Splunk Administrator
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16-05-2024
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Job Description
Req ID : 2846059
Job Title: Splunk Administrator
Location: Halifax (Remote)
Job Description:
We are seeking a skilled Splunk Administrator to join our team. As a Splunk Administrator you will be responsible for the configuration maintenance and optimization of our Splunk infrastructure to ensure efficient log aggregation search and analysis capabilities. You will work closely with development operations and security teams to design and implement Splunk solutions that meet our organizations monitoring troubleshooting and security requirements.
Roles and Responsibilities:
1. Deployment and Configuration: Deploy and configure Splunk instances forwarders and data inputs according to best practices ensuring scalability reliability and security.
2. Monitoring and Maintenance: Monitor Splunk infrastructure performance troubleshoot issues and perform routine maintenance tasks such as index rotation data retention management and license optimization.
3. Data Ingestion: Design and implement data ingestion strategies to collect logs and metrics from various sources including servers applications network devices and security appliances ensuring comprehensive coverage and efficient data parsing.
4. Search and Analysis: Develop and maintain Splunk search queries dashboards and reports to enable realtime monitoring troubleshooting and analysis of system performance security incidents and operational metrics.
5. Integration: Integrate Splunk with other monitoring logging and security tools to create unified visibility and correlation of events across the organizations infrastructure applications and security controls.
6. Security and Compliance: Configure Splunk security settings access controls and audit trails to ensure data confidentiality integrity and compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
7. Capacity Planning: Perform capacity planning and scaling of Splunk infrastructure to accommodate growing data volumes and user demands collaborating with stakeholders to forecast resource requirements and optimize infrastructure investments.
8. Documentation and Training: Create and maintain documentation for Splunk configurations deployment procedures troubleshooting guides and best practices and provide training and support to users and administrators as needed.
Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field or equivalent work experience.
Proven experience as a Splunk Administrator with handson experience deploying configuring and maintaining Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud environments.
Strong understanding of Splunk architecture components and deployment topologies including indexers search heads forwarders and data models.
Proficiency in Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) and experience developing complex search queries dashboards and reports to extract actionable insights from log data.
Familiarity with log management best practices log parsing techniques and common log formats (e.g. JSON syslog Apache logs).
Experience with scripting languages such as Python PowerShell or Bash for automation and integration tasks.
Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex issues and optimize performance in a highavailability environment.
Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with crossfunctional teams and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs. Join us in leveraging the power of Splunk to drive operational excellence and security across our organization!
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