Senior Security Engineer — Splunk

Job overview

Compensation is $140,000–$162,000 per year. The Senior Security Engineer — Splunk role follows a hybrid model with three days per week onsite near National Harbor, MD; UltraViolet Cyber’s Federal Delivery team provides security operations solutions for federal government environments and critical infrastructure. The engineer designs, implements, and optimizes Splunk deployments for threat detection, security analytics, and compliance monitoring. The role strengthens security monitoring and response by improving data pipelines, integrations, platform performance, and operational reliability.

What you'll do

• Design, implement, and maintain Splunk deployments
• document infrastructure architecture and develop an engineering roadmap
• optimize searches, dashboards, and alerts
• manage clustering and forwarder deployment
• lead deployment and configuration projects
• troubleshoot complex platform issues and conduct root-cause analysis
• tune performance and plan capacity
• integrate security tools and data sources
• optimize Cribl-to-Splunk data pipelines
• support Splunk engineers and cross-functional teams.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior security engineer

splunk

hybrid

national harbor md

ultraviolet cyber

federal delivery

cybersecurity

security monitoring

threat detection

siem

cribl integration

u.s. citizenship required

on-call rotation

splunk certified architect

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• 401(k) with employer match
• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• group term life
• short- and long-term disability
• voluntary life, hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness coverage
• discretionary time off
• 11 paid holidays annually.

Why this role

Requires U.S. citizenship and ability to clear a government background process. The posting requires a master’s degree plus 12 years of experience, including seven or more years in security engineering and three or more years of advanced Splunk implementation; Splunk certification is required. Participation in an on-call incident-response rotation is specified.

About the employer

UltraViolet Cyber is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.