SPLUNK Adminisrator

THIS WILL BE A 3MONTH CONTRACT WORKING AT THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER .

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
SPLUNK ADMINISTRATOR THAT MANAGES THE SYSTEM UTILIZING LINUX CLUSTER AND MANAGEMENT CONSOLE APPLICATIONS.
50% MANAGEMENT OF DAILY SPUNK OPERATION SYSTEMS. COLLABORATE AND LIAISE WITH OTHER UNITS AND SERVE AS A TECHNICAL RESOURCE AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.
35% CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AS REQUIRED.
15% TRAIN AND ADVISE LESS SKILLED SYSTEMS PROGRAMMERS AND PROVIDE EXPERT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR OTHERS.

SPLUNK ADMINISTRATION:
THE SPLUNK SYSTEM IS INSTALLED IN A LINUX CLUSTER. ADMIN WILL NEED ADVANCED UNDERSTANDING OF LINUX DAILY CARE OF VERIFYING SPLUNK IS RUNNING PROPERLY. CREATION OF NEW INDEXES AND UPDATING APPLICATIONS ADDING NEW SOURCE TYPES ADDING NEW SERVERS AND LOGS TO SPLUNK
DAILY VERIFICATION OF LICENSE COUNTS ABILITY TO CREATE DASHBOARDS (AND ABLE TO TEACH OTHERS HOW TO MAKE DASHBOARDS USE OF SPLUNK MANAGEMENT CONSOLE AND APPLICATIONS.

TECHNICAL SOURCE:
BE A TECHNICAL SOURCE TO HELP WINDOWS AND LINUX ADMINS INSTALL THE SPLUNK CLIENT AND VERIFY LOGS ARE FLOWING TO THE SPLUNK CLUSTERS GENERAL LINUX AND WINDOWS KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH LOG COLLECTION ON THE CLIENT SIDE. ABILITY TO TRAIN OTHER ADMINS IN ADVANCED LOG SEARCHING TECHNIQUES. GENERAL SPLUNK TROUBLESHOOTING TECHNIQUES AND KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO WORK WITH SPLUNK (THE COMPANY)

SPLUNK ARCHITECTURE:
THEY WILL BE GIVEN ACCESS TO THE CLUSTER. IF THEY ARE ABLE TO FIND DEFICIENCIES IN THE DESIGN THEY ARE WELCOME TO IMPLEMENT THE CHANGES.

SPLUNK UPGRADES:
UNIVERSAL FORWARDERS AND SPLUNK ENTERPRISE VERSION UPGRADES.

TRAINING:
SHARE KNOWLEDGE AND TEACH OTHER JUNIOR SPLUNK ADMINS IN THE SAME TEAM

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
EXTENSIVE/EXPERT KNOWLEDGE SPLUNK ENTERPRISE ADMIN AND GENERAL LINUX ADMIN.

SPLUNK CERTIFICATIONS

GOOD SCRIPTING PROGRAMMING AND
AUTOMATION ABILITIES. SOFT SKILLS

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS (WRITTEN AND ORAL) ADAPTABILITY SELFMOTIVATION PROBLEM SOLVING ANALYTICAL THINKING TIME MANAGEMENT ABILITY TO WORK
EFFECTIVELY IN A STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT CUSTOMER FOCUSED DETAIL ORIENTED TEAM PLAYER

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
LINUX
REQUIRED BUT NOT AS EXPERT:
ELASTICSEARCH ADMINISTRATION
GIT KNOWLEDGE (ALL OF OUR SPLUNK
CONFIGURATIONS FILES ARE STORED IN GIT)

REQUIRED EDUCATION:
High School Diploma and experience with Enterprise Linux

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:
SPLUNK ENTERPRISE ADMIN
Additional Sills: REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):EXTENSIVE/EXPERT KNOWLEDGE SPLUNK ENTERPRISE ADMIN AND GENERAL LINUX ADMIN. SPLUNK CERTIFICATIONS GOOD SCRIPTING PROGRAMMING AND AUTOMATION ABILITIES. SOFT SKILLS EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS (WRITTEN AND ORAL) ADAPTABILITY SELFMOTIVATION PROBLEM SOLVING ANALYTICAL THINKING TIME MANAGEMENT ABILITY TO WORK EFFECTIVELY IN A STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT CUSTOMER FOCUSED DETAIL ORIENTED TEAM PLAYERPREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):LINUXREQUIRED BUT NOT AS EXPERT:ELASTICSEARCH ADMINISTRATION GIT KNOWLEDGE (ALL OF OUR SPLUNK CONFIGURATIONS FILES ARE STORED IN GIT) Skills: Operating Systems/APIs Linux Yes 2 Advanced Within 6 Months 4 6 Years Programming Languages Relevant programming languages and scripting tools. No 1 Advanced Within 6 Months 4 6 Years Software Framwork SPLUNK Infrastructure Administration Yes 1 Advanced Within 6 Months 4 6 Years Software Framwork SPLUNK Operations Yes 1 Advanced Within 6 Months 4 6 Years