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Sr Splunk Engineer Jobs in Virginia (NOW HIRING)

Qmulos

Senior Splunk Consultant

Arlington, VA

Use Splunk as the primary security platform for your work * Propose innovative uses cases for ... Prefer some experience in network monitoring * 2-4 years of programming experience, e.g., Python ...

Beyond SOF

Splunk Engineer (TS/SCI)

Reston, VA · On-site

$86K - $114K/yr

Splunk Engineer (TS/SCI) * Reston, VA, USA * Full-time * Clearance: Top Secret/SCI The Directorate ... Senior Information Technology Advisors Program to support the Department of Defense Intelligence ...

Qmulos

Senior Splunk Consultant

Arlington, VA · On-site

Use Splunk as the primary security platform for your work * Propose innovative uses cases for ... Prefer some experience in network monitoring * 2-4 years of programming experience, e.g., Python ...

Beyond SOF

Splunk Engineer (TS/SCI)

Reston, VA · On-site

$120 - $180/hr

... Senior Information Technology Advisors Program to support the Department of Defense Intelligence ... Requires expertise in creating Splunk dashboards. * Must integrate multiple data streams and feeds ...

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 ...

ManTech

Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Chantilly, VA · On-site

$114K - $190K/yr

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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What is the difference between Sr Splunk Engineer vs Splunk Developer?

AspectSr Splunk EngineerSplunk Developer
Required CredentialsSplunk certifications, technical degreesSplunk certifications, coding skills
Work EnvironmentIT operations, security teamsDevelopment teams, data analysis
Employer & Industry UsageLarge enterprises, security, IT opsTech firms, data analytics projects

The main difference is that a Sr Splunk Engineer focuses on deploying, managing, and maintaining Splunk infrastructure, while a Splunk Developer primarily designs and develops Splunk apps and dashboards. Both roles require Splunk certifications and technical expertise, but their daily tasks and focus areas differ based on operational versus development responsibilities.

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SIEM/Splunk Engineer - TS/SCI Cleared

Zachary Piper Solutions

Newington, VA • On-site

$140 - $190/hr

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Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an Senior SIEM/Splunk to join a Federal Program located in Newington, VA, onsite 5 days per week. The SIEM/Splunk Engineer will serve as a subject matter expert for designing, implementing, tuning, and maintaining Splunk Enterprise and Enterprise Security to support enterprise-level security monitoring, threat detection, and incident response.

Responsibilities of the SIEM/Splunk Engineer:
  • Architect, deploy, administer, and optimize Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security (ES), and Splunk SOAR environments.
  • Design and maintain scalable, highly available Splunk infrastructures, including clustering, distributed search, and large-scale data ingestion.
  • Configure and manage data onboarding, parsing, normalization, CIM compliance, and integrations across security, infrastructure, cloud, and application data sources.
  • Develop and tune correlation searches, risk-based alerting (RBA), dashboards, data models, and MITRE ATT&CK-aligned detection content.
  • Implement and maintain SOAR playbooks, automated response workflows, and integrations with security tools, cloud platforms, and ticketing systems.
  • Perform health checks, performance tuning, capacity planning, upgrades, migrations, and platform modernization initiatives.
  • Establish and maintain Splunk governance, RBAC, security hardening, compliance requirements, and operational standards.
  • Automate deployments, configuration management, and administrative tasks using Ansible, Git, Python, Bash, and PowerShell.
  • Collaborate with SOC and Incident Response teams to improve detection capabilities, investigation workflows, and overall security operations.
  • Maintain architecture documentation, operational procedures, playbooks, and technical standards.
Qualifications of the SIEM/Splunk Engineer:
  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 5-10+ years of hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise and Splunk ES
  • Experience designing, deploying, and supporting enterprise-scale Splunk environments with clustering, high availability, and large-volume data ingestion.
  • Strong expertise in Splunk architecture, SPL development, dashboards, data models, CIM mapping, and search optimization.
  • Experience with Splunk SOAR (Phantom), security automation, and orchestration workflows.
  • Knowledge of SIEM operations, SOC processes, threat detection, incident response, and MITRE ATT&CK.
  • Experience integrating security technologies including EDR/XDR, IDS/IPS, firewalls, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), IAM, and threat intelligence feeds.
  • Proficiency with Linux/Unix administration, networking fundamentals, scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell), and automation tools such as Git and Ansible.
  • Experience with security hardening, RBAC, SAML, TLS/SSL certificates, and enterprise security compliance requirements.
  • Splunk certifications (Architect, Enterprise Admin, ES Admin, SOAR, or equivalent) strongly preferred.
  • Active TS/SCI Security Clearance
Compensation for the SIEM/Splunk Engineer:
  • Salary Range: $165,000+ *flexible based on experience*
  • Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, and Sick Leave as required by law
  • Flexible working schedule
  • Unlimited opportunities for growth

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