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Description
The Digital Modernization Sector has an opening for a highly skilled Splunk Systems Integration Engineer to join our team supporting our Cloud Splunk environment supporting Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Baltimore, MD. Under general supervision, defines and executes integration engineering activities within a project. These activities may consist of concept exploration and assessment, systems integration, GIS integration, legacy systems integration, performance management, technology assessment, testing and validation, and development and staffing of a systems integration plan. Possesses understanding of Splunk and its various components including forwarders, indexers, and web interfaces and has proficiency supporting Splunk on Linux in the AWS Cloud.
Responsibilities:
- Performs concept exploration and assessment, systems integration, systems of systems integration, performance management, technology assessment, testing and validation.
- Supports a Sr. System Integration Engineer, as required.
- Analyzes and develops technical documentation detailing the integration and system performance.
- Design and Architecture: Design, implement, and maintain Splunk environments including forwarders, indexers, search heads, and deployment servers.
- Installation and Configuration: Install, configure, and integrate Splunk and its components, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and security.
- Security Hardening: Harden the Splunk environment to meet security compliance standards and best practices.
- Monitoring and Maintenance: Monitor Splunk infrastructure health, performance, and capacity; perform routine maintenance tasks to ensure uninterrupted service.
- Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot issues related to Splunk infrastructure, including performance bottlenecks, data ingestion problems, and search optimization.
- Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation including architecture diagrams, installation guides, and troubleshooting procedures.
- Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams including security, network, and system administrators to ensure seamless integration of Splunk within the IT infrastructure.
- May test implementation of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
- May perform other duties as assigned.
Core Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and a minimum of 8+ years of experience in system administration, database administration, network engineering, software engineering, or software development, with a concentration in Cybersecurity. Experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
- Eight (8) years of experience with Linux and Windows system administration or an advanced understanding of operating systems and common operating environments
- Five (5) years of experience administering Splunk in distributed deployments
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to work closely with multiple customers, manage expectations and track engagement scope
- Proficient at data on-boarding activities including routing, parsing, and normalizing events to the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM)
- Proficient onboarding data using Splunk add-ons for Windows, Linux, and common third-party devices and applications
- Experience onboarding data into Splunk via forwarder, scripted inputs, and modular inputs from a variety of sources
- Experience with Splunk performing systems administration, including performing installation, configuration, monitoring system performance and availability, upgrades, and troubleshooting
- General knowledge of networking and security troubleshooting (firewalls, routing, NAT, etc.)
- Splunk implementation and troubleshooting experience
- Proficiency developing log ingestion and aggregation strategies per Splunk best practices
- Perform integration activities to configure, connect, and pull data with 3rd party software APIs
- Ability to autonomously prioritize and successfully deliver results
- Must have a Splunk Certified Architect certification
- Must have a DoD 8570 IAT Level II (or Level III) certification (e.g. Sec+ CE)
Preferred Qualifications
- Cloud certification (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Azure Administrator).
- Certification as a Splunk Certified Architect or Splunk Certified Admin.
- Experience with setting up self-healing components within an application’s infrastructure.
- Agile-based knowledge and skill, including experience with Scrum Ceremonies and work management tools (e.g., (JIRA, Confluence).
- Security Skills—Knowledge of information assurance compliance and information security basics within CMS.
Required Clearance
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
All candidates supporting the CMS programs must have lived in the United States at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years prior in order to be considered.
Original Posting Date:
2025-02-14
While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $104,650.00 – $189,175.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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