Cribl Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Reston, VA

7h•$86,800 - $198,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a talented and motivated mid-level Cribl Engineer to join our Visibility Analytics and Automation Team (VAAT). In this role, you will play a crucial role in building, managing, and optimizing our enterprise data pipelines, with a strong focus on feeding our downstream SIEM ecosystem. Your primary focus will be designing and maintaining routing, filtering, and transformation logic using Cribl Stream and Cribl Edge. If you are passionate about logging, SIEM architecture, and solving complex data ingestion challenges, we would love to have you on the team.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in information technology, focusing on logging, observability, or SIEM engineering
Experience operating and managing data pipelines with Cribl Stream or Cribl Edge in a production environment
Experience administering or engineering enterprise SIEM environments
Knowledge of log forwarding, indexing, data collection, search architecture, source types, and ingestion-time parsing
Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
HS diploma or GED and 7+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Associate’s degree and 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Master’s degree and 1+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities
Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level III Certification such as SecurityX, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH, or CCSP Certification, within 60 days of start date
Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support (CSSP-IS) Certification such as CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND Certification, within 30 days of start date
Ability to obtain a Cribl Certification such as Cribl Certified Observability Engineer - CCOE Certification, within 30 days of start date

Nice To Haves

Experience with Linux or Unix administration
Experience writing complex Regex for pattern matching, data extraction, and log parsing
Experience using JavaScript within Cribl's native execution environment to write custom functions, execute advanced data transformations, and manipulate JSON or event payloads inside pipelines
Knowledge of transport protocols, including HTTP, TCP, and TLS, and data formats, including JSON and Syslog
Knowledge of data security fundamentals, including encryption, RBAC, and data masking strategies
Knowledge of log normalization concepts and schema alignment, including Common Information Model (CIM) or frameworks such as ECS or OCSF
Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment
Ability to pay strict attention to detail
Possession of excellent problem-solving skills
Enterprise SIEM Administrator or Engineering Certifications

Responsibilities

Build, maintain, and optimize high-throughput data pipelines using Cribl Stream and Cribl Edge to ensure efficient data routing, masking, and transformation.
Normalize incoming log sources to standardized schemas such as CIM and ECS before routing to downstream SIEM platforms, analytics tools, and storage.
Implement complex routing logic, data masking, enrichment, and replay workflows, utilizing custom JavaScript functions and Regular Expressions (Regex) patterns directly within Cribl pipelines.
Monitor system health, assist in managing worker topology, and troubleshoot bottlenecks or failures in the data flow.
Utilize scripting, including Python or Bash, and Infrastructure-as-Code tools, including Ansible or Terraform, to automate deployment and configuration management.
Maintain clear and accurate technical documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures for the observability infrastructure.