Splunk Engineer - TS/ SCI security clearance

About the Role

Designs, implements, and manages Splunk solutions to enable advanced data analysis, monitoring, and visualization for our organization. This position is onsite at the National Maritime Intelligence Center, 4251 Suitland Road, Suitland, MD 20746.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and manage Splunk environments across on‑premise and cloud infrastructures.
• Perform upgrades, patches, and maintenance to ensure optimal system performance and security.
• Monitor Splunk system health and troubleshoot issues related to performance, configuration, and connectivity.
• Work closely with application owners, network engineers, and other stakeholders to identify relevant data sources.
• Develop and maintain data onboarding processes, including parsing, indexing, and normalization of logs and metrics from diverse systems.
• Write and optimize regular expressions, data transforms, and event types to ensure accurate data ingestion.
• Create complex Splunk queries using Search Processing Language (SPL) to perform analysis and extract meaningful insights.
• Develop dashboards, reports, and alerts tailored to operational, security, and business requirements.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Minimum 8 years of hands‑on experience with Splunk administration, implementation, and data analysis, preferably in a medium‑to‑large enterprise environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field (preferred but not required).

Pay

Salary range: $190,000 – $240,000 depending on experience and skill set. Salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials.

Benefits

Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/

Culture & AI Commitment

CDW is an AI‑fluent organization that values curiosity, a learner’s mindset, and responsible AI integration. We encourage candidates to embrace an AI mindset—being adaptive, experimental, and collaborative—while ensuring applications remain rooted in personal experience and judgment.

About CDW

CDW is a Fortune 500 technology solutions provider serving businesses, government, education, and healthcare organizations. We act as one, building trust, speaking candidly, and delivering results. Our culture emphasizes collaboration, continuous learning, and empowering employees to solve complex challenges and make a real impact for customers and communities.