Senior Engineer

Principal Splunk EngineerAt Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!Role OverviewWe are seeking a Principal Splunk Engineer to lead the design, operation, and evolution of our large-scale Splunk Enterprise / Splunk Cloud deployment. The platform ingests multi-terabyte daily data volumes across security, infrastructure, and application domains and is a critical component of our SOC and threat-detection capabilities. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Splunk architecture, large-scale data onboarding, performance optimization, SmartStore/Indexer Clustering, and security-focused use cases.Key ResponsibilitiesPlatform Architecture & Operations:Architect, operate, and optimize a distributed, large-scale Splunk environment (indexer clusters, search head clusters, cluster masters, deployment servers, IDM, ADFS/SAML integrations)Lead capacity planning, index design, data retention strategies, and SmartStore lifecycle managementMaintain high availability, scaling, and resilience across multi-site deployments (including DR strategy)Drive Splunk version upgrades, app updates, cluster maintenance, and platform hardeningSecurity Logging & SOC Enablement:Collaborate with SOC, Incident Response, and Threat Hunting teams to ensure high-quality security log ingestionOnboard and normalize logs from firewalls, EDR, identity platforms, cloud providers, network telemetry, and custom applicationsDevelop and optimize detection content: correlation searches, risk-based alerting, data models, macros, lookups, summariesEnsure compliance with logging standards (MITRE ATT&CK mapping, CIS/SOC2/ISO27001 logging requirements)Data Engineering & Observability:Build and manage ingestion pipelines, parsing, field extractions, CIM compliance, HEC configurations, and forwarder architectureImplement data lifecycle tiers, filtering strategies, routing, and ingestion controls to reduce cost and improve efficiencyOptimize search performance, knowledge objects, summary indexing, and acceleration strategiesGovernance & Best Practices:Establish Splunk development standards, dashboards, and naming conventionsMentor junior engineers and act as a technical escalation point for the teamMaintain documentation, operational runbooks, and logging onboarding guidelinesPartner with Engineering, Cloud, SecOps, and App teams to drive company-wide observability maturityRequired Qualifications5+ years experience administering large Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud environmentsStrong hands-on knowledge of:Indexer clustering, search head clusteringSmartStore / S3-compatible object store designUniversal/heavy forwarder architectureIngest actions, parsing, props/transformsKVStore, RBAC, SAML, encryptionDeep experience with security log ingestion and SIEM use casesStrong SPL expertise, including:Search optimizationSummary indexing / data model accelerationCIM mapping and field normalizationExperience with Linux systems engineering, scripting (Python/Bash), and automation frameworks (Ansible, Terraform, GitOps preferred)Preferred QualificationsSplunk certifications (Core Consultant, Enterprise Admin, Enterprise Architect, ES Analyst/ES Admin, or equivalent)Experience with:Enterprise Security (ES)SOAR (Phantom or comparable)AWS/Azure/GCP cloud logging architecturesFamiliarity with high-throughput message brokers (Kafka/FluentD/Cribl)Background in cybersecurity engineering or threat detectionSkillsAutomationInfluenceResult OrientationStakeholder ManagementTechnical Strategy DevelopmentApplication DevelopmentArchitectureBusiness AcumenRisk ManagementSolution DesignAgile PracticesAnalytical ThinkingCollaborationData ManagementSolution Delivery ProcessShift:1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week:40Pay Transparency detailsUS - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101), US - NJ - Pennington - 1300 American Blvd - Hopewell Bldg 3 (NJ2130)Pay and benefits informationPay range $122,000.00 - $200,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set. Discretionary incentive eligible. This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.Benefits This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.