Splunk Detection Engineer

🕒 January 8

🎸 Tennessee – Remote

🎸 Tennessee – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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Boston Government Services, LLC (BGS)

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2007

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Defense • Logistics

Boston Government Services, LLC (BGS) is a company that provides engineering, technology, and cybersecurity solutions primarily for the federal government and the energy sector. Located in Oak Ridge, TN, BGS offers a range of services including environmental management, nuclear operations, renewable energy, and compliance with cybersecurity standards such as CMMC. The firm prides itself on delivering high-value solutions to complex and highly regulated environments.

📋 Description

• Integrate new data sources, which may include databases, APIs, files, etc. • Validating and creating appropriate configurations for CIM compliant logs • Processing requests from cybersecurity analysts for new detections within Splunk Enterprise Security • Analyzing existing logs to identify poorly formatted logs and potential gaps when implementing new detections • Adding and maintaining threat feeds within Splunk Enterprise Security • Monitoring the performance of and tuning detections • Managing asset and identity inventory within Splunk Enterprise Security • Creating and maintaining new Splunk apps • Recommending additions or changes to Splunk or its data models to meet detection needs • Developing searches, reports, and other functionalities for cyber-based use-cases, including active response, intrusion detection, vulnerability management, and related use cases • Assisting users with creating and optimizing searches and dashboards and mentoring others in good development of said resources • Attend online/Teams meetings with team and others as appropriate • Work with team to provide status on current task, suggest improvements, discuss implementation, etc.

🎯 Requirements

• Significant experience with Splunk and Splunk Enterprise Security • Significant experience with event logging solutions (e.g., Splunk Universal Forwarder, syslog, Cribl) • Experience with ticketing/case management • Experience with Git pipelines • Familiarity with using Linux CLI • Ability to craft queries using common languages; comfort with regex, JSON and APIs; basic scripting in Python/PowerShell/Bash • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills both with stakeholders, peers, and internal customers; able to operate under pressure in a shift or on-call environment • Considerable knowledge using and administering Splunk • Staying up to date with the latest cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and best practices • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Meticulous attention to detail to ensure thorough assessments and accurate reporting • Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders • Ability to work collaboratively with other cybersecurity professionals, IT staff, and external vendors • Experience and skill in conducting audits or reviews of technical systems • Experience working in a government environment • Experience working in a distributed IT environment • Ability to qualify for HSPD-12 card for use in two-factor authentication

🏖️ Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance • Paid Vacation • 401K • Long and Short-Term Disability