Sr.Splunk Engineer

Hi All,

Role : Sr. Splunk Resource Engineer

Location : Newport Beach,CA – Onsite

Mode of Hiring : Contract

Position Overview:

Cloud and Infrastructure Services is seeking a highly skilled Senior Splunk Resource to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will take charge of the design, implementation, support, and administration of Splunk within our hybrid environments. You will be instrumental in ensuring the availability and integrity of data sources, facilitating log and metric flows to Splunk, and executing data parsing, enrichment, and filtering. Additionally, you will handle the deployment of changes across all Splunk components, integrate necessary source tools, and monitor the Splunk infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and capacity planning.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and Implementation: Lead the design and implementation of Splunk solutions in hybrid environments including Splunk Cloud, Heavy Forwarders, Universal Forwarders (UFs), and Deployment Servers.
• Data Management: Ensure the availability and seamless flow of data sources into Splunk Cloud, including the onboarding and troubleshooting of data.
• Administration and Support: Oversee the administration of Splunk, including performance monitoring, field extractions, and search optimization. Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Splunk performance, log feeds, and system health.
• Integration and Deployment: Deploy changes to all Splunk components and manage required source tool integrations.
• Capacity Planning: Monitor and optimize Splunk infrastructure for capacity planning and performance enhancements.
• Documentation: Create and maintain clear and detailed standard operating procedures (SOPs) and technical build documentation for the Splunk infrastructure.
• Vendor Coordination: Coordinate and escalate with vendors as needed to address and resolve potential issues.

Must Have Skills:

• Experience: Minimum of 8+ years in design, implementation, administration, and support of Splunk in hybrid environments.
• Data Management: Proven experience with onboarding data, troubleshooting, and ensuring data availability with UFs and Heavy Forwarders.
• Access Controls: Solid understanding of Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC) within Splunk.
• Protocols: Knowledge of Syslog and network protocols.
• Performance Troubleshooting: Ability to troubleshoot and resolve performance issues, field extractions, and search time discrepancies.
• Vendor Coordination: Experience in coordinating with vendors to resolve issues.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Project Management: Experience in project management and customer service.
• Documentation: Ability to write and maintain clear SOPs and technical documentation.

Could Have Skills:

• Scripting: Experience with scripting languages such as PowerShell, Perl, Python, JavaScript, or Bash.
• Cloud Platform: Experience with AWS Cloud platform (EC2/S3).
• Certification: Certification in Splunk Cloud Administration.

Nice to Have Skills:

• System Administration: Experience with Linux and Windows systems, including a solid understanding of system administration.
• Additional Certifications: Other relevant professional certifications.