Splunk Metrics and Monitoring Software Engineer

GIGATEC Engineering•Annapolis Junction, MD

About The Position

Build and sustain a distributed metrics and monitoring solution that helps ensure HPC infrastructure remains reliable, scalable, and observable. This role is centered on Splunk development, including SPL, dashboards, reports, data onboarding, field extractions, alerting, and event correlation. You will combine software engineering, Linux automation, log management, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code practices to deliver actionable visibility across high-performance computing environments.

Requirements

Experience using the Linux CLI and the Linux suite of tools
Experience developing Shell/Perl scripts to automate manual processes
Recent software development experience using Python
Experience with Splunk SPL, dashboard creation, and report development
Experience with Splunk data onboarding, field extractions, data models, and performance tuning
Experience with Splunk alerting, incident management workflows, and event correlation
Familiar interfacing with Log Management tools including Syslog-ng and rsyslog
Familiar Message Brokers such as Kafka
Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) principles and automation tools including Ansible
Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI
Experience with Git Source Control System
Top Secret clearance required
Favorable completion of a polygraph required
Authorized to work in the U.S.
Unable to sponsor an employment Visa

Nice To Haves

Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)
Appreciates a sense of humor and the occasional well-timed joke.

Responsibilities

Build and sustain a distributed metrics and monitoring solution that helps ensure HPC infrastructure remains reliable, scalable, and observable.
Develop Splunk solutions including SPL, dashboards, reports, data onboarding, field extractions, alerting, and event correlation.
Combine software engineering, Linux automation, log management, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code practices to deliver actionable visibility across high-performance computing environments.