Senior Splunk / Elastic Engineer

Leidos Holding$107K — $195K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience; additional experience may substitute for degree.
  • Active Secret security clearance required prior to start.
  • DoD 8570 IAM II certification needed.
  • Splunk Core Certified Power User or equivalent certification is necessary, with higher certifications preferred.
  • Elastic Certified Analyst or equivalent certification required.
  • Strong communication skills to present technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Design reusable reports and dashboards integrating multiple mission application health and performance data into Splunk/Elastic.
  • Monitor Splunk/Elastic dashboards for compliance with cybersecurity directives.
  • Create automated front-end data visualization services using Splunk/Elastic.
  • Develop dashboards for visibility into ingested log data.
  • Set up alerts for anomalous activities or threat detections based on configured settings.
  • Utilize several security tools to assess and monitor security controls across the enterprise.

Benefits

  • Full range of IT products, services, and solutions provided by DISA J-6 for various OSD offices.
  • Opportunity to influence information security for the Department of Defense.
  • Potential for growth and advanced certifications due to ongoing training programs.
  • Work with a diverse team on important cybersecurity initiatives.
Full Job Description
Leidos is seeing a Splunk/Elastic Engineer on our GSMO II IDIQ contract's DISA J-6 Cyber Security Task Order in Alexandria, VA. DISA J-6 provides a full range of IT products, services, and solutions and customer services to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) and the Joint Staff (JS), Director of Administration (DA), Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA), Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), and other OSD offices for them to meet mission and business requirements. Through the DISA J-6 Cyber Security program, DISA J-6 performs a wide variety of services and functions required to secure the information security posture for DoD services.

An active Secret security clearance is required prior to start and this role will be based onsite in the Alexandria, VA area.

Primary Responsibilities:
  • Design efficient and reusable reports and dashboards to integrate multiple mission applications' health, performance and operational data systems into Splunk/Elastic
  • Direct and monitor reporting in Splunk/Elastic dashboards to reflect compliance status of DISA J-6 with all directed information assurance vulnerability alerts and bulletins, Computer Tasking Orders, and other compulsory cyber security directives.
  • Create front-end automated data visualization services using Splunk/Elastic
  • Create viewable Splunk/Elastic dashboards to provide visibility into ingested log data
  • Create alerts that trigger/activate on configured setting to deploy or sends a note/email/attachments to a particulate destination email or groups
  • Create security rules (alerts) that trigger on anomalous activities or threat detections
  • Utilize Qmulos, Splunk, Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS), Host Based Security System (HBSS), and Tanium to assess/validate/monitor the security controls and security posture of the enterprise and system level in order to support on-going authorization.


Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
  • Active Secret security clearance is required prior to start.
  • DoD 8570 IAM II certification
  • Splunk Core Certified Power User, Equivalent certification or higher
  • Elastic Certified Analyst, Equivalent certification or higher
  • Excellent written and oral communications skills and be able to appropriately present highly technical material to both technical and non-technical audiences


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Prior experience as a network intrusion analyst or Security Operations Center analyst.
  • Experience configuring and maintaining the tool in a multi-tenant environment
  • Experience with one or more Security tools:
    • Qmulos
    • ACAS
    • HBSS
    • Tanium


Original Posting:
September 16, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:
Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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