C005335 Splunk Engineer (NS) BELGIUM - 21 Sep

Park Lane Recruitment ·www.plr.ltd

Location Mons, Mons, Belgium, Belgium
Type Full time
Level Mid
Source Shazamme
NATO
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Deadline Date: Monday 21 September 2026
 
Requirement: Splunk Engineer
 
Location: Mons, BELGIUM
 
Full Time On-Site: Yes
 
Time On-Site: 100%
 
Not to Exceed Rate: 95 EUR
 
Total Scope of the request (hours): 395
 
Required Start Date: 2 November 2026
 
End Contract Date: 31 December 2026
 
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
 
Please do NOT apply for any NATO contract positions unless you meet ALL the following criteria:
  1. Current National or NATO SECRET clearance
  2. Nationality of one of the NATO member countries
  3. Current work visa for the specific location if applying for an in-country position
Any applications that do NOT meet all the above - and do not CLEARLY show these on the CV - will be deleted.
 
Duties & Role:  
 
Under the direction of Cyber Security Data Engineering Cell Head (CSDE), or a delegated authority, the incumbent will perform duties such as the following:
  • Act as one of the main engineers and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for SIEM and Log collection services within the Cyber Security Data team.
  • As the SME, you will provide advice and technical assistance to other stakeholders, maintain technical expertise, awareness, and developments in related new technologies, and provide technical contributions to any projects related to the data security systems.
  • Be responsible for management and further development of the data security systems;
  • The contractor may occasionally be required to provide on-call support and intervene in the event of an issue to ensure the continued operational availability of the SIEM monitoring infrastructure
  • Following ITIL standards, provide support to Operations and Service Delivery management covering all stages of the data security systems lifecycle (e.g. Service Design, Transition, Operations, Change Management and Continual Service Improvement).
  • Ensure that data security systems are installed, configured, and operating correctly and in line with dependencies with others systems or applications required.
  • Ensure that all system components are continuously monitored and take appropriate technical and non-technical actions for solving detected issues.
  • Ensure that data security systems operate within any KPI's, as defined in Service Level Agreements with NCSC customers. Support integration with external tools and any associated activities.
  • Proactively identify and propose system improvements to ensure an up-to-date and stable environment.
  • Justify business needs, prepare documentation and implementation plan for the Change Management Board. Implement the approved changes following co-ordination with other stakeholders.
  • Coordinate with service delivery managers, end users and other stakeholders in support of related services; communicate with other NATO entities as well as industry partners where required;
  • Develop and maintain documentation guidelines, standard operating procedures, system and service design documents and other relevant documentation that support management of the data security systems.
  • Create technical and/or executive level reports as required; organise and deliver presentations and briefings for various audience up to NATO executive level.
  • Perform other duties as may be required.
Requirements
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
  • The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
  • A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree from a nationally recognised/certified university in a related discipline and two years post‑related experience. Alternatively, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience of interest to the NCI Agency, provided the candidate has at least five years of extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post.
  • At least 1 year of extensive practical experience as SIEM administrator with Splunk in large enterprise environment (deployment, installation, configuration and maintenance).
  • Hands-on experience in the design and maintenance of distributed Splunk architectures.
  • At least 2 years and expert level experience related to SIEM and Log collection management activities.
  • Demonstrable experience of analysing and interpreting system, security and application logs in order to diagnose faults and spot abnormal behaviours.
  • Practical hands-on experience in systems and tools administration, especially Linux environment;
  • Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of computer and communication security, networking, and the vulnerabilities of modern operating systems and applications.
  • Practical skills in writing Bash, Python or Ansible scripts to support repetitive tasks automation;
  • Solid Linux system and application administration and troubleshooting skills.
  • Solid understanding of regular expressions.
  • Ability to develop clear and concise technical documentation, including procedures.
  • Good communication abilities, both written and verbal, with the ability to clearly and successfully articulate complex issues to a variety of audiences and teams.
  • Very good communication and analytical skills.
  • Language proficiency in English: meet or exceed the NATO STANAG 6001 Level 3 "Professional Proficiency".
  • Possessing industry leading certification in the area of Cyber Security such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, GSNA, and SANS GIAC.

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