Bethesda, MD

Company Information Octo is an industry-leading, award-winning provider of digital services for the federal government. Octo specializes in providing agile software engineering, user experience design, cloud services, and digital strategy services that address government's most pressing missions. Octo delivers intelligent solutions and rapid results, yielding lower costs and measurable outcomes. Our team is what makes Octo great. At Octo you'll work beside some of the smartest and most accomplished staff you'll find in your career. Octo offers fantastic benefits and an amazing workplace culture where you will feel valued while you perform mission critical work for our government. Voted one of the region's best places to work multiple times, Octo is an employer of choice! Job Description You... As a Splunk Engineer/Architect, you'll join a Cyber Security Ops organization that supports a leading federal healthcare client, continuously maturing its vulnerability management program. Responsibilities: * Provide technical expertise in enhancement of the Splunk architecture to meet user demand. * Operate and maintain infrastructure and Splunk application monitoring tools as part of the IRS Cybersecurity, network, and application audit and monitoring program * Administer the Splunk application infrastructure, including implementing role based access control, data segmentation, and general Splunk infrastructure * Build design documentation for deploying advanced network access control given a baseline understanding of current tools deployed and the implementation status of each tool. * Provide Splunk support for design, architecture, development, unit test, deployment, installation, configuration, integration, operation, and maintenance * Support the expansion of both the AWS and on-prem environments to include architecting search head, indexer, and forwarder instances needed to service the expanding enterprise demand expected on the Splunk System as cross organizational use cases emerge * Build and integrate contextual data into notable events and provide reports on the data usage. * Perform tuning of data streams, use cases, and data onboarding and normalization. * Deploy and maintain dashboards, reports, alerts, as well as Splunk applications, technology add-ons, and Common Information Model. * Work to solve unique problems across a variety of use cases within Splunk. * Provide technical and administrative direction relative to the problem. * Share best practices and create innovative solutions to push user adoption and maximize the value of Splunk. * Recommend innovative solutions to management and key stakeholders. * Provide insights with respect to the availability and applicability of new products and features. Us... We were founded as a fresh alternative in the Government Consulting Community and are dedicated to the belief that results are a product of analytical thinking, agile design principles and that solutions are built in collaboration with, not for, our customers. This mantra drives us to succeed and act as true partners in advancing our client's missions. Program Mission... The program provides support to the National Institute of Health (NIH) OCIO Cyber Security Support Services contract located in Bethesda, MD. Skills & Requirements Requirements: * Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university required, an additional four (4) years of related work experience can substitute for a degree * Possess advanced Splunk certifications * Experience in implementing Splunk applications, tools, and add-ons, including ES,SOAR and UBA * At least five or more years of professional working experience with Splunk analytics and experience in the design, development, integration, testing, and implementation of large-scale analytical data sets in Splunk. * Proven ability to work on and with teams comprised of the primary client and other client stakeholders dispersed across geographical sites. * Knowledge of federal information security policies, standards, procedures, directives, and risk management processes. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills. * Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. * Ability to work well independently or in a team setting. * Familiar with NIH environment is a plus * Knowledge of security and networking tools including: AV, EDR, AD, DNS, Proxy, Firewall, Load balancer, Router, Switch,etc. * In depth knowledge of Windows, Linux, and MAC is a must * Knowledge of AWS is a plus Years of experience: At least five or more years of professional working experience with Splunk analytics and experience in the design, development, integration, testing, and implementation of large-scale analytical data sets in Splunk (see "Responsibilities" for more details). Education: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university required, an additional four (4) years of related work experience can substitute for a degree. Location: Bethesda, MD (Remote work option during Covid-19 restrictions). Clearance: U.S. Citizenship required and ability to attain a Level 6: Public Trust - High Risk clearance which must undergo a Suitability Determination that includes a Background Investigation (BI) with Periodic Reinvestigation (PRI) reinvestigation every ten years. Octo is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, race, color, religious creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, age, or genetic information. Selected applicant will be subject to a background investigation.