Splunk Engineer

SpaceX

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Bastrop, TXRedmond, WA
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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. The primary responsibilities include standardizing agent deployments and configurations using automation, monitoring platform performance, availability, and capacity, and troubleshooting Splunk instances and Universal Forwarder problems. The engineer will write complex SPLs for dashboards and alerts, manage data onboarding, governance, and field extraction, and identify visibility gaps for SOC detections. Required technical skills include experience with Splunk administration, complex regex, and automation frameworks like Puppet or Ansible. Preferred qualifications include Python for custom commands, Git, CI/CD, and Linux systems knowledge. The role involves supporting mission-critical, 24/7 operational environments within aerospace, satellite communications, launch vehicle, or factory-floor logging contexts to protect internal information and hardware.

What you'll do

  • Deploy, administer, and support a distributed Splunk environment at an enterprise scale.
  • Standardize Splunk agent and enterprise deployment, configuration, and management using automation.
  • Monitor and maintain the logging platform's performance, availability, and capacity.
  • Write complex SPLs to create dashboards and alerts for Infosec and other IT organizations.
  • Troubleshoot Splunk instances and Splunk Universal Forwarder problems.
  • Manage data onboarding, governance, enrichment, and field extraction for various use cases.

What we're looking for

  • 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.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for Department of State authorization.
  • Certifications such as Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect, Splunk Enterprise Security Admin, and Splunk Core Consultant (preferred).
  • Familiarity with aerospace, satellite communications, launch vehicle, or factory-floor logging environments (preferred).
  • Experience developing or extending Splunk with Python beyond basic SPL (preferred).
  • Advanced Linux systems knowledge for large-scale Splunk clusters (preferred).

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