Splunk Admin (Lab Manger)

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration, and intelligence mission support services to meet customers’ demanding challenges. Capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing supports a U.S. Government customer delivering onsite incident response to civilian agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation, breach characterization, mitigation planning, and service restoration.

About the role

Nightwing is seeking a Technical Engagement Network (TEN) Lab Manager with Linux, Splunk, and Ansible system administration experience to support the design, development, and deployment of advanced cybersecurity capabilities in the customer environment, enabling analyst operations and business continuity of the customer mission.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead Linux Systems Administrator overseeing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments across development, lab, and production systems.
• Perform large-scale configuration management and deployment across Windows, macOS, Linux/Unix, and virtual environments to support the TEN infrastructure.
• Support implementation of new technologies and equipment in the lab environment.
• Provide ongoing systems administration, technical support, upgrades, patching, and troubleshooting services.
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and workflows to automate application deployment and infrastructure provisioning.
• Configure, deploy, and maintain Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for large-scale provisioning, configuration management, and compliance enforcement.
• Administer and maintain Splunk Enterprise/Splunk Cloud for system monitoring, security analytics, and operational intelligence.
• Implement and monitor security controls, including STIG compliance, access management, and audit configurations for Linux and Splunk systems.
• Develop dashboards and alerts in Splunk for proactive system health, performance, and security event monitoring.
• Implement granular access control, establish backups, and monitor systems for acceptable performance and user accessibility.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex storage problems across the enterprise related to storage and replication strategies across local and wide-area networks.
• Monitor channels for storage-related network and system issues and remediate them as they occur.
• Identify and propose efficiencies to existing procedures with customer approval.
• Manage assigned project components to deliver services in accordance with established objectives.
• Advise and provide insight on development of lab standard operating procedures (SOPs) and policies.
• Employ security concepts, theories, tools, and methodologies to mitigate system weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Active DoD Secret clearance; TS/SCI clearance preferred.
• Ability to obtain DHS Suitability.
• 5+ years of directly relevant experience as a Linux System Administrator.
• 3+ years of experience with Splunk Enterprise administration and log ingestion.
• 3+ years of experience with Ansible automation (Ansible Core or Ansible Tower/AAP).
• Ability to work collaboratively across physical locations.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Systems Engineering, or related degree; or HS Diploma and 7+ years of lab management or systems administration experience.

Desired Skills

• Experience writing technical procedures and standard operating procedures.
• Virtualization automation and optimization.
• Experience with multiple operating systems including Linux/Unix, Windows, and macOS.

Desired Certifications

• DoD 8140.01 IAT Level II.

Pay

$99,000–$206,000, commensurate with qualifications, years of relevant experience, and demonstrated level of expertise.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
• 401k plan.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Additional insurance options.