Senior Splunk Security Engineer at Oslitandi Tech LLC
Washington, DC
$166,400–$197,600
Jul 28, 2026
Washington, DC
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within a Network Operations and Security Center (NOSC) and is centered on building, deploying, and administering Splunk at scale — including Splunk ES and SOAR — in cloud, Windows, and Linux environments. The engineer will own data onboarding from a wide range of security sources (firewalls, proxies, IDS/IPS, host syslogs), develop threat-detection content and dashboards, and support architectural reviews of sensor placement and security infrastructure. It suits an experienced Splunk practitioner with a cybersecurity background and hands-on scripting skills.
Senior level · 8+ years · Bachelor's required
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What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095).
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Why we read it this way (6)
The SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role's primary day-to-day work is building and administering Splunk for a NOSC (security-focused content, threat detection, sensor architecture reviews), which leans 15-1212 Information Security Analysts. However, a substantial portion of the work is infrastructure/systems administration and data engineering, which could support 15-1244. 15-1212 was chosen because the security mission and content development are the explicit focus.
The posting states two overlapping experience thresholds: '5+ years in system administration/software engineering with a concentration in Cybersecurity' in Primary Responsibilities, and '8 years' in the Basic Qualifications degree requirement block. The higher figure (8 years) is used as the overall years minimum since it appears alongside the formal degree requirement as a hard gate.
The degree requirement ('bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field') is stated as a hard gate in the Basic Qualifications section alongside the 8-year experience requirement.
Certifications listed (CASP, GCIH, CISSP, CCSP, CEH, RHCE, etc.) are required ('at least one of the following'), but as professional certifications rather than named technologies they are not emitted as skills — except for the Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect certification, which is explicitly called out as a current, named credential requirement.
The cloud environment requirement is stated without naming a specific platform; AWS, Azure, and GCP are listed as common substitutes.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Splunk Common Information Model (CIM).
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