Splunk Security Engineer

TekSynap•Rockville, MD

1h•$137,000 - $155,000•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a Splunk Security Engineer to join our team supporting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Rockville, MD. TekSynap is a fast growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers. We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays. Visit us at www.TekSynap.com. Apply now to explore jobs with us! The safety and health of our employees is of the utmost importance. Employees are required to comply with any vaccination requirements mandated by contract, applicable law or regulation. By applying to a role at TekSynap you are providing consent to receive text messages regarding your interview and employment status. If at any time you would like to opt out of text messaging, respond "STOP". As part of the application process, you agree that TekSynap Corporation may retain and use your name, e-mail, and contact information for purposes related to employment consideration.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree and a Minimum 10 years of relevant experience with Security Information andEvent Management
Experience in architecture, design, support, maintenance, and expansion of an enterprise logmanagement/SIEM infrastructure in a highly resilient configuration
Experience in monitoring an enterprise log management/SIEM server and agent infrastructure forcapacity planning and system optimization
Experience in deployment, configuration and maintenance of log forwarder agents across avariety of UNIX and Windows platforms
Experience in collaboration with a variety of IT stakeholders in design and maintenance ofproduction-quality log management/SIEM reports and dashboards to support data analysis andvisualization
Experience in creation and maintenance of documentation related to log management/SIEMinfrastructure configuration and operational processes
Advanced system administration skills with Linux operating systems
5+ years of experience with Splunk
Must successfully pass a drug screening
Must be able to successfully obtain a Public Trust
Telework (must be local to the DC, Maryland, Virginia area)

Nice To Haves

Experience with Crbil
Expereince creating Identity models in SIEM
Experience with Splunk SOAR and UBA tools
Knowledge of regular expression, scripting and application development languages (e.g., Pythons, Perl, JavaScript, Linux shell scripting)

Responsibilities

Administer the Splunk based log management system and analyze the current loggingcapabilities
Ensure the Agency Information Security systems administered by the Team are sending allrequired logs to the log management system
Maintain the Log Management and Security Information and Event Management system to collectand aggregate IDS/IPS data from network sensors, raw data from collection agents, firewalls(including but not limited to Layer 7 Application Firewalls), proxy servers, DLP, antivirus/endpointprotection software, and vulnerability scanner elements
Tune the SIEM and IDS/Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) events to minimize false positives
Enroll NRC network and systems information into the SIEM tool, using information from theVulnerability and Compliance Scanning System (VCSS) and input from ISSOs, and perform assetcategorization and privatization
Tune the capabilities as practicable to improve efficiency and ensure that reporting capabilities ofthe log management system are working properly
Validate that agency log retention requirements are configured properly within the agency’s logmanagement system
Identify shortfalls in the current capability and identify systems that are not sending logs to theagency log management system
Recommend improvements to current processes
Provide technical guidance to administrators of other IT systems to ensure their logs are sent tothe agency’s log management system
Configure agency’s log management system role-based access controls so that logs for specificsystems can only be accessed by designated administrators