Sr. Engineer, IT Security

Splunk Engineer

This position follows our hybrid workstyle policy: Expected to be in a Raymond James office location a minimum of 10-12 days a month. Please note: This role is not eligible for Work Visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and administration for a large distributed Splunk environment consisting of search heads, indexers, deployers, deployment servers, and heavy/universal forwarders
• Administer the global Syslog-NG environment
• Develop, create, and maintain advanced Splunk content
• Think outside the box to rebuild Splunk workflows using best practices to improve SVC utilization
• Configure, administer, and tune Splunk Cloud environment
• Onboard new Splunk event sources, data feeds, apps, and devices
• Maintain and review data integrity of Splunk data feeds into the Splunk
• Act as a Splunk Subject Matter Expert for team
• Shares in a weekly on-call rotation and acts as an escalation point for major incidents and associates of Raymond James

Experience

• 7+ years of related experience in Splunk engineering, administration, and content development
• System administrator experience in Linux, Windows, or OSX operating systems
• System administrator experience in maintenance and management of enterprise syslog environment
• Knowledge of networking and the common network protocols
• Experience with development of complex Splunk analytics
• Familiar with interacting with a variety of APIs and using an API platform such as Postman, Insomnia, or Hopscotch to develop and test data integration
• Demonstrated ability to create complex scripts, develop tools, or automate processes in PowerShell, Python or Bash

One or more of the following Certifications:

• Splunk Cloud Certified Admin
• Splunk Certified Architect
• Splunk Certified Consultant
• CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional
• CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate

Core Competencies

• Analysis: Identify and understand issues, problems, and opportunities; compare data from different sources to draw conclusions.
• Communication: Clearly convey information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
• Exercising Judgment and Decision Making: Use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; recommend or take action that are consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.
• Technical and Professional Knowledge: Demonstrate a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill, or knowledge, in position-related areas; remain current with developments and trends in areas of expertise.
• Building Effective Relationships: Develop and use collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.
• Client Focus: Make internal and external clients, and their needs, a primary focus of actions; develop and sustain productive client relationships.