Splunk Engineer

SpaceX

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Work type
On-site
Location
Redmond, WA
Salary
$130,000–$165,000 / yr
Posted
9 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $176k
This role $148k
$119k most similar roles pay here $234k

This role pays less than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $139,802–$211,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $148k versus about $176k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.

SpaceX currently has 793 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $130,000–$165,000 across 557 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Splunk Engineer

The Splunk Engineer joins the team to deploy, administer, and support a distributed Splunk environment at an enterprise scale. This role involves standardizing agent deployment and configuration through automation, monitoring platform performance, availability, and capacity. The engineer will write complex SPL for dashboards and alerts, troubleshoot instances and Universal Forwarder issues, and manage data onboarding, governance, enrichment, and field extraction. Key technical requirements include experience with Splunk, writing complex regex, and using automation frameworks like Puppet or Ansible. Preferred skills include Python development, Git, CI/CD, Linux systems knowledge, and familiarity with the Common Information Model. The role addresses critical infrastructure needs by protecting internal information and hardware within mission-critical environments involving aerospace, satellite communications, launch vehicles, or factory-floor logging to ensure system reliability and security for high-stakes operations.

What you'll do

  • Deploy, administer, and support a distributed Splunk environment at an enterprise scale.
  • Automate the deployment, configuration, and management of Splunk agents and enterprise systems.
  • Monitor and maintain the performance, availability, and capacity of the logging platform.
  • Write complex SPL to create dashboards and alerts for Infosec and IT teams.
  • Troubleshoot issues related to Splunk instances and Universal Forwarders.
  • Manage data onboarding, governance, enrichment, and field extraction for various use cases.

What we're looking for

  • Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee per ITAR requirements.
  • At least 2 years of experience administering or implementing Splunk in a professional setting.
  • Experience writing complex regex for field mappings and identifying patterns.
  • Experience with Puppet, Ansible, or other automation frameworks.
  • Relevant certifications such as Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect, Security Admin, or Core Consultant (preferred).
  • Familiarity with integrating enterprise applications, onboarding log sources, and the Common Information Model (preferred).
  • Experience in System Administration, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or advanced Linux systems (preferred).
  • Experience with Python, Git, CI/CD, Splunk SOAR, or Machine Learning Toolkit (preferred).

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