Cribl Engineer The Opportunity: We are seeking a talented and motivated mid-level Cribl Engineer to join our Visibility Analytics and Automation Team (VAAT). In this role, you will play a crucial role in building, managing, and optimizing our enterprise data pipelines, with a strong focus on feeding our downstream SIEM ecosystem. Your primary focus will be designing and maintaining routing, filtering, and transformation logic using Cribl Stream and Cribl Edge. If you are passionate about logging, SIEM architecture, and solving complex data ingestion challenges, we would love to have you on the team. What You’ll Work On: * Build, maintain, and optimize high-throughput data pipelines using Cribl Stream and Cribl Edge to ensure efficient data routing, masking, and transformation. * Normalize incoming log sources to standardized schemas such as CIM and ECS before routing to downstream SIEM platforms, analytics tools, and storage. * Implement complex routing logic, data masking, enrichment, and replay workflows, utilizing custom JavaScript functions and Regular Expressions (Regex) patterns directly within Cribl pipelines. * Monitor system health, assist in managing worker topology, and troubleshoot bottlenecks or failures in the data flow. * Utilize scripting, including Python or Bash, and Infrastructure-as-Code tools, including Ansible or Terraform, to automate deployment and configuration management. * Maintain clear and accurate technical documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures for the observability infrastructure. Join us. The world can't wait. You Have: * 3+ years of experience in information technology, focusing on logging, observability, or SIEM engineering * Experience operating and managing data pipelines with Cribl Stream or Cribl Edge in a production environment * Experience administering or engineering enterprise SIEM environments * Knowledge of log forwarding, indexing, data collection, search architecture, source types, and ingestion-time parsing * Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam * HS diploma or GED and 7+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Associate’s degree and 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Master’s degree and 1+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities * Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level III Certification such as SecurityX, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH, or CCSP Certification, within 60 days of start date * Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support (CSSP-IS) Certification such as CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND Certification, within 30 days of start date * Ability to obtain a Cribl Certification such as Cribl Certified Observability Engineer - CCOE Certification, within 30 days of start date Nice If You Have: * Experience with Linux or Unix administration * Experience writing complex Regex for pattern matching, data extraction, and log parsing * Experience using JavaScript within Cribl's native execution environment to write custom functions, execute advanced data transformations, and manipulate JSON or event payloads inside pipelines * Knowledge of transport protocols, including HTTP, TCP, and TLS, and data formats, including JSON and Syslog * Knowledge of data security fundamentals, including encryption, RBAC, and data masking strategies * Knowledge of log normalization concepts and schema alignment, including Common Information Model (CIM) or frameworks such as ECS or OCSF * Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment * Ability to pay strict attention to detail * Possession of excellent problem-solving skills * Enterprise SIEM Administrator or Engineering Certifications Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required. 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Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. 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