Job Description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life. Verizon is a Fortune 500 company and takes pride in servicing 99% of Fortune 500 companies as well as Government Agencies around the world. In Canberra, we run a key business unit - the Government Security Operations Centre (GSOC) that supports a number of Australian Government departments. Our operations centre is focused around collaboration and success and you will be a part of a skilled operations team managing dynamic multi-tenanted and dedicated secure gateway environments. 

Verizon has an opportunity within the Operations Design and Engineering Team for a Senior Splunk Engineer. This role is designed to provide senior level leadership for the architecture and design of the Splunk Security platform and associated integrations that support our GSOC customers. You will work with both Project and BAU resources to scope and grow the Splunk platforms and help develop new services that leverage the capability.  You will also evangelise the use of Splunk and help grow the Splunk services delivered within the GSOC.  This will likely include transitioning to Splunk Cloud and integrating the platform with other cloud based solutions.

What you’ll be doing... 

• Be responsible for overall Splunk Architecture and supporting Design documentation.

• Work with Pre-Sales teams to scope capacity and enhancements needed to on-board new capabilities and clients within Splunk.

• Act as an escalation point for the Security Analysts to assist and advise on the most complex security threat investigations.

• Support and consult vendors and customers to assist in implementing sound and secure logging practices while interfacing with customers in support of their Splunk access requirements.

• Leverage advanced knowledge of security operations, cyber security tools, intrusion detection, and secured networks to integrate with the SIEM platform.

• Manage Splunk deployments, upgrades and scaling for capacity.

• Review and enhance logging flow strategies for log onboarding; create the work plan required for logging onboarding.

What we’re looking for...

• A Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Six or more years of relevant work experience.

• Current Australian Federal Government security clearance at NV1 minimum.

• Strong experience in Splunk installation, upgrading and scaling.

• Experience in SIEM administration, configuration, and optimization experience.

• Experience in log ingestion and normalisation using HEC, DB_connect, API and other apps.

• Working knowledge of ITIL Change Management processes and the Australian Government Information Security Manual.

• Demonstrable sound written and oral communications skills.

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Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Master's degree in information security, cyber security, computer science or a related field.

• Experience in Splunk Cloud migrations and operations.

• Prior experience managing Splunk within a CI/CD pipeline.

• Experience working in a Security Operation Centre environment.

• Experience working on Cloud technologies.

• Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast paced dynamic environment.

• Ability to negotiate, when warranted, in order to work with other teams.

• Relevant certifications similar to Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Acknowledgement of Country...

Verizon acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to lands, waters, and communities and pays respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, past and present.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

38

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.