Splunk Dashboard Developer

Location: Springfield, VA (hybrid; occasional onsite work in Springfield, VA and Beltsville, MD). US citizenship and active Secret clearance required; must be able to obtain Top Secret.

About the role

Vanguard is seeking a skilled Splunk Dashboard Developer to design, develop, and maintain dashboards that provide actionable insights from Department-level operational data. The developer will work closely with NT leadership and operators to translate mission requirements into real-time, scalable, and visually intuitive dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain dashboards natively within Splunk using SPL (Search Processing Language) and Dashboard Studio / Simple XML.
• Optimize dashboards for performance, scalability, and usability with large data sets.
• Collaborate with NT leadership, engineers, operators, and stakeholders to ensure dashboards meet operational and mission requirements.
• Assist in data modeling, reporting, and access control configuration for secure and effective information sharing.
• Support documentation and training for dashboard users.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and fourteen (14) years of experience; Master’s degree and twelve (12) years of experience; or additional experience in lieu of degree.
• Strong experience with Splunk dashboard development and SPL query language.
• Proven ability to design and optimize Splunk dashboards for large, complex datasets.
• Experience translating operational requirements into actionable visualizations.
• Familiarity with collaborative tools for sharing dashboards across teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain Top Secret.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a government environment.
• Familiarity with IT-related (specifically network) data and metrics.
• Familiarity with IT operations, monitoring, or ticketing platforms such as ServiceNow.
• Ability to use APIs to pull data from Splunk for custom reporting or integrations.
• Some Power BI experience for cases where Splunk dashboards may not meet all visualization needs.

Pay

Target salary range: $160,001 – $200,000.