Information Security Engineer
Splunk
IT
San José Province, Costa Rica · San Jose, CA, USA · Costa Rica · Remote
Posted on Feb 1, 2025
Splunk, a Cisco company, is building a safer and more resilient digital world with an end-to-end full stack platform made for a hybrid, multi-cloud world. Leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. Our customers love our technology, but it's our caring employees that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination. No matter where in the world or what level of the organization, we approach our work with kindness. So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you. Come help organizations be their best, while you reach new heights with a team that has your back.
Role Summary
This position will be responsible for enabling technical innovation, the development and maintenance of internal applications for Security Operations. This role involves ownership and technical project management, working closely with other Security teams like Security Engineering, Detection, Monitoring and Response Operations and CIRT to provide an end to end experience. This is a phenomenal opportunity at a fast-growing and dynamic enterprise technology company.
Meet the Global Security Team
Join us as we pursue our ground-breaking new vision to make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. We are a company filled with people who are passionate about our product and strive to provide the best experience for our customers. At Splunk, we're committed to our work, customers, learning, and most meaningfully to each other’s success. Learn more about the team, meet our leaders, and hear more from our Splunk security experts at splunk.com/careers/splunk-global-security.
What you'll get to do
- Provide security service maintenance, change control, testing, patching, information protection, and break/fix.
- Support security teams by driving and delivering new security configurations based on the organization objectives
- Maintain the engineering team’s ability to detect and respond to critical security service delivery issues.
- Assist with technical evaluations to identify coverage gaps in existing information toolsets and support business owners and their security solution(s) that reduce risk.
- Work with other Cyber Security teams to efficiently run and develop security monitoring, sensor enrichment, and tuning solutions and maintain operational runbooks to deliver security services.
- Ensure services are functioning within agreed upon Service and Operational Level Agreements.
- Participates in a 1-3 time a year on call rotation for a week, which includes 24/7 support for security tool operations
Must-have Qualifications
- 3+ year of proven experience with IT or working in a large enterprise environment
- Experience with AWS or GCP cloud public cloud computing
- Scripting (e.g., Python, Perl, Ruby, Bash, RegEx) or development (e.g., C++, Python, JavaScript) experience
- Linux Administration skills (e.g. Command-line usage, configuration management, security hardening)
- Prior experience with SIEMs such as Splunk or other log aggregation system
- Assist in operationalizing, Monitor, and Test Security tools across Splunk environments
- Understanding and/or experience with vulnerability management, incident response and forensics, cloud computing, and/or security automation and network engineering.
- Understand GDPR regulations and the protections afforded customers and employees
- Self-starter who truly enjoys a fast-paced, innovative software environment and has excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Based in Costa Rica
Nice-to-have Qualifications
- Driven to improve processes and strive for their continuous improvement
- Familiarity with DevOps tools, including Kubernetes, CI/CD, and/or Git
- Experience with compliance frameworks like SOC2, PCI and/or FedRAMP.
- Operations experience in driving security and compliance
- Certifications such as Sec +, CISSP, GSEC, CEH or CISM are a bonus.
Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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Base Pay Range
Costa Rica
Base Pay: CRC 16,000,000.00 - 22,000,000.00 per year
Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for incentive compensation and may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.
Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a comprehensive, competitive benefits package which may include healthcare and retirement plans, paid time off, wellbeing expense reimbursement, and much more! Learn more about our next-level benefits at https://splunkbenefits.com.