for candidates with an active CBP BI. Payable after 90 days; standard terms apply.
Required Certification(s): One of the following: Active Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) or Active Certified Information Security System Professional(CISSP).
 
SUMMARY
 
Agile Defense is seeking a Splunk Architect/Lead to support enterprise cybersecurity programs delivering 24/7/365 Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) services of USG customers. The Splunk Lead will provide expert technical leadership for enterprise-scale logging, monitoring, SIEM engineering, and custom log integration. This role is responsible for ensuring the reliability, performance, and modernization of the enterprise logging ecosystems across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
 
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 
Lead the design, engineering, configuration, and optimization of enterprise logging platforms supporting CSOC operations. Act as the primary technical authority for SIEM architecture, log ingestion pipelines, parsing, normalization, enrichment, and storage strategies. Manage onboarding of new data sources across applications, endpoints, networks, cloud environments, and identity systems. Ensure log health monitoring, cluster health, pipeline resiliency, and integrity validation for continuous reliability. Enable dashboard creation, correlation rules, and alerting by guaranteeing high-quality, normalized data. Maintain compliance with logging standards, federal mandates, and Zero Trust visibility requirements. Drive modernization initiatives, including automation, cloud logging integrations, and data optimization. Produce technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, data dictionaries, and detailed reports. Support vulnerability assessments, compliance audits, and cross-team engineering reviews.
 
QUALIFICATIONS
 
Required Certifications
  • Active Certified Splunk Architect (II)
Minimum required experience
  • Last 5 years of experience serving as a senior Certified Splunk Administrator or Architect in large environment.An understanding and practical experience in applying project management principles; experience with diverse interconnected systems; strong understanding of industry best practices and technologies with experience in the application supporting a large Federal Government security operations organization
  • Experience in an enterprise IT environment as an applications or systems administrator working in Windows and Linux environments
  • Experience with bash, python and or PowerShell scripting languages and automation; strong networking background; strong security background; experience with cloud orchestration tools and a strong understanding of Amazon Web Services cloud services
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, Cybersecurity, STEM or related field.
Preferred Skills
  • Splunk Certified Admin/Engineer
  • Splunk Core Certified Consultant
  • Active Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)
  • Cloud provider certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, etc)
  • Experience using cribl
Our Core Values
 
Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental. Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots. Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together. Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together. 
 
What makes us Agile? We call it the 6Hs, the values that define our culture and guide everything we do. Together, these values infuse vibrancy, integrity, and a tireless work ethic into advancing the most important national security and critical civilian missions. It's how we show up every day. It's who we are.
 
  • Happy - Be Infectious. Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.
  • Helpful - Be Supportive. Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.
  • Honest - Be Trustworthy. Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.
  • Humble - Be Grounded. Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.
  • Hungry - Be Eager. Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.
  • Hustle - Be Driven. Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.
 
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