Splunk Dashboard Engineer
Kforce Inc.
Morrisville, NC
- Design and maintain Splunk dashboards that support incident detection, investigation, and response workflows within the SOC
- Incident volume and severity
- Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time to Respond/Resolve (MTTR)
- Alert fidelity and false positive trends
- Build and optimize Splunk searches, reports, and dashboard panels that surface suspicious activity, detections, and notable events
- Partner closely with Detection Engineers, Incident Responders, and SOC Analysts to understand use cases, threats, and investigative requirements
- Ensure dashboards align with SOC workflows, enabling analysts to quickly pivot from visualization to investigation
- Improve dashboard performance and usability by refining searches and data models used for security analytics
- Support executive and leadership reporting by delivering high level SOC visibility dashboards that summarize security posture and operational performance
Requirements:
- Hands on experience building dashboards and reports in Splunk, ideally in a SOC or cybersecurity context
- Strong understanding of how Splunk is used for security analytics, threat detection, and incident response
- Experience working with security related data sources such as authentication logs, endpoint telemetry, network logs, or application security logs
- Ability to transform unstructured security data into clear, actionable visual insights
- Experience collaborating with incident responders, detection engineers, or SOC analysts
- Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail and operational accuracy
- Experience supporting or working within an Incident Response, Detection Engineering, or SOC team
- Familiarity with Splunk Enterprise Security concepts such as notable events, correlation searches, and SOC KPIs
- Experience building dashboards used for SOC performance measurement or leadership reporting
- Understanding of common cyber threat types and investigative workflows
- SOC analysts rely on dashboards for real time visibility into threats and incidents
- Detection and response teams can quickly identify trends, bottlenecks, and improvement areas
- Leadership has clear, accurate insight into SOC effectiveness and security posture
- Dashboards directly contribute to faster detection, investigation, and response outcomes
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
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About the Company
Kforce Inc.
Kforce is a solutions firm specializing in technology, finance and accounting, and professional staffing services. Our KNOWLEDGEforce® empowers top companies to achieve their digital transformation goals. We curate teams of technical experts who deliver solutions custom-tailored to each client’s needs. These scalable, flexible outcomes are shaped by deep market knowledge, thought leadership and our multi-industry expertise.
Our integrated approach is rooted in 60 years of proven success deploying highly skilled professionals on a temporary and direct-hire basis. Each year, approximately 18,000 talented experts work with the Fortune 500 and other leading companies. Together, we deliver Great Results Through Strategic Partnership and Knowledge Sharing®.