Splunk Subject Matter Expert Senior (SME) with ...

We have an upcoming opportunity for a Splunk Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support the monitoring solution via Splunk- Core and ES software running on the enterprise environment. This position will work on-site in Washington, DC and join our cyber-security team. What you''ll do: * Implement best in class engineering strategies to support a distributed clustered Splunk environment consisting of Search Heads, Indexers, Forwarders, Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) app spanning security, performance, engineering, and operational roles.* Work closely with other teams and business stakeholders to design automated solutions for performance, privacy, and compliance.* Be the engineering voice in helping recognize and onboard new data sources into Splunk, analyze the data for anomalies and trends, and building dashboards highlighting the key trends of the data.* Work closely with other teams and business stakeholders to gather requirements, perform troubleshooting, and provide assistance with the creation of Splunk search queries and dashboards.* Develop solutions for profiling, monitoring, reporting and testing on the platform.* Manage application availability, performance, and pro-actively find performance bottlenecks.* Enable integration of Splunk Core and Splunk ES and development of the single pane of glass dashboard.* Configure incident response and remediation workflows for ES.* Develop and Implement Actionable Alerts and Workflow for Splunk as a cybersecurity Monitoring tool.* Develop and Implement Apps & Knowledge Objects (KO) like Dashboard, Reports, and Data Models.* Assist and/or train on Data Lifecycle Support and Content Development.* Develop and implement automation and efficiencies with Splunk and create workflows.* Provide analyst training and workshops on using Splunk.* Review new content, alerts and data sources with analysts.Required Qualifications:* Active Top Secret security clearance and SCI eligibility. * Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in information technology. * Minimum of three (3) or more years with Splunk environment.* Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree or will consider experience in lieu of a degree.* Experience in a Splunk engineering role supporting SOC or NOC environments.* Ability to work cross-functionally with application teams to modernize applications where appropriate and support cloud integration efforts with Splunk.* Experience with data engineering with Splunk for both ingestion and extraction.* Experience maintaining Splunk and its underlying infrastructure. * Experience with Windows and Linux Operating systems, services, daemons, containers and VMs.* Experience troubleshooting and identifying root cause issues.* Knowledge of fundamental data structures, algorithms, and other computer science basics.Desired Qualifications: * Splunk certifications desired.At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We''re fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way. LI-VI1 Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world''s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can''t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.Colorado Salary Minimum: $92,300 Colorado Salary Maximum: $223,800 The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position, and is just one component of Peraton''s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Peraton provides a variety of benefits to employees.

Created: 2025-11-01