Nasscomm
Senior Splunk Engineer
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This role is for a Senior Splunk Engineer, onsite in Bensalem, PA, for a 2.5+ month contract, offering a competitive pay rate. Key skills include Splunk, LDAP, SAML, data ingestion, and compliance. Experience with multi-site architectures is essential.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
April 30, 2026
🕒 - Duration
More than 6 months
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🏝️ - Location
On-site
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📄 - Contract
Unknown
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
Bensalem, PA
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) #Documentation #Splunk #LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) #Deployment #Compliance #Monitoring #Cloud #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Security #Scala #Data Ingestion #Load Balancing
Role description
Role: Senior Splunk Engineer
Location: Onsite (Bensalem, PA)
Duration: 2.5+ Months Contract
Position Description:
• Engineer and deploy a multi-site, highly available Splunk Enterprise platform with clustered architecture, ensuring scalability, resilience, and performance across distributed environments.
• Configure core components including Cluster Manager, License Master, Deployer, Deployment Server, Monitoring Console, indexer clusters, and search head clusters.
• Deploy Universal and Heavy Forwarders, create deployment apps, server classes, and automate rollout processes for efficient data ingestion.
• Onboard and validate multiple data sources such as Windows, firewall, and cloud logs while ensuring proper Common Information Model (CIM) alignment.
• Configure authentication (LDAP/SAML), custom indexes, SMTP relay, and load balancing to meet enterprise security and operational requirements.
• Implement and operationalize Splunk Enterprise Security (ES), including dashboards, correlation searches, and notable event management.
• Tune ES data models, correlation rules, thresholds, and platform performance for optimal detection and efficiency.
• Validate ingest pipelines, cluster health, search performance, and compliance standards.
• Develop documentation, architecture diagrams, and runbooks while providing knowledge transfer to engineering teams.
Role: Senior Splunk Engineer
Location: Onsite (Bensalem, PA)
Duration: 2.5+ Months Contract
Position Description:
• Engineer and deploy a multi-site, highly available Splunk Enterprise platform with clustered architecture, ensuring scalability, resilience, and performance across distributed environments.
• Configure core components including Cluster Manager, License Master, Deployer, Deployment Server, Monitoring Console, indexer clusters, and search head clusters.
• Deploy Universal and Heavy Forwarders, create deployment apps, server classes, and automate rollout processes for efficient data ingestion.
• Onboard and validate multiple data sources such as Windows, firewall, and cloud logs while ensuring proper Common Information Model (CIM) alignment.
• Configure authentication (LDAP/SAML), custom indexes, SMTP relay, and load balancing to meet enterprise security and operational requirements.
• Implement and operationalize Splunk Enterprise Security (ES), including dashboards, correlation searches, and notable event management.
• Tune ES data models, correlation rules, thresholds, and platform performance for optimal detection and efficiency.
• Validate ingest pipelines, cluster health, search performance, and compliance standards.
• Develop documentation, architecture diagrams, and runbooks while providing knowledge transfer to engineering teams.
