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CACI International Splunk Engineer in Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Splunk Engineer

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI with Polygraph

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: None

Type of Travel: None


CACI is currently looking for a System Engineer who has experience supporting Splunk data to join our team with the option of flexible work schedules all while developing next generation products for the NSA.

The Splunk engineer is expected to use Splunk software in his/her everyday job for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated data.

Splunk tool specs:

  • 3 search heads

  • 4 indexers

  • 1 master loader

  • 1 load balancer

  • 2 forwarders

It's current version is 8.5 running on MASH. Splunk is being used for metrics, diagnosing problems, and pulling data from repositories on our servers from tools such as casport, latteart, jira and confluence. This data is being assembled into dashboards.

Role will Include:

  • administer splunk clusters

  • upgrade the tool when required

  • API data calls

  • IAVA support

  • CentOS7 to RHEL8 upgrade

  • Moving to AWS

  • pulling logs for servers

  • creating dashboards and briefing material using splunk data for COR-T

What You’ll Get to Do:

  • Establish a process to formally and proactively control and manage changes to requirements, consider impacts prior to commitment to change, gain stakeholder buy-in, eliminate ambiguity, ensure traceability to source requirements, and track and settle open actions

  • Coordinate with the customer on reporting vision, create Splunk reports, and deploy/manage them on dashboards

  • Manage and ensure the technical integrity of the system baseline over time, continually updating it as various changes are imposed on the system during the lifecycle from development through deployment and operations & maintenance

  • Develop scenarios (threads) and an Operational Concept that describes the interactions between the system, the user, and the environment, that satisfies operational, support, maintenance, and disposal needs

  • Establish and follow a formal procedure for coordinating system integration activities among multiple teams, ensuring complete coverage of all interfaces

  • Scripting Experience (Python, etc) – Candidate will be expected to pull data from tools via RestAPI using python scripts.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

  • Seven (7) years of experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required. Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required

  • Active TS/SCI security clearance and a current polygraph is required

  • Note: Four (4) years of experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

What We Can Offer You:

  • We’ve been named a Best Place to Work by the Washington Post.

  • Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.

  • We offer competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities.

  • We are mission-oriented and ever vigilant in aligning our solutions with the nation’s highest priorities.

  • For over 60 years, the principles of CACI’s unique, character-based culture have been the driving force behind our success.

Company Overview:

CACI is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.

Pay Range : There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here (https://careers.caci.com/global/en/employee-benefits)

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$85,800 - $180,200

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