Network / System Engineer

Network Systems Engineer - HybridGenesis10 is currently seeking a Network Systems Engineer - Hybrid for a 12+ month contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Charlotte, NC or Pennington, NJ or Richmond, VA.The engineer will act as a trusted platform owner, ensuring Splunk availability, scalability, and reliability while partnering closely with Information Security, SOC, architecture, engineering, and operations teams. This role will own end-to-end production support for a highly distributed Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud environment.Responsibilities:Own end-to-end production support for a highly distributed Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud environment, including search head clusters, indexer clusters, deployers, deployment servers, and forwardersEnsure high availability, performance, and resiliency of the Splunk platform supporting security and operational use casesLead incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA), and service restoration for Splunk and Cribl platformsProactively identify risks, capacity constraints, and performance bottlenecks; implement preventive and tuning measuresServe as a key technical enabler for Information Security and SOC teams, ensuring timely, accurate, and reliable ingestion of security logsOnboard and normalize new data sources, supporting CIM compliance, field normalization, and SIEM best practicesTune ingestion pipelines using props.conf and transforms.conf, index-time and search-time optimizationsBuild and support dashboards, searches, and alerts that enable threat detection, investigations, and reportingAdminister and support the Cribl environment for data routing, filtering, enrichment, and cost optimizationEnsure data integrity, reliability, and performance across Splunk ingestion pipelinesCollaborate with architecture teams on data flow strategies and onboarding standardsDevelop and maintain runbooks, SOPs, installation guides, and operational documentationAdhere to change management, incident management, and SLA commitments using ITSM toolsRequirements:5+ years of hands-on experience administering large-scale Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud environmentsStrong expertise in Indexer clustering and search head clustering, Universal and heavy forwarder architectures, SmartStore / S3-compatible object storage, and SPL, search optimization, summary indexing, data model accelerationDeep experience with security log ingestion and SIEM use casesProven ability to lead production incidents, perform RCA, and drive preventive solutionsStrong Linux administration skills and experience managing Splunk configuration and appsExperience working in 24x7 production environments with high availability expectationsExcellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage senior technical and business stakeholdersHybrid - 4 days onsite, 1 day remote for first 6 months and Hybrid - 3 days onsite, 2 days remote after 6 monthsDesired Skills:A production owner's mindset and deep technical credibility in Splunk and data pipelinesAbility to operate calmly and decisively during high-severity security and platform incidentsStrong partnership with Information Security, where Splunk availability and data quality are mission-critical to protecting the institutionSplunk certifications such as Enterprise Admin or Enterprise ArchitectExperience with Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) and SOAR (Phantom or equivalent)Exposure to cloud logging and security architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP)Knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows Server administrationExperience with monitoring, APM, and event management toolsStrong understanding of security, network, system, and database operationsAbility to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced, enterprise production environmentPay range: $60.24 - $68.24 per hourOnly candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!