Principal Splunk Consultant | Remote, USA

This position will be fully remote and can be hired anywhere in the continental U.S. 

How you will make an impact: 

• Work with customers to help them articulate their business requirements and how those requirements translate into security features and functionality. 

• Delivery of consulting engagements around splunk 

• Architect solutions to ensure that the customer's requirements are met. 

• Can handle difficult questions and consistently wins support from client audiences. 

• Can modify and change methodologies as required. 

• Broad awareness of the security / technology space as a whole 

• Recognized expert across multiple solution areas 

• Able to present to large groups. Speaks as an authority. 

• Provide mentorship to other technical staff members 

• Provide technical assistance in scoping and other pre-sales activities 

• Take technical leadership on complex client projects; oversee and guide work performed by other technical staff members. 

• Work with vendors and practice leadership to define how specific services are scoped and delivered.  

What we're looking for: 

• 10+ years of related work experience (leading consulting engagements, managing technical oversight with delivery team, delivering consulting engagements around splunk, etc) 

• Bachelor’s degree preferred 

• 8+ years of technical architecture experience with one or more SIEM and UEBA platforms (e.g. Splunk, Elastic, Exabeam, Securonix, QRadar, LogRhythm, etc) 

• Candidates should hold active SPLK-3003 (Splunk Core Certified Consultant) 

• Advanced experienced with multiple security concepts and methods such as vulnerability assessments, data classification, privacy assessments, incident response, security policy creation, enterprise security strategies, architectures and governance. 

• Understanding the Services business, and the impact that decisions have to an organization 

• Expert knowledge around networking (TCP/IP, OSI model), operating system fundamentals (Windows, Linux), and security technologies (endpoint security, DLP, firewalls, IDS/IPS, etc.) 

• Strong understanding and experience working with application programming/scripting languages (Python, JSON, Java, C#, etc), as well as Regular Expressions. 

• Experience with cloud-based service architecture 

• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance issues affecting clients related to privacy and data protection, such as PCI DSS, GLBA, GDPR, etc. 

• Strong understanding of various security frameworks and/or methodologies (e.g. MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, etc) 

• Experience with the following technologies is highly desirable: Hadoop, Apache NiFi, Apache Kafka, Tableau, StreamSets, Salt, Elastic Stack (Logstash, Elasticsearch, Kibana) 

• Willingness to travel to meet client needs (About 20%) 

• Valid driver's license in the US and a valid passport required 

• Experience representing technical viewpoints to diverse audiences and in making timely and prudent technical risk decisions. 

• Strong written and presentational skills; ability to clearly communicate complex messages to a variety of audiences 

• Experience with enterprise architecture and working as part of a cross-functional team to implement solutions. 

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to work in a team environment 

• Ability to work independently with minimal direction; self-starter/self-motivated 

• Technical writing experience 

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