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If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills And Competencies

6-9 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, data engineering, or platform administration with significant hands-on expertise in security data platforms
Strong experience administering Splunk Cloud environments, including data models, field extractions, knowledge objects, indexing strategy, permissions management, and search processing
Direct experience with Cribl Stream and Cribl Cloud for data ingestion, transformation, routing, reduction, and delivery across multiple destinations
Deep understanding of log formats, parsing, normalization, and data enrichment practices, including experience with Common Information Model mapping
Proficiency in Python and/or JavaScript to develop automation, integrations, operational tooling, and platform enhancements
Experience supporting cloud-hosted environments, preferably within Amazon Web Services infrastructure
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve issues across complex distributed data pipelines
Demonstrated proficiency in artificial intelligence concepts, with hands-on experience using AI tools to streamline workflows and enhance operational efficiency. Proven ability to implement AI-powered solutions to solve business challenges. Demonstrates a growing awareness of AI risk management and a commitment to responsible and ethical AI use

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
Splunk certifications such as Splunk Administrator, Splunk Architect, or related certifications are preferred

Responsibilities

Serve as the subject matter expert for security data platforms, ensuring reliable, scalable, and optimized data collection, transformation, and delivery across the cybersecurity ecosystem.

Administer, configure, and optimize Splunk Cloud environments, including indexes, data models, field extractions, permissions, and licensing utilization
Manage Cribl Cloud configurations and pipelines to support secure and efficient data ingestion, transformation, routing, and reduction
Design and implement onboarding processes for new data sources, ensuring accurate parsing, normalization, enrichment, and quality validation
Build and maintain transformations and processing pipelines that support detection engineering, dashboards, reporting, audit, and compliance requirements
Partner with cybersecurity stakeholders to ensure security data is complete, reliable, and aligned with operational and investigative needs
Troubleshoot and resolve ingestion issues, data gaps, latency concerns, and pipeline failures across source systems and platform components
Monitor platform health, performance metrics, ingest volumes, and cost trends while identifying opportunities for optimization and efficiency improvements
Develop automation and operational tooling using Python and JavaScript, maintain platform documentation, and support upgrades, migrations, and capacity planning initiatives

About The Team

The Cybersecurity Data Management team is responsible for building, operating, and optimizing the platforms and pipelines that collect, transform, route, and analyze security event data across the enterprise. The team supports detection and response, audit, and compliance programs by delivering high-quality, actionable data at scale. By joining this team, you will work with modern cloud-based technologies, including Splunk Cloud, Cribl Cloud, AWS, and automation solutions, while helping drive innovation, operational excellence, and responsible adoption of emerging technologies across Moody's cybersecurity environment.

Moody's is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody's Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.

Sr Cybersecurity Engineer - SPLUNK & CRIBL