Elevate Government Solutions is a high growth Technology Services company focused on driving technological change in the government space. Our teams engage with various government agencies to develop and deploy emerging technology solutions using a tailored Agile methodology. 

We are seeking a highly motivated and intellectually curious Splunk Administrator / Engineer to join our team working with a Federal client. The position will be a remote role open to US citizens residing in the Washington, DC area of the United States with an ACTIVE SECRET security clearance.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Architect, implement, administer, and troubleshoot Splunk and drive to business outcomes

• Establish and support leading practices around Splunk strategy, participate in technical governance, identify core data, integrations, and the overall health of Splunk solution

• This is a highly consultative role that guides architecture and design to ensure business goals are met across the enterprise

• Interface with leaders across departments, platform owners, architects, and development teams to drive the structure and implementation of Splunk solutions

• Respond to technical issues in a professional and timely manner

• Work closely with customer to implement and/or consult requested solutions

• Possess considerable logic and understanding to analyze and troubleshoot problems

• Must be able to work independently with little to no daily supervision, is a team player, open to ideas and learning

• Work in a distributed team environment where team members are spread across numerous locations and often communicate virtually to support clients. 

• Work as a team member closely with the Project Manager, Business Analyst, Technical lead and others to ensure implementations are completed on time and within budget

Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Splunk

• Ability to work with US Federal clients and possess an ACTIVE SECRET clearance

• Required skills: 

• Experience architecting, implementing, administering, and troubleshooting Splunk and drive to business outcomes

• 2+ years of vulnerability management, running scans, analyzing scans, re-scanning for remediation, configuring and troubleshooting scanner tools 

• 1+ years managing Splunk App development, scripting and log management solution design

• 1+ years integrating data input from Splunk from other tools such as WebInspect, DBProtect, Nessus, AWS

• Fundamental understanding of software, computer, cloud computing, and network architectures

• Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation creation tools, as well as Internet research tools

• Desired Skills: 

• Ability to multi-task & support multiple priorities / multiple deliverables, 

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

• Ability to take the initiative to complete tasks with minimal supervision

• Skilled in verbal, written and oral communication

• Strong team player with a great attitude

• Flexibility and willingness to go beyond the call of duty. Highly self-motivated and directed.  (a go getter)

• Ability to take ownership and drive issues to closure

Education Requirement:

• 4 year Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Eng or related (highly preferred)

Benefits

• Health Insurance (including Dental/Vision)

• 401k match

• Remote work 

• Company sponsored training and certifications

• Mentoring/Coaching