Director, Splunk Platform Engineering & SRE

4 months ago

Base Salary

$147k - $310k/yr

Responsibilities

Own the architecture, capacity planning, ingestion, integrations, lifecycle management, reliability, and operations of the enterprise Splunk SIEM platform.
Serve as the highest technical escalation point for critical incidents across application, platform, infrastructure, operating-system, network, and distributed-system layers.
Design and scale high-throughput ingestion pipelines integrating Syslog, Kubernetes/containerized platforms, and cloud and enterprise systems.
Drive observability, performance engineering, incident response, root-cause analysis, resilience, disaster recovery readiness, and SRE practices.
Own authentication, RBAC, access control, governance, and compliance for the platform.
Design automation and configuration-management solutions using Git and Ansible to reduce operational toil.
Develop bespoke solutions using Python, Java, or Golang and evaluate emerging AI/ML-driven analytics and contextual data technologies.
Provide hands-on technical leadership and mentorship while influencing engineering direction across teams as an individual contributor.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience; advanced degree preferred.
12+ years of experience in information security or related technology; securities or financial-services experience is a plus.
Deep hands-on expertise in Splunk platform engineering and large-scale SIEM environments.
Strong SRE and distributed-systems expertise with the ability to debug complex issues across application, operating-system, and network layers.
Expertise in Linux/Unix performance tuning and low-level troubleshooting, networking fundamentals, TCP/IP, packet analysis, Syslog pipelines, and latency debugging.
Experience building and operating high-volume data-ingestion and processing systems.
Proficiency in Splunk SPL and data analysis.
Strong programming or scripting skills in Python, Go, Java, or similar languages.
Hands-on experience with DevOps, Ansible, Git, Kubernetes, and containerized environments.
Deep understanding of security models, RBAC, enterprise controls, automation, scalability, and operational ownership.
Ability to operate independently in high-pressure situations, resolve high-impact incidents, and provide hands-on technical guidance.
Technical depth and hands-on AI literacy, including knowledge of MCP design.

Competitive compensation, benefits, wellbeing programs, flexible global resources, generous paid leave including paid volunteer time, and company-sponsored benefit programs.
The position is located in New York, NY.
Base salary is stated as $147,000–$310,000 per year, with potential additional compensation and benefits.

10,000+ employees