Splunk & Cyber Engineer

General Dynamics
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 125,800 - 170,200 annuallyFunction: CybersecurityExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Teamwork","Collaboration","Communication","Mentoring","Relationship building"]

Support USCENTCOM by engineering, deploying, and optimizing Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, and Splunk ITSI for mission-critical cyber operations. Build end-to-end data ingestion pipelines, correlation rules, dashboards, alerts, and automations for threat hunting, incident response, and operational reporting. Perform tuning, capacity planning, hardening, and lifecycle management, and integrate Splunk with SIEM/SOAR and security tools across complex, multi-classification environments.

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General Dynamics
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Splunk & Cyber Engineer

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Job Summary

Support USCENTCOM by engineering, deploying, and optimizing Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, and Splunk ITSI for mission-critical cyber operations. Build end-to-end data ingestion pipelines, correlation rules, dashboards, alerts, and automations for threat hunting, incident response, and operational reporting. Perform tuning, capacity planning, hardening, and lifecycle management, and integrate Splunk with SIEM/SOAR and security tools across complex, multi-classification environments.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the design, deployment, and administration of Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, and Splunk ITSI across complex environments.
  • •Engineer data ingestion pipelines including parsing, CIM normalization, correlation rule development, and integration with enterprise security tools.
  • •Develop dashboards, alerts, analytics, and automation to support threat hunting, incident response, and operational reporting.
  • •Perform performance tuning, capacity planning, system hardening, and lifecycle management to ensure high availability and resilience.
  • •Collaborate with cybersecurity, network, and systems teams to integrate Splunk with SIEM/SOAR platforms and support security risk analysis and forensic support.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 125,800 - 170,200 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of related experience.
  • •DoD 8140 or DoD 8570 certification (or equivalent).
  • •Extensive systems engineering and infrastructure management experience.
  • •Advanced scripting proficiency for automation and system management (PowerShell, Python).
  • •Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and prepare system documentation.
Experience:5+ years
Skills:TeamworkCollaborationCommunicationMentoringRelationship building
Certifications:DoD 8140DoD 8570
Tech Stack:SplunkSplunk Enterprise SecuritySplunk ITSISplunk EnterpriseCIMSIEMSOARSPLPowerShellPythonREST APIsLinuxVMwareHyper-VAnsiblePuppetInfrastructure as Code

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.
Security Clearance:Secret

Company Brief

General Dynamics
Provides IT, systems engineering, cybersecurity, cloud, and mission support services to U.S. federal civilian and defense agencies, delivering large-scale technology solutions and managed services for national security and government operations.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Tysons / Fairfax, United States
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