Cybersecurity Engineer 4 - SIEM / Splunk Engineer
Search Results · Columbus, OH
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Jul 3, 2026
Columbus, OH
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level cybersecurity engineering role centered on administering and enhancing Splunk Enterprise Security environments within a large federal operational setting. Day-to-day work involves building custom dashboards, correlation rules, and automated monitoring workflows, optimizing data ingestion and indexing, and collaborating with incident response and security analyst teams. Suited to experienced Splunk practitioners holding an active DoD Secret clearance and DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level III and CND-IS certifications.
Senior level · 7+ years · Richmond, VA · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $129,006 (middle half $98,959–$164,438).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The posting lists two possible work locations — Richmond, VA and Columbus, OH — but only one CBSA can be captured; Richmond, VA (CBSA 40060) is listed first and used here.
The title 'Cybersecurity Engineer 4' implies an internal level designation (likely senior/experienced), but the posting uses no standard seniority label (Senior, Staff, etc.) in the title itself, so advertised seniority is treated as Unspecified. The 7+ years requirement and scope support a Senior classification.
This position is explicitly contingent upon contract award; employment is not guaranteed until the contract is awarded and funded.
DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level III and CND-IS certifications are hard gates stated in the Minimum Qualifications section. These are certification-framework requirements (e.g., CISSP, CASP+, CISA satisfy IAT III) rather than a single named tool, but are captured as-is since they are explicit rejection criteria.
Linux+ certification is listed under Minimum Qualifications and is treated as a hard gate, though it is a certification rather than a technology skill.
Splunk Administrator certification is listed under Minimum Qualifications and treated as a hard gate.
SIEM architecture experience, threat hunting, and large-scale log ingestion/correlation are listed under 'Preferred Skills' and are therefore not hard gates.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level III, DoD 8570/8140 CND-IS.
Requires a Secret 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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