Senior Splunk Admin/ Architect
Austin, TX, United States
Job Title: Senior Splunk Admin / Architect
Location: Austin, Texas - Onsite from day 1st
Duration: Full Time
Job Description
Skills: Splunk Administration / Admin (min. 5 years relevant), Splunk Dev (2-3 years), Scripting (Shell, Python)
6 to 8 years' experience with Splunk engineering, administration, deployment, troubleshooting, onboarding data and maintenance for a large-scale network environment
Experience with Linux and Windows agents for Splunk administration with a solid understanding of the Splunk system.
The candidate should be proficient in:
o Requirements Definition
o Index and Infrastructure Planning
o Clustering
o Forwarder and Deployment
o Integration
o Splunk Support Model
o Splunk advanced troubleshooting methods and tools
o UI and Search problems, Configuration problems, Deployment Problems, User Management Problems
o Large-scale Splunk Deployment
o Indexer Cluster management and administration
o Search head Cluster management and administration
o KV Store Collection and lookup management
o Licensing
o Knowledge Objects, Data Models Implement and maintain Splunk Platform Infrastructure and Configuration, involved in standardizing Splunk forwarder deployment, Indexer clustering, Search Head clustering, deployment server, configuration and maintenance across UNIX and Windows platforms
Apps/Dashboards for license usage and Application errors.
Monitor and maintain Splunk performance, availability and capacity - Storage performance, CPU, Memory, Forwarder installations and patching upgrades
Hands on experience in scripting languages, regular expressions to automate tasks and manipulate data, KV store collection and lookup management, index and search time field extractions
Restrict access to sensitive logs/data. Identifying bad searches/dashboards and partnering with the creators to improve performance.
Knowledge of enterprise logging, including application, OS, security technology logging and Splunkit framework
Lead Proof-of-Concepts (POC) on Splunk implementation, mentored and guided other team members on understand the use case of Splunk
Ensure data quality in line with client's use cases and maintain current functional and technical knowledge of the Splunk platform
Provide regular support and guidance to Splunk project teams on complex solution and issue resolution
Key Skills: Splunk Administration, LINUX, Scripting Languages (Python preferred), GIT for source code management
Good to Have: Ansible, AWS / Kubernetes integration with Splunk
Splunk Administrator or Architect certification will be an added advantage
Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.