Semper Valens Solutions
Senior Cloud Logging Engineer- COMS
Semper Valens Solutions, Canyon Lake, Texas, United States, 78133
Senior Cloud Logging Engineer
Full Time RemoteAbility to obtain a Public TrustKey Responsibilities
Advise on cost efficiency for future usage and cost optimization for current infrastructure.Automate the management and enforcement of policies.Create and maintain documentation related to architecture and operational processes for Splunk.Develop a set of best practices and architecture patterns.Help maintain regulatory compliance of the Splunk infrastructure.Help monitor and maintain Splunk performance, availability, and capacity.Maintain cloud network configurations.Maintain gold images.Offer solutions for Splunk technical questions, issues, and escalations, including working with Splunk Support as needed.Provide best practices in adoption, expansion, and operations of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud.Provide operations monitoring of Splunk platform to enable proactive issue identification, response, and resolution.Recommend and execute improvements to the existing Splunk architecture and design with growth and scalability in mind to optimize performance, stability, reliability, and agility.Responsible for reporting on current infrastructure status and planning for future usage.Responsible for Splunk agent (i.e., Universal Forwarder) deployment and server infrastructure analysis, optimization, and capacity planning.Support and guide client resources that include Splunk Administrators, Architects, Knowledge Managers, Developers, and Users for increasing Splunk adoption and overall customer success.Support large-scale deployments with data feeds from multiple on premise and cloud data centers.Upgrade, install, configure monitoring solution for AWS for Windows and Linux servers.Utilize automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, AWS Cloud Formation, Azure Resource Manager, or similar.Must Have Qualifications
Candidate background eligibility requirements are United States citizen or Permanent Resident and have lived in the United States for at least 3 years, clean criminal background, and able to obtain a Public Trust (High-Risk) Position.Bachelor's degree in computer science, electronics engineering, or other engineering or technical discipline OR AWS/Azure Certification (AWS Professional/Specialty Cert. OR Azure Expert/Advanced Cert.) OR 4 years of relevant experience in one of the VAECOT suite of tools (Science Logic, Dynatrace, Turbot, AppDynamics).Minimum of three (3) years of experience in leading technical teams to achieve objectives and outcomes.Minimum of six (6) years setting up, configuring, and using AWS cloud operational tools to ensure service level agreements and performance targets are met, and continued compliance with policies, standards and guidelines.Minimum of three (3) years specific to monitoring Centralized Logging Solution (CLS)/Splunk.Subject matter expertise with ALL VAEC Cloud Service Providers which currently includes Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS).Experience programming with Splunk language (SPL) or equivalent (e.g., Python, Powershell, AWS or Azure CLI).One or more of these Splunk certifications: Splunk Core Certified Power User, Splunk Core Certified Advanced Power User, Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin, Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect, Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin, Splunk IT Service Intelligence Certified Admin.Knowledge of enterprise logging, with a focus on security event logging.A solid understanding of cloud concepts, either using Azure or AWS semantics.Experience in one or more of the VAECOT suite of tools.Candidates that do not meet the minimum qualifications will not be considered.Preferred Qualifications (soft Skills, Preferred, Nice To Have)
Ability to communicate clearly with all levels in an organization.Active clearance for Public Trust (High-Risk) Position.Background that includes at least one core technology; Linux/Windows or database admin, with experience working on application migrations.Experience working in a CMMI-DEV or CMMI-SVC environment at Maturity Level 3 or above.ITIL certification or experience with ITIL.Must be capable of working closely with project leadership and technical resources to understand issues and work toward resolution.Multiple Microsoft or Amazon cloud certifications.Previous Federal Government experience.Strong ability to foster collaborative work in a dynamic team environment.Strong creative, analytical and problem-solving skills.Strong knowledge (recent experience) with storage, servers, data centers, networking technologies.Strong technical experiences working on migrations or systems development as well as coordinating from a business perspective.Strong understanding of SDLC concepts, full lifecycle development for systems/applications.VAEC Operational Tools (VAECOT)
Some experience in one or more of the following tools:Third party tools
Application Performance Monitoring: Dynatrace, AppDynamics.Cloud Security: Nessus, NetSkope, Enterprise Security External Change Council, Identity and Assessment Management, Continuous Monitoring as a Service, McAfee, eMASS, Centrify.Cloud Governance: Turbot.DevOps/Configuration Management/Help Desk: Ansible, Service Desk, ScienceLogic, ServiceNow, SPLUNK, Jira ServiceDesk, Cloudockit, GitHub.Containerization: Red Hat OpenShift.Migration: CloudKey, Version One.Reporting: Apptio.Cloud Service Provider (CSP) Operational Tools/Services
