GuidePoint Security
Cribl Engineer
D.C., MD, VA · Principal
No sponsorshipDetected 13 days ago
TypeScriptPythonBashGitAWSAzureTerraformAnsibleLinuxKafkaData EngineeringCybersecuritySIEMRecruitingCiscoCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk.
- About GuidePoint Security GuidePoint Security is a leading cybersecurity solutions and services firm enabling federal government organizations to make smarter security decisions that minimize risk.
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture and design for Cribl Stream/Edge across multiple enclaves and data domains.
- Build high throughput pipelines (multiTB/day) with advanced routing, filtering, enrichment, and replay workflows.
- Optimize system performance, worker topology, CPU/memory distribution, queues, and transport mechanisms.
- Maintain reusable Cribl packs, shared patterns, runbooks, and operational standards.
- Mentor engineers, conduct design reviews, drive engineering excellence, and enforce architectural standards.
- Support cross functional teams (security, cloud, analytics, infrastructure) on logging and telemetry strategy.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in logging, observability, or SIEM engineering.
- 5+ years architecting enterprise scale log/telemetry pipelines.
- 3+ years hands-on with Cribl Stream and Cribl Edge in production environments.
- Expert-level experience with Splunk forwarding/ingestion, source type management, and indexing practices.
- scripting expertise (Python/Bash)
- Strong understanding of transport protocols (HTTP, TCP, TLS/MTLS), Kafka, S3/object storage.
- Experience designing secure data flows, including encryption, RBAC, secrets management, and compliance controls.
- Certified Cribl Certified Engineer (CCOE) or equivalent Cribl product expertise.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for Cribl issues; interface with vendor engineering as required.
Nice to have
- Expertise creating and maintaining Cribl Packs and reusable pipelines.
- Familiarity with NIST / CIS control frameworks and secure engineering practices.
- Vendor engagement experience (Cribl PS, product teams, troubleshooting escalations).
- " Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information."
- We use Greenhouse Software as our applicant tracking system and Zoom Scheduler for HR screen request scheduling.
- At times, your email may block our communication with you.
- Please be sure to check your SPAM folder so that you don't miss updates on your application.
- GuidePoint Security is a rapidly growing, profitable, privately-held value added reseller that focuses exclusively on Information Security.
Compensation
- ($850 per EE annually / $1750 per family annually (includes spouse/children/family options)
Benefits
- Develop HA/DR patterns, reliability frameworks, fleet health metrics, and failure mode response processes.
- High Deductible / HSA plan, GPS will contribute in 4 equal quarterly installments:
- 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
- Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment
- Pet Benefit Option
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