Splunk Consulting Engineer (Top Secret) - Onsite, DC

August Schell • Washington, DC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

August Schell is seeking an experienced, cleared Splunk Consulting Engineer to join its Engineering team supporting federal civilian projects. The role delivers solutions for Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers, using Splunk technologies to modernize cybersecurity environments. The ideal candidate has deep Splunk Enterprise Security experience, strong consulting and client-facing skills, and can work effectively in complex, cleared environments. The position is onsite in Washington, DC.

The engineer leads Splunk implementation and optimization efforts across federal customer environments. This includes deploying and optimizing Splunk Enterprise and Enterprise Security, designing solutions aligned with Zero Trust and cybersecurity modernization initiatives, collaborating with teams and client stakeholders, troubleshooting and improving Splunk environment reliability, scalability, performance, and security, and documenting procedures and providing knowledge transfer to client teams. The role requires maintaining compliance with clearance and security protocols, including lifestyle polygraph requirements.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret clearance and ability or willingness to undergo a lifestyle polygraph.
• At least 3 years of experience deploying and managing Splunk in enterprise or federal environments.
• Splunk Architect certification.
• Demonstrated expertise in Splunk Enterprise Security (ES).
• Experience working with Unix/Linux and Windows systems.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a client-facing consulting capacity.
• Must be able to work onsite in Washington, DC.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience integrating Splunk with GitLab and/or Kubernetes environments.
• Additional Splunk accreditations, such as Enterprise Security (ES) Accreditation or Consultant Certification.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust Architecture and federal cybersecurity frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead Splunk implementation and optimization efforts across federal customer environments.
• Drive complex deployments of Splunk Enterprise and Enterprise Security in cleared customer environments.
• Design and implement solutions aligned with Zero Trust and cybersecurity modernization initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and client stakeholders to assess requirements and propose solutions.
• Troubleshoot performance issues and ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of Splunk environments.
• Develop and document technical procedures and provide knowledge transfer to client teams.
• Maintain compliance with clearance and security protocols, including lifestyle polygraph requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed