Cyber Security Splunk Engineer

  • Full-Time
  • Richmond, VA
  • Deloitte
  • Posted 3 years ago – Accepting applications
Job Description

US Cyber Engineer – Lead/Senior Engineer

Location: US – Hermitage (remote)

Are you passionate about technology and interested in joining a community of collaborative colleagues who respectfully and courageously seek to challenge the status quo? If so, read on to learn more about an exciting opportunity with Deloitte’s Information Technology Services (ITS). We are curious and life-long learners focused on technology and innovation.

Work you’ll do

The Cybersecurity Engineer position supports the Fusion Center as an escalation point identifying and addressing potential Splunk content/level I and II engineering security concerns as this role serves as a point of escalation. This role is also responsible for supporting Security application(s) patching, content creation as requested from all stakeholders, and development of process documentation.


  • Provide knowledge of recognizing and onboarding new data sources into Splunk, analyzing the data for parsing purposes to make it CIM compliant, then building dashboards to fulfill stakeholder requirements.
  • Provide skillful knowledge within a Linux environment, editing and maintaining Splunk configuration files and apps.
  • Work with other Cybersecurity Engineering team members and interact with end users to gather requirements, perform troubleshooting, and aid with the creation of Splunk search queries and dashboards as required.
  • Interact with senior management, as necessary.
  • Troubleshoot performance alerts from the Splunk infrastructure or Splunk agents
  • Assist in the testing of vendor patches for all security applications the Engineering team supports.
  • Maintain the Cybersecurity Engineering group in ServiceNow and ensure all request and incident SLA’s are met as required by our stakeholders.
  • Document and update the Team’s process and Data Ingestion procedures.
  • Actively seek to improve and develop new content based upon observed security activity
  • Provide excellent customer service

The team

Information Technology Services (ITS) helps power Deloitte’s success, which serves many of the world’s largest, most respected organizations. We develop and deploy cutting-edge internal and go-to-market solutions that help Deloitte operate effectively and lead in the market. Our reputation is built on a tradition of delivering with excellence.

The ~3,000 professionals in ITS deliver services including:

  • Cyber Security
  • Technology Support
  • Technology & Infrastructure
  • Applications
  • Relationship Management
  • Strategy & Communications
  • Project Management
  • Financials

Cyber Security

Cyber Security vigilantly protects Deloitte and client data. The team leads a strategic cyber risk program that adapts to a rapidly changing threat landscape, changes in business strategies, risks, and vulnerabilities. Using situational awareness, threat intelligence, and building a security culture across the organization, the team helps to protect the Deloitte brand.

Areas of focus include:

  • Risk & Compliance
  • Identity & Access Management
  • Data Protection
  • Cyber Design
  • Incident Response
  • Security Architecture
  • Business Partnership

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Business Administration, or relevant educational or professional experience.
  • 5 years of related experience including 2 to 3 years in Splunk Administration.
  • Strong Working Knowledge of the Splunk Platform.
  • Ability to troubleshoot performance and issues, as well as installation and Splunk upgrades
  • Strong experience in analyzing, troubleshooting and providing solutions for technical issues.
  • Experience with Splunk Enterprise Security.
  • Experience in Syslog, Splunk HTTP Event collection (HEC).
  • Experience in ingesting logs from DB Connect app.
  • Creating Alerts, Dashboards and reports in Splunk Tool.
  • Experience in requirement gathering and documentation.
  • Experience in Log parsing, lookups, calculated fields extractions using regular expression(regex).
  • Experience in Developing Splunk Dashboards, Report, Alerts, Visualizations and Optimize searches.
  • Hands-on Experience in Splunk Content Development.
  • Sound judgment skills and ability to manage escalations.
  • Determines methods and procedures on new assignments with minimal instruction,
  • Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Preferred:

  • Splunk Core User Certification
  • Splunk Core Power User Certification
  • Splunk Admin Certification
  • Experience with Data Models
  • Experience with writing correlated searches
  • Writing Scripts and configure in Splunk Servers.
  • Understanding of all Splunk backend components
  • Experience with Splunk integration to AWS, Azure, and GCP
  • Knowledge and experience in GIT.
  • Knowledge of risk assessment tools, technologies and methods
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