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Splunk and Application Infrastructure Systems Engineer
Information Technology/Computing | livermore, CA | 08/28/2023
Job Code: SES.2 Science & Engineering MTS 2 / SES.3 Science & Engineering MTS 3
Organization: Computing
Position Type: Career Indefinite
Security Clearance: Anticipated DOE Q clearance (requires U.S. citizenship and a federal background investigation)
Drug Test: Required for external applicant(s) selected for this position (includes testing for use of marijuana)
Medical Exam: Not applicable
Company Description
Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!
Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.
We are committed to a diverse and equitable workforce with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, experiences, and perspectives. This is essential to innovation and creativity for continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.
Pay Range
$127,680 - $163,968 Annually for the SES.2 level
$153,210 - $196,788 Annually for the SES.3 level
Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only. Many factors are taken into consideration when setting starting pay including education, experience, the external labor market, and internal equity.
Job Description
We have an opening for a Splunk and Application Infrastructure Systems Engineer. You will architect, implement, and administer the Splunk and application infrastructure required to support enterprise applications across the Laboratory’s business services and programmatic missions. This position is in the Enterprise Infrastructure Services (EIS) Division within the Computing Directorate, supporting the LivIT Program.
This position will be filled at either the SES.2 or SES.3 level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.
In this role you will
- Architect and implement highly available Splunk and application infrastructures required to support enterprise IT service delivery.
- Create and manage complex Splunk queries, reports, dashboards, and visualizations to provide actionable insights.
- Collaborate with customers, IT managers, developers, team members, systems administrators, database administrators, and security administrators to jointly develop highly available application infrastructures & services that meet business & programmatic needs.
- Manage systems architectures throughout their systems development lifecycles, including risk analysis, capacity planning, highly available systems architecture and design, development, quality assurance, documentation, standards enforcement, implementations and upgrades, security compliance & vulnerability remediation, and performance monitoring.
- Provide superior problem remediation support within the application tier environments in support of negotiated Service Level Agreements (SLA’s).
- Support the transition of our existing virtualized application infrastructures into containerized services to help drive configuration standardization & agility, CI/CD automation & orchestration, and security enhancement objectives.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Additional job responsibilities at the SES.3 Level
- Provide solutions to complex problems that require in-depth analysis of tangible and intangible factors and the creative use of established and/or innovative methods in architecting and designing application infrastructures and services.
- Leverage advanced subject matter expertise in one or more application infrastructure engineering areas to support the development of advanced application architectures.
- Leverage advanced subject matter expertise in systems programming, automation, and orchestration tooling to automate the creation, configuration, and management of complex systems.
Qualifications
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. Citizenship.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems, or related field, or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- Possess one or more Splunk Certified Administrator certifications and/or significant hands-on applied Splunk administration experience in Splunk architecture, high-availability implementation patterns, SmartStore implementation, and the full continuum of data lifecycle across both Splunk and third-party data management technologies.
- Broad experience implementing and managing application infrastructure technologies (For Example: Java Play, Oracle WebLogic, Apache, Tomcat, IIS, load balancers, API gateways, or DockerEE/AWS EKS), or various enterprise commercial off the shelf (COTs) stacks; including monitoring, operational support, security, and lifecycle management.
- Experience formulating and overseeing intricate Splunk queries, generating reports, designing dashboards, and developing visualizations that offer actionable insights.
- Ability to partner with customers, IT managers, developers, database administrators, systems administrators, and security administrators to jointly create application infrastructure services that meet business requirements.
- Experience with public and/or private cloud services, and UNIX and/or Windows O/S administration, security, and performance tuning.
- Communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills necessary to effectively present, explain, and advise senior management and/or external sponsors.
Additional Qualifications at the SES.3 Level
- Significant experience architecting and managing application and cloud service infrastructures; including implementation, monitoring, operational support, security, and lifecycle management.
- Advanced ability to partner with customers, IT managers, developers, database administrators, systems administrators, and security administrators to jointly create complex application infrastructure services that meet business requirements.
- Advanced verbal and written communication skills necessary to effectively collaborate in a team environment and present and explain technical information and provide advice to management.
Qualifications We Desire
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Management Information Systems.
- Proficiency in using Cribl or similar tools for tasks such as data routing, enrichment, and transformation, among other functions.
- Experience working in a compliance-driven and secure environment, as well as project management experience with large, enterprise COTs application implementations.
Additional Information
Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?
- Included in 2022 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor!
- Work for a premier innovative national Laboratory
- Comprehensive Benefits Package
- Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
- Collaborative, creative, inclusive, and fun team environment
Learn more about our company, selection process, position types and security clearances by visiting our Career site.
Pre-Employment Drug Test
External applicant(s) selected for this position will be required to pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.
Security Clearance
This position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance. If you are selected, we will initiate a Federal background investigation to determine if you meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or matter. In addition, all L or Q cleared employees are subject to random drug testing. Q-level clearance requires U.S. citizenship. For additional information, please see DOE Order 472.2.
Equal Employment Opportunity
LLNL is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer that values and hires a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status, age, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.
If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via our online form.
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The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants privacy rights to all California residents. The law also entitles job applicants, employees, and non-employee workers to be notified of what personal information LLNL collects and for what purpose. The Employee Privacy Notice can be accessed here.
Position Information
This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.
Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?
- Flexible Benefits Package
- 401(k)
- Relocation Assistance
- Education Reimbursement Program
- Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
- Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability (IDEA) - visit https://www.llnl.gov/diversity
- Our core beliefs - visit https://www.llnl.gov/diversity/our-values
- Employee engagement - visit https://www.llnl.gov/diversity/employee-engagement
Security Clearance
This position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance. If you are selected, we will initiate a Federal background investigation to determine if you meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or matter. Also, all L or Q cleared employees are subject to random drug testing. Q-level clearance requires U.S. citizenship.
Pre-Employment Drug Test
External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.
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Equal Employment Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to providing all with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status, age, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.
We invite you to review the Equal Employment Opportunity posters which include EEO is the Law and Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision.
Reasonable Accommodation
Our goal is to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates applying and interviewing at the Laboratory. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please use our online form to submit a request.
California Privacy Notice
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants privacy rights to all California residents. The law also entitles job applicants, employees, and non-employee workers to be notified of what personal information LLNL collects and for what purpose. The Employee Privacy Notice can be accessed here.
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