SITEC - Splunk Data Engineer - MacDill AFB at Peraton
MacDill AFB, FL
$104,000–$166,000from the description
Jul 12, 2026
MacDill AFB, FL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Splunk-focused data engineering role supporting a large military special operations IT contract at MacDill AFB. The position centers on building and maintaining data ingestion pipelines into an enterprise Splunk environment, including configuring forwarders and edge processors, developing custom technology add-ons, mapping data to the Splunk Common Information Model, and optimizing data flows to support Zero Trust architecture, threat hunting, and DoD compliance reporting.
Senior level · 8+ years · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $108,668 (middle half $70,855–$141,873). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (7)
The title in the posting is 'Splunk Data Engineer' despite the requisition being filed under a 'Systems Engineers' umbrella for the SITEC-3 EOM contract. The role's primary day-to-day work is Splunk data pipeline engineering, which sits most naturally in 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other); 15-1243 (Database Architects) is a plausible runner-up given the data modeling and pipeline design emphasis.
Experience requirement is stated as a sliding scale tied to education level: 12 years with a high school diploma, 10 years with an associate's, 8 years with a bachelor's, or 6 years with a master's. The minimum (6 years) is achievable with a master's degree, but the most common baseline for this type of role (bachelor's) is 8 years — the overall years minimum is set to 8 accordingly. No specific degree is hard-required; equivalent experience is accepted at every level.
DoD TS/SCI clearance is explicitly required in the Required Qualifications section.
DoD 8570 IAT II Certification is listed as a hard requirement. The DoW 8140 Work Role Code 451 (Systems Administrator Intermediate) compliance deadline of 1 Oct 2026 is listed under Desired Qualifications and is therefore preferred.
Scripting languages (Python, PowerShell) and pipeline middleware tools (Kafka, NiFi, syslog-ng, Rsyslog) appear under Desired Qualifications and are marked preferred.
The role is on-site at MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL — no remote option is indicated.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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