Senior Splunk Engineer

Role: Senior Splunk Engineer

Location: Onsite (Bensalem, PA)

Duration: 3+ Months Contract

We are seeking a Senior Security & Log Analytics Engineer for an onsite contract in Bensalem, PA with our direct client The role focuses on designing, deploying, and validating a multi-site, highly available enterprise log platform integrated with advanced security analytics. You will manage platform buildout, data onboarding, CIM alignment, security enablement, performance tuning, and operational readiness.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement multi-site enterprise deployments including cluster management, license management, deployment servers, monitoring consoles, and search/index clusters.
• Deploy and configure forwarders, build deployment apps, server classes, and automation scripts.
• Onboard and validate diverse data sources (Windows, Firewall, Cloud) with proper CIM alignment.
• Configure authentication (LDAP/SAML), custom indexes, SMTP, and load balancing.
• Operationalize security analytics, correlation searches, dashboards, and alerts.
• Tune platform performance and ensure cluster stability.
• Produce documentation, runbooks, diagrams, and operational procedures.
• Provide technical knowledge transfer to customer engineering teams.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in distributed log platform engineering, Linux administration, authentication systems, and security analytics. Certifications and large-scale deployment experience preferred.