Splunk Architect Lead (Cybersecurity)

Location: Reston, Virginia, United States; hybrid with 3–5 days onsite. U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain CBP background investigation and EOD requirements are required.

Salary: $175,000–$225,000 per year. A $10,000 signing bonus is available for candidates with an active CBP background investigation, payable after 90 days under standard terms.

Company

hirify.global delivers technology and cybersecurity solutions supporting national security and critical civilian missions.

What you will do

• Lead the design, engineering, configuration, and optimization of enterprise logging platforms supporting 24/7/365 cybersecurity operations.
• Serve as the technical authority for Splunk and SIEM architecture, including log ingestion, parsing, normalization, enrichment, and storage strategies.
• Onboard data sources from applications, endpoints, networks, cloud environments, and identity systems.
• Monitor log health, cluster health, pipeline resiliency, and data integrity to maintain continuous platform reliability.
• Enable dashboards, correlation rules, and alerting through high-quality normalized data while supporting compliance with federal mandates and Zero Trust visibility requirements.
• Drive automation, cloud logging integration, data optimization, technical documentation, vulnerability assessments, audits, and cross-team engineering reviews.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and ability to obtain and maintain a CBP background investigation and EOD; active BI is strongly preferred.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• At least five years of experience as a senior Certified Splunk Administrator or Architect in a large environment.
• Active Certified Splunk Architect (II); an active CISM or CISSP certification is also required.
• Experience administering Windows and Linux systems, with scripting and automation using Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
• Strong networking and cybersecurity backgrounds, experience with cloud orchestration and AWS, and a bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, cybersecurity, STEM, or a related field.

Nice to have

• Splunk Certified Admin/Engineer or Splunk Core Certified Consultant certification.
• Cloud provider certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Experience with Cribl.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture centered on the 6Hs: Happy, Helpful, Honest, Humble, Hungry, and Hustle.
• Emphasis on collaboration, integrity, continuous improvement, innovation, and mission-focused work.
• Hybrid work arrangement based in Reston, Virginia.