Peraton is seeking a Systems Engineer/Splunk Administrator to support a critical mission of consequence within our Cyber Mission Business Unit in Annapolis Junction, MD.  This work is performed at a contractor facility. The candidate’s primary responsibility is to maintain and enhance the existing Splunk infrastructure in the enterprise.  

Responsibilities for System Engineer include the following:

• Support Splunk Enterprise Security 
• Apply upgrades and patches as necessary to maintain system 
• Troubleshoot logs and effectively communicate with teammates, both government and contractor, in an enterprise environment. 
• Manage the administration Splunk deployments, including both operating system and application aspects. 
• Analyze and resolve system performance issues (e.g. response time or timing problems, interface/integration problems, system bottlenecks, data flow issues). 
• Design and develop software solutions by analyzing stakeholder requirements and conferring with users and other system engineers 

Position Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with Polygraph
• Fourteen (14) years experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
  • Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Desired Qualifications:

• Familiarity with cloud computing/infrastructure

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on our critical National Security programs, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

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