Jr. Splunk Analyst in Washington, District of Columbia at SBC Innovations

About SBC Innovations:

Join SBC Innovations and contribute to cutting-edge systems integration in a dynamic federal enterprise environment. Please help us maintain and enhance our enterprise-level IT systems, ensuring security, efficiency, and optimal performance across our extensive network of devices.

At SBC Innovations, we are dedicated to finding and hiring talented individuals with the right attitude, tenacity, and motivation. We truly believe in the value you bring to our organization.

This position is for a Junior Splunk Analyst to provide support for enterprise logging, monitoring, and reporting environments. The role focuses on maintaining and supporting distributed Splunk environments across multiple platforms (PROD, TEST, POC), ensuring system availability, data integrity, and operational efficiency.

• Must be U.S. Citizen
• Position may require onsite or hybrid support as needed
• Must meet clearance eligibility requirements

The Junior Splunk Analyst will support day-to-day operations, assist with troubleshooting, and contribute to the development of dashboards, reports, and automation within a large-scale enterprise monitoring environment.

• Experience in defining security, utilization, and performance requirements for local and wide area networks
• Proficient in implementing solutions that align with the Government’s security / monitoring systems and requirements
• Proficient in the SPLUNK platform, familiar with Ansible, Python, and PowerShell scripting, Internet Proxy Logs, RSA, Windows Active Directory, Windows Servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Servers, and capacity planning in Windows/ Linux environments.

• Provide operational support for distributed Splunk environments across multiple systems
• Perform daily administration of Splunk datasets, storage utilization, and system health
• Monitor automated backup processes and perform manual backups as required
• Maintain and update Splunk knowledgebase documentation
• Create and update Splunk dashboards, reports, alerts, and visualizations
• Provide Tier 1 / Tier 2 support to end users for Splunk-related issues
• Collaborate with senior engineers and task leads on priorities and issue resolution
• Participate in daily or recurring stand-up meetings
• Monitor and maintain Splunk infrastructure components for uptime and performance
• Support integration of new data sources into Splunk environments
• Assist in validating data and providing user training on dashboards and reporting

• Administer and maintain Splunk environments including search heads, indexers, forwarders, deployers, and cluster components
• Monitor storage utilization and ensure efficient data management
• Create and maintain saved searches, alerts, dashboards, and visualizations
• Manage lookup tables and verify automated job functionality
• Integrate new data sources (syslog, database inputs, scripted inputs)
• Support RHEL and Windows servers including patching and access control
• Assist in developing automation scripts (Ansible, Python, PowerShell, C#)
• Troubleshoot system, application, and data ingestion issues
• Generate weekly progress and exception reports

• Experience supporting Splunk environments in an enterprise setting
• Familiarity with network security, utilization, and performance requirements
• Understanding of enterprise monitoring and logging systems
• Basic scripting or automation experience

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work under tight deadlines
• Close attention to detail and commitment to operational excellence

You are an early-career IT professional with a strong interest in data analytics, monitoring systems, and cybersecurity operations. You are eager to learn and grow within a fast-paced enterprise environment and are comfortable working with technical teams to support system operations and improve performance. You are detail-oriented, proactive, and capable of handling multiple tasks while maintaining a high level of accuracy.

Salary is Negotiable

• Full-Time W2 or 1099/C2C
• Medical Benefits & 401(k) available for W2 employees

Must be able to obtain required clearance

• Must be U.S. Citizen
• Must meet clearance eligibility requirements
• Must be able to support onsite or hybrid work as required