Piper Companies

Splunk / SOC Engineer - 174235 - 174717 - 175230

Piper Companies • $100K — $120K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in SIEM engineering, security operations, or incident response
  • Proficient in Splunk, with skills in SPL queries and dashboard creation
  • Hands-on experience with data normalization and ingestion in Splunk
  • Experience onboarding security data sources into a SIEM platform
  • Familiarity with AWS Security Hub or similar cloud-native services
  • Strong understanding of Splunk knowledge objects and CIM normalization
  • Ability to perform under pressure and participate in on-call rotations

Responsibilities

  • Develop and optimize Splunk Security detections and dashboards
  • Onboard and enrich diverse security data sources into Splunk
  • Troubleshoot ingestion pipelines and indexing issues
  • Assist with configuration and maintenance of distributed Splunk environments
  • Leverage data models to enhance detection performance
  • Collaborate with SOC analysts to improve threat detection workflows
  • Participate in incident response and investigations of security alerts

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401k plan
  • Paid time off (PTO) and holidays
  • Sick leave as required by law
Full Job Description
Responsibilities for the Splunk Engineer include:
• Developing, maintaining, and optimizing Splunk Security detections, dashboards, and correlation searches.
• Onboarding, parsing, normalizing, and enriching diverse security data sources into Splunk.
• Troubleshooting ingestion pipelines, forwarder connectivity, indexing issues, and search performance challenges.
• Assisting with configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting across distributed Splunk environments.
• Leveraging data models and accelerated searches to improve detection performance and reporting efficiency.
• Collaborating with SOC analysts and engineering teams to enhance threat detection, visibility, and response workflows.
• Participating in incident response activities, including deep-dive investigations into security alerts.

Qualifications for the Splunk Engineer include:
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in SIEM engineering, security operations, or incident response environments.
• Strong proficiency with Splunk, including writing complex SPL queries and building production-grade dashboards.
• Hands-on experience with data normalization, ingestion, and troubleshooting within Splunk Enterprise or Splunk ES.
• Experience integrating and onboarding security data sources into a centralized SIEM platform.
• Familiarity with integrating tools such as AWS Security Hub or similar cloud-native security services.
• Strong understanding of Splunk knowledge objects, field extractions, lookups, and CIM normalization.
• Ability to perform effectively in high-pressure incident response situations and a willingness to participate in on-call rotations.

Compensation for the Splunk Engineer includes:
• Salary range: $100,000 - $120,000
• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, PTO, holidays, and sick leave as required by law.

Keywords: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security (ES), Splunk SOAR, SIEM Engineering, Security Information and Event Management, SIEM, SPL, Search Processing Language, Correlation Searches, detection engineering, security analytics, Data ingestion, data onboarding, data normalization, CIM, log parsing, field extractions, pipeline troubleshooting, Security operations center, SOC, incident response, threat detection, alert investigation, AWS, AWS security, AWS security hub, Azure security, Entra ID, Azure AD, distributed splunk environment, forwarders

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This job is open for applications on 10/2/2026 and will remain open for at least 30 days from the posting date.

About Piper Companies

Piper Companies is a staffing and recruiting firm based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. It provides staffing solutions for a variety of industries, including technology, healthcare, and finance. The company was founded in 2011 and has since grown to become a leading provider of staffing services in the Philadelphia area. Piper Companies is committed to providing high-quality service to its clients and candidates, and has a strong focus on building long-term relationships. The company is also known for its corporate social responsibility initiatives, including support for local charities and community organizations.
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