SIEM Engineer

Job Description

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a SIEM Engineer who will provide Splunk Engineering support to partner with security tools and infrastructure management teams to administer and manage the department's Splunk solution, facilitate data ingestion, analysis, correlation, and visualizations. The Splunk Engineer will enable our customer to fully deploy a Department Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) program utilizing Splunk Enterprise Security Tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a technical infrastructure based on functional requirements for new and existing Splunk instances.
• Participate in requirements gathering, architecting, building, and supporting operational teams throughout the agency.
• Design and implement content management solutions to provide search, reporting, applications, and visualizations.
• Develop guidance on data analysis and reporting, including the use of machine learning models and complex data analysis.
• Maintain, upgrade, and operate Splunk systems while providing guidance and assistance across teams.
• Integrate automation, applications, and systems monitoring.
• Provide extensive knowledge of Splunk and educate the customer's Splunk users on search, reporting, and visualization development.
• Assist with Data Enrichment to improve reporting, search, and dashboard capabilities.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of SIEM/Cyber Security engineering experience, as evidenced by work history.
• Flexibility to meet any threat scenario 24/7/365 as mission dictates.
• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Public Trust Clearance.

Desirable Qualifications

• Prefer candidate to possess one or more of the following certifications:
  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) or other equivalent cyber certification(s)
  • Splunk Core Certified Consultant
  • Cribl Certified User
  • Security Tool Certifications (e.g., Cisco, Palo Alto, etc.)
• Experience integrating and using Automation tools (Ansible, Terraform)
• Experience with cloud-based technologies (AWS, Azure)
• Experience with NOC technologies and metrics
• Desire to learn advanced SOC methodologies using Splunk ES
• Experience with Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) tools and technologies (e.g., Splunk Phantom, Ansible, Python, etc.)

Pay & Benefit Highlights

Compensation

• Above market fixed salary or hourly pay.
• Up to $10,000 bonus for each referral.
• Additional bonuses for exceptional performance, assisting with business development and company growth.

Health

• 100% paid premiums for health insurance. Choose from over 80 gold-level medical plans from Aetna, CareFirst, Kaiser and UnitedHealthcare. Choose from PPO, EPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible.
• HSA and FSA options.
• 100% paid premiums for dental insurance.
• 100% paid premiums for vision insurance.

Income Protection

• 100% paid premiums for short-term disability.
• 100% paid premiums for long-term disability.
• 100% paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment.
• 100% paid premiums for life insurance with a $200,000 max benefit.

Retirement

• 8% company contribution to 401k with immediate vesting.
• 401k pre-tax and Roth options.

Leave

• Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
• 11 days of paid floating holidays.

Work-Life Balance

• Flexible work schedules including flex time and compressed work period.
• Remote work including partial or fully remote (contract and project-dependent).

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Base-2 Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.