On site in Washington, DC, this senior cybersecurity engineering role centers on designing, implementing, securing, and maintaining Splunk environments to support federal cybersecurity operations and enterprise security analytics within a government contracting setting. The position offers a competitive annual salary range of $135,000 to $216,000 and a benefits program designed to support health, financial security, and work‑life balance. You will join a collaborative, mission‑driven team that values expertise, mentorship, and delivering robust security visibility across classified and unclassified environments.
Compensation for this role ranges from $135,000 to $216,000 per year. Depending on the scope, applicants may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life
- Health savings account
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Employee assistance program
- Parental leave
- 401(k)
- Paid time off for vacation
- Company paid holidays
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, manage, and optimize enterprise Splunk architectures to support federal cybersecurity operations and mission requirements.
- Build and sustain scalable data ingestion, indexing, normalization, correlation, visualization, alerting, and reporting across both classified and unclassified environments.
- Develop and maintain Splunk Enterprise Security use cases, correlation searches, dashboards, threat detections, and automated alerting.
- Collaborate with government customers, ISSOs, ISSMs, SOC analysts, system administrators, and program leadership to capture operational and compliance needs.
- Integrate Splunk with enterprise security technologies such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, EDR, vulnerability management tools, IAM systems, cloud security platforms, and network monitoring solutions.
- Support Security Operations Center activities including threat hunting, incident response, forensic investigations, and continuous monitoring initiatives.
- Apply cybersecurity best practices and hardening standards to Splunk infrastructure in alignment with federal security requirements.
- Ensure Splunk environments comply with federal frameworks including NIST 800-53, RMF, FISMA, DOE cybersecurity directives, Zero Trust Architecture, and CDM requirements.
- Develop custom Splunk applications, APIs, scripts, and automation workflows to improve operational efficiency and security visibility.
- Perform system upgrades, patch management, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and capacity planning for distributed Splunk environments.
- Support Authority to Operate processes by creating and maintaining the necessary cybersecurity documentation, artifacts, and audit evidence.
- Create and maintain architecture diagrams, standard operating procedures, security documentation, and technical implementation guides.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior engineers and cybersecurity analysts.
- Participate in cybersecurity assessments, audits, tabletop exercises, and compliance reviews.
Requirements
- Educational pathway: 16 years of schooling with a high school diploma, or 12 years with a bachelor’s, 10 years with a master’s, or 7 years with a PhD. A bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field is preferred; equivalent experience may be substituted.
- Proven expertise with distributed Splunk architectures.
- Experience supporting Security Operations Centers and enterprise continuous monitoring programs.
- Track record of designing and operating systems in compliance with NIST 800-53, RMF, FISMA, Zero Trust Architecture, DOE directives, and related federal requirements.
- Solid understanding of cybersecurity concepts including threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, identity management, and network security.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, mission-focused government environments.
- Ability to obtain a DOE Q or SCI clearance.
- Core technologies: Splunk and Splunk Enterprise Security.
Peraton is an equal opportunity employer, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
