Senior Splunk Engineer
Description For Senior Splunk Engineer
Envision Employment Solutions is seeking a Senior Splunk Engineer for their partner, a global leader in consulting and digital transformation. This role focuses on designing and maintaining Splunk infrastructure, handling data integration, creating dashboards, and ensuring security compliance. The position requires flexibility to work on US times and potential international travel. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Splunk architecture, data management, and security protocols, while working closely with IT, DevOps, and Security teams. This role offers an opportunity to work with cutting-edge monitoring and security tools while maintaining critical infrastructure for a global organization. The position combines technical expertise with collaborative teamwork, offering professional growth and competitive benefits.
Responsibilities For Senior Splunk Engineer
- Design, configure, and maintain the Splunk infrastructure, including indexers, forwarders, search heads, and clusters
- Perform regular health checks, upgrades, and performance tuning of the Splunk environment
- Ensure high availability, scalability, and data retention across the infrastructure
- Onboard new data sources by developing custom log ingestion pipelines and configuring data inputs
- Create and manage data parsers and knowledge objects, including field extractions, lookups, and data models
- Design and develop Splunk dashboards, alerts, and reports for monitoring
- Monitor system performance and proactively identify and resolve issues
- Implement and manage Splunk as part of a security information and event management (SIEM) solution
- Maintain detailed documentation of Splunk configurations, procedures, and best practices
Requirements For Senior Splunk Engineer
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Proven experience as a Splunk Engineer or in a similar role
- Strong knowledge of Splunk architecture, configuration, and administration
- Experience with data ingestion, parsing, and indexing
- Proficiency in developing Splunk dashboards, queries (SPL), and alerts
- Familiarity with scripting languages like Python or PowerShell for automation
- Solid understanding of Linux/Unix systems and command-line operations
- Knowledge of networking concepts and protocols (TCP/IP, Syslog, etc.)
Benefits For Senior Splunk Engineer
- Competitive Salary based on experience
- Social and medical insurance
- Learning, development and career progression
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