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Splunk Software Engineer-TS/SCI with Poly
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Columbia, Maryland
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Strong Linux system administration experience, including OS installation, configuration, user and permission management, networking fundamentals, and command‑line operations.
- Experience managing hardware using tools like iDRAC (or similar), including BIOS and firmware updates, RAID configuration, and basic hardware troubleshooting.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex issues across operating systems, hardware, networks, applications, and data flows.
- Proficiency with core UNIX command‑line utilities for file manipulation, packaging, and transfer (e.g., tar, split, checksum tools).
- Experience using Salt for configuration management or build automation, or strong adjacent experience with Ansible, Puppet, or Terraform.
- Experience building, deploying, or maintaining Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) such or similar high‑assurance boundary security technologies.
- Experience supporting or developing Splunk applications, dashboards, data routing, and analytics as the team’s Splunk subject matter expert.
Nice to have
- Advanced Linux expertise, including system recovery techniques, deep command‑line proficiency, including expertise with ssh/tunneling, authentication/certificates, and tools such as sed, awk, grep, rs
- Experience performing hardware lifecycle operations such as disk replacement, RAID adjustments, firmware baselining, and remote KVM troubleshooting.
- Hands‑on experience optimizing or customizing Salt states, modules, or orchestration workflows.
- Experience with adjacent automation frameworks such as Ansible, Puppet, or Terraform in mixed‑tool environments.
- Prior experience designing, modifying, or validating configurations and filtering rules for CDS or other high‑assurance boundary security technologies.
- Experience integrating Splunk into constrained, air‑gapped, or cross‑domain environments.
- Familiarity with DevOps workflows including CI/CD pipelines, version control best practices, and automated build processes.
- Experience supporting distributed systems and diagnosing issues across complex data flows or multi‑system interactions.
Full description
Job Title: Splunk Software Engineer-TS/SCI with Poly
Job Category: Engineering
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI with Polygraph
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%
Type of Travel: None
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The Opportunity:
- The Splunk Software Engineer (SWE) is a Linux‑focused, highly versatile engineering generalist with strong troubleshooting, automation, and cross‑domain security experience who serves on a cross‑functional team of systems engineers. They also act as the team’s subject matter expert for Splunk applications and analytics.
- Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Serve as the team’s Linux expert, performing OS installation, configuration, user management, networking, and system maintenance.
- Manage hardware using tools like iDRAC, including BIOS updates, firmware upgrades, RAID configuration, and basic hardware troubleshooting.
- Troubleshoot complex issues across operating systems, hardware, networks, data flows, and applications.
- Build and manipulate files using core UNIX utilities, including creating tar archives, splitting files, and preparing data for constrained transfer paths.
- Support automation workflows using Salt, and adapt quickly from related tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Terraform.
- Build, deploy, or maintain Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) or similar high‑assurance boundary security technologies.
- Act as the team’s subject matter expert for Splunk applications, dashboards, data routing, and analytics.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Strong Linux system administration experience, including OS installation, configuration, user and permission management, networking fundamentals, and command‑line operations.
- Experience managing hardware using tools like iDRAC (or similar), including BIOS and firmware updates, RAID configuration, and basic hardware troubleshooting.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex issues across operating systems, hardware, networks, applications, and data flows.
- Proficiency with core UNIX command‑line utilities for file manipulation, packaging, and transfer (e.g., tar, split, checksum tools).
- Experience using Salt for configuration management or build automation, or strong adjacent experience with Ansible, Puppet, or Terraform.
- Experience building, deploying, or maintaining Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) such or similar high‑assurance boundary security technologies.