Early Warning® · 1 day ago
Sr. Manager, Splunk Engineering
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$160K/yr - $200K/yr
10+ years expEarly Warning is a trusted name in payments, partnering with institutions to enhance access to financial services. The Sr. Manager, Splunk Engineering will manage the organization's logging infrastructure and lead the Splunk Engineering team to ensure operational efficiency and compliance with security standards.
Financial ServicesFraud DetectionPaymentsRisk Management
No H1B
Responsibilities
Mentors and manages the Splunk Engineering team and provides effective leadership to drive a highly engaged, high-performance team
Leads the risk and security organization staff to identify, document, architect and develop process efficiencies
Maintains an excellent understanding of standard roles, processes and tools utilized within an information security organization
Defines, leads, gathers, writes and formalizes process use-cases, functional, and non-functional requirements
Communicates and organizes stakeholders and customers within projects to build sustainable solutions with required capabilities
Leads, architects, and designs solutions based on project use cases and requirements
Leads both the strategic and tactical management of the Splunk Enterprise, Security & User Behavioral Analytic ecosystems, concentrating on data incorporation, system fine-tuning, capacity planning, security and system updates
Develops and manages effective monitoring, alerting, and reporting to uphold service level agreements and ensure visibility into system status, usage and security threats
Leads efforts to update platforms and apply patches, addressing vulnerabilities and adhering to supported standards
Collaborates with other information security departments to augment threat detection capabilities and bolster incident response actions
Leads incident management processes, including troubleshooting, resolving outages, and conducting breach investigations
Directly engages with end-users for requirements gathering, troubleshooting, and crafting Splunk queries, alerts, reports, and dashboards, ensuring hands-on involvement in technical tasks
Produces, updates, and verifies documentation accuracy and relevance for the logging environment
Works alongside auditors and fulfills regulatory standards, employing security tools to aid in compliance initiatives
Delivers metrics related to platform performance, capacity, and user management, involving direct analysis and refinement efforts
Ensures 24x7 operational readiness and swift incident response through participation in an on-call roster
Keeps abreast of the latest technologies, trends, and strategies in the field, applying best practices for logging and monitoring
Impacts the CSIRTS team to be able to respond to threats by creating, tuning and testing high fidelity rules for our SIEM platform
Uses data collected from a variety of cyber defense tools (e.g., IDS alerts, firewalls, network traffic logs) to analyze events that occur within their environments for the purposes of detecting threats
Supports the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data
Qualification
Required
Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, Security, Engineering, or Math
Minimum 10 years of Splunk and/or information security technology experience
Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, coach and guide
Ability to work within a team environment and independently
Effective communication skills to speak and write for all technology experience levels
Effective interpersonal skills, able to comfortably present to peers, coworkers, and customers
Excellent experience in analyzing technical issues and making recommendations for corrective action
A propensity for continued development of skills though research and training
Expert in analyzing advanced technical issues and solving problems or making recommendations for corrective action
In-depth knowledge of SIEM components, data ingestion processes, and querying data
Demonstrated capability to steer projects, oversee daily tasks, and directly engage in technical duties
Exceptional problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills, with the competency to elucidate technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Expert knowledge of network monitoring and network exploitation techniques
Expert experience in responding to malicious threats coming from various sources
Experience managing technical staff and direct reports
Background and drug screen
Preferred
Master's degree in computer science, IT, Security, Engineering or Math
Subject matter expert within infrastructure, engineering, operations or application security technology domains. Splunk certifications
Experience in cloud technologies
Strong background in scripting (Bash, PERL, Python) and Unix/Linux system management
Experience with Splunk ES / UBA and various logging systems (syslog-ng/rsyslog, ELK, Filebeat, Kafka, Cribl, Fluentd, Graylog)
Benefits
Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
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Company
Early Warning®
Early Warning Services, LLC, a financial services technology leader, has been empowering and protecting consumers, small businesses, and the U.S.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Cameron Fowler
Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
Payments Dive
2025-10-31
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