[Remote] Cyber Risk Defense Consultant V - Splunk & Cribl Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kaiser Permanente is expanding its Cyber Risk Defense program and is looking for a skilled individual to support their Cyber Security mission as a Cyber Risk Defense Consultant V specializing in Splunk and Cribl engineering. The role involves managing an enterprise Splunk environment, overseeing security data integrity, and leading incident response and threat detection efforts.


Responsibilities

  • Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks, as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; evaluating recommendations made; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others
  • Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback
  • Leads team in the proactive monitoring and/or response to known or emerging threats against the KP network
  • Effectively communicates investigative findings to non-technical audiences
  • Plans and facilitates regular operations meeting with Cyber Risk Defense Center (CRDC) teams
  • Supports closed loop processes on security efforts by providing feedback to the TDA leads and/or leadership
  • Participates in information fusion procedures across operations and engineering, including activities such as Use Case planning/development, Use Case quality assurance validation, and response procedure documentation
  • Serves as a liaison between stage teams and upper management by identifying issues, improvement areas, or security/architectural gaps and suggesting appropriate improvements
  • Drives the development of the CRDC intellectual capital by leading process or procedure improvements, consulting on brown bag training sessions, and leading the development of new training documents
  • Partners with the CRDC Policy Engineers and Remediation teams to contain identified issues and determine the best approach for improving security posture
  • Facilitates follow-up remediation design and review efforts
  • Leads the investigation and triage of security events across multiple domains
  • Leads complex data analyses in support of security event management processes, including root cause analysis
  • Coordinates the response and resolution of high impact or critical cyber security incidents
  • Leads the deployment of threat detection capabilities and/or incident response plans which may include after-hours support and coordination among responsible teams
  • Drives the execution of incident detection and/or handling processes which may include containment, protection, and remediation activities

Skills

  • Minimum two (2) years in an informal leadership role working with project or technical teams
  • Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Social Science, Mathematics, or related field and Minimum eight (8) years experience in IT or a related field, including Minimum two (2) years in information security or network engineering. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement
  • One (1) year supervisory experience
  • Two (2) years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above)
  • Knowledge and professional enterprise experience supporting Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud environments
  • Possess Splunk Architect and/or Splunk Administration Certification(s)
  • Possess software development skills creating AI and ML models and detections
  • Professional experience and administration of large-scale Linux/Unix deployments

Company Overview

  • Kaiser Permanente is a health organization that offers disease prevention, mental healthcare, and chronic disease management services. It was founded in 1945, and is headquartered in Oakland, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Kaiser Permanente has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 3 in 2025, 1 in 2024. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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