AWS Security: System Manager (Explorer and OpsCenter), CloudWatch, Config, CloudTrail, Elasticsearch (Kinesis DataStreams), GuardDuty, Inspector, Key Management Service (KMS), Security Hub, Directory Service, Identity and Access Management, Resource Access Manager, Cognito, Secrets Manager, Certificate Manager, Artifact.AWS Monitoring and Logging: QuickSight, Eventbridge (AWS Kinesis DataStreams), Simple Notification Service (SMS), Elasticsearch (AWS Kinesis DataStreams), CloudTrail, CloudWatch.AWS Networking: Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Route S3, API Gateway, Direct Connect, AppStream 2.0, Transit Gateway, Elastic Loadbalancer, Firewall Manager, WAF & Shield.AWS Storage: Cloud Tiering Services to S3 from On-Prem, Simple Storage Services (S3), S3 Glacier, Storage Gateway, Elastic File System (EFS), Backup.Azure Security: Monitor (Log Analytics and ASC), Event Hubs, Security Center (ASC), Information Protection (AIP), Key Vault, PowerBI, Network Watcher (Performance Monitor).Azure Monitoring and Logging: Information Protection (AIP), Advance Threat Protection, Security Center (ASC), Information Protection (AIP), Key Vault, Active Directory, Role Based Access Control (RBAC), Resource Manager (ARM), Resource Graph (ARG), Active Directory B2C, Key Vault, App Service, Service Trust Portal.Azure Networking: Virtual Network, Traffic Manager, DNS, Application Gateway, Express Route, Web Apps, FrontDoor, VPN Gateway, Loadbalancer, Firewall.Azure Storage: NetApp File Service, Storage (Blobs, Disks, Files, Queues, Tables), Storage Archive Access Tier, StorSimple, Files, Backup.About Semper Valens Solutions
Semper Valens Solutions, Inc. (SVS) is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing Cost Effective Software and Systems Engineering, Field Support, Training and Full Life cycle Support Management to the DOD and VA community.At Semper Valens, our vision is to remain a creative, cutting edge and cost-effective solutions provider where our shared intellect, industry experience, and technology excellence make a positive difference in our customer's success. Our solutions help bridge the gap between IT and business prioritizations to optimize budgets, risks, and operational processes.We search for outstanding technical professionals, hiring at all levels of the experience spectrum; intermediate, journeyman and senior. Consider us for your career plan.Semper Valens Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.Semper Valens Solutions proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital/parental status, pregnancy/childbirth, or related conditions, physical or mental disability, genetic information, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with Semper Valens Solutions through its online applicant system, please contact Semper Valens Solutions Human Resources Department at (830) 899-6870.Semper Valens Solutions is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer - minorities, females, disabled, and protected veterans are urged to apply. Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.All Jobs at Semper Valens Solutions:
https://sempervalens.com/careers
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Full Time RemoteAbility to obtain a Public TrustKey Responsibilities
Advise on cost efficiency for future usage and cost optimization for current infrastructure.Automate the management and enforcement of policies.Create and maintain documentation related to architecture and operational processes for Splunk.Develop a set of best practices and architecture patterns.Help maintain regulatory compliance of the Splunk infrastructure.Help monitor and maintain Splunk performance, availability, and capacity.Maintain cloud network configurations.Maintain gold images.Offer solutions for Splunk technical questions, issues, and escalations, including working with Splunk Support as needed.Provide best practices in adoption, expansion, and operations of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud.Provide operations monitoring of Splunk platform to enable proactive issue identification, response, and resolution.Recommend and execute improvements to the existing Splunk architecture and design with growth and scalability in mind to optimize performance, stability, reliability, and agility.Responsible for reporting on current infrastructure status and planning for future usage.Responsible for Splunk agent (i.e., Universal Forwarder) deployment and server infrastructure analysis, optimization, and capacity planning.Support and guide client resources that include Splunk Administrators, Architects, Knowledge Managers, Developers, and Users for increasing Splunk adoption and overall customer success.Support large-scale deployments with data feeds from multiple on premise and cloud data centers.Upgrade, install, configure monitoring solution for AWS for Windows and Linux servers.Utilize automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, AWS Cloud Formation, Azure Resource Manager, or similar.Must Have Qualifications
Candidate background eligibility requirements are United States citizen or Permanent Resident and have lived in the United States for at least 3 years, clean criminal background, and able to obtain a Public Trust (High-Risk) Position.Bachelor's degree in computer science, electronics engineering, or other engineering or technical discipline OR AWS/Azure Certification (AWS Professional/Specialty Cert. OR Azure Expert/Advanced Cert.) OR 4 years of relevant experience in one of the VAECOT suite of tools (Science Logic, Dynatrace, Turbot, AppDynamics).Minimum of three (3) years of experience in leading technical teams to achieve objectives and outcomes.Minimum of six (6) years setting up, configuring, and using AWS cloud operational tools to ensure service level agreements and performance targets are met, and continued compliance with policies, standards and guidelines.Minimum of three (3) years specific to monitoring Centralized Logging Solution (CLS)/Splunk.Subject matter expertise