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Leidos Inc lists this Senior Splunk / Elastic Engineer opportunity in alexandria, Virginia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Description
Leidos is seeing a Splunk/Elastic Engineer on our GSMO II IDIQ contract's DISA J-6 Cyber Security Task Order in Alexandria, VA. DISA J-6 provides a full range of IT products, services, and solutions and customer services to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) and the Joint Staff (JS), Director of Administration (DA), Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA), Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), and other OSD offices for them to meet mission and business requirements. Through the DISA J-6 Cyber Security program, DISA J-6 performs a wide variety of services and functions required to secure the information security posture for DoD services.
An active Secret security clearance is required prior to start and this role will be based onsite in the Alexandria, VA area.
Primary Responsibilities:
Design efficient and reusable reports and dashboards to integrate multiple mission applications' health, performance and operational data systems into Splunk/Elastic
Direct and monitor reporting in Splunk/Elastic dashboards to reflect compliance status of DISA J-6 with all directed information assurance vulnerability alerts and bulletins, Computer Tasking Orders, and other compulsory cyber security directives.
Create front-end automated data visualization services using Splunk/Elastic
Create viewable Splunk/Elastic dashboards to provide visibility into ingested log data
Create alerts that trigger/activate on configured setting to deploy or sends a note/email/attachments to a particulate destination email or groups
Create security rules (alerts) that trigger on anomalous activities or threat detections
Utilize Qmulos, Splunk, Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS), Host Based Security System (HBSS), and Tanium to assess/validate/monitor the security controls and security posture of the enterprise and system level in order to support on-going authorization.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Active Secret security clearance is required prior to start.
DoD 8570 IAM II certification
Splunk Core Certified Power User, Equivalent certification or higher
Elastic Certified Analyst, Equivalent certification or higher
Excellent written and oral communications skills and be able to appropriately present highly technical material to both technical and non-technical audiences
Preferred Qualifications:
Prior experience as a network intrusion analyst or Security Operations Center analyst.
Experience configuring and maintaining the tool in a multi-tenant environment
Experience with one or more Security tools: Qmulos
ACAS
HBSS
Tanium
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range: Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit
Pay and Benefits
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Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
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Worksite address
alexandria, VA, 22350, US
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