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Role Description

Tangent Technologies is seeking a Cyber Defense Analyst – Intermediate with Splunk experience to support the sustainment and administration of enterprise Splunk SIEM environments. This position focuses on maintaining Splunk infrastructure, onboarding log sources, supporting dashboards and searches, and assisting cybersecurity teams with log analysis.

This position supports a US Government Agency and the candidate must be a US Citizen. This role is 100% remote, making it an excellent opportunity for a mid-level Splunk engineer or SOC analyst with Splunk experience who wants to grow their SIEM engineering skills while supporting federal cybersecurity programs.

• Support administration and maintenance of Splunk Enterprise environments
• Configure and maintain log ingestion and Splunk forwarders
• Onboard new data sources, applications, and infrastructure logs
• Develop and maintain Splunk dashboards, searches, and reports
• Assist with field extractions, log parsing, and normalization
• Support cybersecurity teams by running log queries and event analysis
• Assist with alert tuning and detection use case development
• Troubleshoot Splunk search performance and indexing issues
• Maintain documentation related to log sources, dashboards, and monitoring capabilities

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in cybersecurity operations, SIEM administration, or system engineering
• Hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise or similar SIEM platforms
• Experience onboarding log sources and configuring Splunk forwarders
• Experience creating search queries, dashboards, and reports
• Familiarity with Linux or Windows system logs
• Understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP)
• Strong troubleshooting and documentation skills

Requirements

• Splunk Power User or Splunk Admin certification
• Experience supporting Splunk Enterprise Security
• Experience in a Security Operations Center (SOC)
• Familiarity with log parsing, regex, or scripting
• Experience integrating cloud, endpoint, or network security logs

Federal Suitability and Background Investigation

This position supports a federal financial regulatory agency. Candidates selected for this role will be required to successfully complete a government background investigation prior to beginning employment. The investigation may include verification of employment history, criminal history, education, and a review of financial responsibility and credit history consistent with federal suitability requirements for individuals supporting financial regulatory agencies. Employment is contingent upon the candidate’s ability to obtain and maintain the required suitability determination.