with ALL VAEC Cloud Service Providers which currently includes Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS).Experience programming with Splunk language (SPL) or equivalent (e.g., Python, Powershell, AWS or Azure CLI).One or more of these Splunk certifications: Splunk Core Certified Power User, Splunk Core Certified Advanced Power User, Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin, Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect, Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin, Splunk IT Service Intelligence Certified Admin.Knowledge of enterprise logging, with a focus on security event logging.A solid understanding of cloud concepts, either using Azure or AWS semantics.Experience in one or more of the VAECOT suite of tools.Candidates that do not meet the minimum qualifications will not be considered.Preferred Qualifications (soft Skills, Preferred, Nice To Have)
Ability to communicate clearly with all levels in an organization.Active clearance for Public Trust (High-Risk) Position.Background that includes at least one core technology; Linux/Windows or database admin, with experience working on application migrations.Experience working in a CMMI-DEV or CMMI-SVC environment at Maturity Level 3 or above.ITIL certification or experience with ITIL.Must be capable of working closely with project leadership and technical resources to understand issues and work toward resolution.Multiple Microsoft or Amazon cloud certifications.Previous Federal Government experience.Strong ability to foster collaborative work in a dynamic team environment.Strong creative, analytical and problem-solving skills.Strong knowledge (recent experience) with storage, servers, data centers, networking technologies.Strong technical experiences working on migrations or systems development as well as coordinating from a business perspective.Strong understanding of SDLC concepts, full lifecycle development for systems/applications.VAEC Operational Tools (VAECOT)
Some experience in one or more of the following tools:Third party tools
Application Performance Monitoring: Dynatrace, AppDynamics.Cloud Security: Nessus, NetSkope, Enterprise Security External Change Council, Identity and Assessment Management, Continuous Monitoring as a Service, McAfee, eMASS, Centrify.Cloud Governance: Turbot.DevOps/Configuration Management/Help Desk: Ansible, Service Desk, ScienceLogic, ServiceNow, SPLUNK, Jira ServiceDesk, Cloudockit, GitHub.Containerization: Red Hat OpenShift.Migration: CloudKey, Version One.Reporting: Apptio.Cloud Service Provider (CSP) Operational Tools/Services
AWS Security: System Manager (Explorer and OpsCenter), CloudWatch, Config, CloudTrail, Elasticsearch (Kinesis DataStreams), GuardDuty, Inspector, Key Management Service (KMS), Security Hub, Directory Service, Identity and Access Management, Resource Access Manager, Cognito, Secrets Manager, Certificate Manager, Artifact.AWS Monitoring and Logging: QuickSight, Eventbridge (AWS Kinesis DataStreams), Simple Notification Service (SMS), Elasticsearch (AWS Kinesis DataStreams), CloudTrail, CloudWatch.AWS Networking: Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Route S3, API Gateway, Direct Connect, AppStream 2.0, Transit Gateway, Elastic Loadbalancer, Firewall Manager, WAF & Shield.AWS Storage: Cloud Tiering Services to S3 from On-Prem, Simple Storage Services (S3), S3 Glacier, Storage Gateway, Elastic File System (EFS), Backup.Azure Security: Monitor (Log Analytics and ASC), Event Hubs, Security Center (ASC), Information Protection (AIP), Key Vault, PowerBI, Network Watcher (Performance Monitor).Azure Monitoring and Logging: Information Protection (AIP), Advance Threat Protection, Security Center (ASC), Information Protection (AIP), Key Vault, Active Directory, Role Based Access Control (RBAC), Resource Manager (ARM), Resource Graph (ARG), Active Directory B2C, Key Vault, App Service, Service Trust Portal.Azure Networking: Virtual Network, Traffic Manager, DNS, Application Gateway, Express Route, Web Apps, FrontDoor, VPN Gateway, Loadbalancer, Firewall.Azure Storage: NetApp File Service, Storage (Blobs, Disks, Files, Queues, Tables), Storage Archive Access Tier, StorSimple, Files, Backup.About Semper Valens Solutions
Semper Valens Solutions, Inc. (SVS) is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing Cost Effective Software and Systems Engineering, Field Support, Training and Full Life cycle Support Management to the DOD and VA community.At Semper Valens, our vision is to remain a creative, cutting edge and cost-effective solutions provider where our shared intellect, industry experience, and technology excellence make a positive difference in our customer's success. Our solutions help bridge the gap between IT and business prioritizations to optimize budgets, risks, and operational processes.We search for outstanding technical professionals, hiring at all levels of the experience spectrum; intermediate, journeyman and senior. Consider us for your career plan.Semper Valens Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.Semper Valens Solutions proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital/parental status, pregnancy/childbirth, or related conditions, physical or mental disability, genetic information, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with Semper Valens Solutions through its online applicant system, please contact Semper Valens Solutions Human Resources Department at (830) 899-6870.Semper Valens Solutions is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer - minorities, females, disabled, and protected veterans are urged to apply. Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.All Jobs at Semper Valens Solutions:
https://sempervalens.com/careers
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