Splunk, Observability/SIEM Engineer

Aqueduct Technologies, Inc.

Splunk & Observability/SIEM Engineer responsible for architecting and deploying observability platforms. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve systems security and performance.

Posted 4/12/2026full-timeCanton • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformLinuxPythonSplunk

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, deploy, and support Splunk Enterprise and/or Splunk Cloud infrastructure (indexers, search heads, forwarders, deployment servers).
Onboard, normalize, and manage diverse log sources across applications, infrastructure, cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), and security solutions.
Develop, optimize, and maintain Splunk dashboards, queries (SPL), alerts, and reports tailored to operational and security use cases.
Collaborate with security operations and engineering teams to build and fine-tune detection use cases, threat hunting workflows, and incident response capabilities.
Monitor system performance, capacity planning, and ensure high availability and scalability of observability platforms.
Troubleshoot complex issues across the observability stack and provide technical guidance to internal teams and clients.
Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and best practice standards for platform onboarding and usage.
Provide mentoring and training for other engineers and platform users on Splunk and observability tools.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, IT, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
3+ years of hands-on experience with Splunk administration, configuration, and optimization.
Strong experience designing search queries (SPL), dashboards, alerts, and data models.
Proficiency with *nix/Linux administration and networking fundamentals.
Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
Proven ability to integrate and normalize data from diverse log sources and technologies.
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

Splunk administrationSplunk configurationSplunk optimizationSPL (Search Processing Language)Linux administrationnetworking fundamentalsPythonBashPowerShelldata normalization

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationmentoringtraining

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Information SecurityBachelor’s degree in IT