Splunk Systems Administrator

Leidos is seeking a Splunk Administrator to design, implement, and maintain enterprise Splunk environments supporting mission-critical national security and commercial clients. You will configure data ingest, manage indexes, create dashboards and alerts, optimize performance, and ensure security and compliance across large, complex infrastructures. In this collaborative, mission-driven role, you'll work with cyber, operations, and engineering teams to troubleshoot issues, automate routine tasks, and deliver actionable insights. Leidos offers flexible work options, robust benefits, and strong professional development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise Splunk infrastructure and components.
• Onboard and normalize data from diverse systems, applications, and security tools.
• Develop and maintain searches, dashboards, alerts, and reports for stakeholders.
• Monitor Splunk performance, implement tuning, and plan capacity and scaling.
• Ensure security, compliance, and access controls within Splunk environments.
• Troubleshoot ingestion, search, and indexing issues across complex ecosystems.
• Automate routine administration tasks using scripting and configuration management.
• Collaborate with cyber, operations, and engineering teams on logging and monitoring strategy.
• Document architecture, configurations, and standard operating procedures.
• Support upgrades, patches, and new feature implementations in Splunk.

Required Skills

• Splunk Administration
• Linux/Unix Administration
• Windows Server Administration
• Search Processing Language (SPL)
• Dashboard and alert development
• Data onboarding and parsing
• Enterprise security and compliance
• Scripting (Python, Bash, Power
• Shell)
• Performance tuning and capacity planning
• System monitoring and troubleshooting