SC Cleared Splunk Engineer
SC Cleared Splunk Engineer - 3-Month Contract - Fully Remote
We are hiring an SC Cleared Splunk Engineer to take hands-on ownership of Splunk platform engineering, optimisation, and operational support within a secure environment. This role is delivery-focused, requiring practical experience building, maintaining, and improving Splunk deployments to support security monitoring and operational intelligence.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain Splunk infrastructure, including indexers, search heads, forwarders, and deployment servers.
- Onboard, normalise, and optimise data sources across security, infrastructure, and application logs.
- Develop and maintain Splunk dashboards, reports, and alerts to support SOC and operational teams.
- Tune searches and alerts to improve performance, reduce noise, and enhance detection capability.
- Support incident investigation and troubleshooting using Splunk search and analytics.
- Ensure Splunk platform performance, scalability, and reliability in line with secure environment requirements.
- Work closely with security, engineering, and operations teams to deliver measurable improvements.
What You Will Ideally Bring
- Active SC Clearance (mandatory).
- Strong hands-on experience as a Splunk Engineer,.
- Proven experience managing Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud environments.
- Strong knowledge of SPL, data models, and performance optimisation.
- Experience onboarding diverse log sources (security tools, OS logs, network devices, cloud platforms).
- Familiarity with security monitoring use cases and SOC environments.
- Scripting or automation experience (Python, Bash, or similar) is highly desirable.
Contract Details
- Duration: 3 months (with potential extension)
- Day Rate: £500 per day (Inside IR35)
- Location: Fully Remote
- Start Date: ASAP