Jr. SPLUNK Engineer

ApplyLogic Consulting Group•Columbia, WA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

ApplyLogic is a fast-paced Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small-Business, headquartered in Vienna, VA. Our people are our greatest asset, and our company culture is grounded on that belief. We offer challenging and interesting work in a friendly and supportive environment. Through prime and subcontracts, we deliver best-in-class expertise to solve complex technical problems. We're looking for a talented Jr. SPLUNK Engineer to join our team in either one of our locations in Columbia, SC or Washington, DC . This position will support a complex government client and will provide Splunk maintenance, dashboarding, and reporting support to multiple Splunk distributed enterprise environments. Work Location: Hybrid – A mix of onsite and remote work. Clearance: Must be US citizen with the ability to obtain a Top-Secret security clearance.

Requirements

Must have 2 years of experience as a SPLUNK administrator/engineer in an enterprise environment.

Nice To Haves

SPLUNK Certifications are preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Perform daily administrative tasks to manage Splunk datasets and storage utilization. This includes monitoring automated backup tasks, manually backing up data if necessary, monitoring storage utilization on Splunk servers in all environments as well as network attached storage.
Maintain Splunk Knowledgebase by updating existing and creating new KB articles as identified by the team.
Create and update Splunk resources including saved searches, visualizations, alerts, dashboards and any other ad hoc deliverables as needed.
Interface with user community and provide first level of support to troubleshoot issues or assist with any other Splunk requirements.
Coordinate with, accept tasking from, accept guidance from, and collaborate on priorities with Senior Splunk engineer / Task lead.
Participate in periodic stand-up task meetings. Frequency may be daily or multiple times per week based on projects in process.
Create Splunk reports and dashboards as identified as needed based on enterprise customer requirements or internal team needs.
Manage Splunk lookups by verifying that automated jobs are updating lookup tables properly as well making adhoc changes as necessary.
Monitor, administer and maintain accessibility to Splunk components including search heads, indexers, deployers, cluster masters, forwarders and syslog servers for continuous production environment uptime Coordinating with various components within the organization to troubleshoot issues
Manage and secure RHEL and Windows servers for Splunk platform including patches and access controls.
Assist team with reviewing/assessing/implementing new data sources, ie: syslog, scripted input, db inputs
Working with IT Managers to validate data and provide training on new dashboard enhancements
Assist with integrating various data sets into Splunk and creating new dashboards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, security and availability of the USAO WAN
Provide a weekly Progress/Exceptions Report to include a list of tasks assigned, completed, and pending.