Systems Engineer - Splunk

Required Education and Experience 

Applicants must meet one of the following education and experience requirements: 

* Minimum 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, another related field or its equivalent or 

* Minimum 3 years of relevant experience and a Master’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering or another related field. 

Required Skills 

* 5+ years of experience with Splunk configuration / development / implementation architecture, configuration, monitoring, and compliance.

* 3+ years experience in Server Architecture (Server Configuration, Security, Networking)

* 3+ years experience with advanced familiarity with most operating system commands/utilities on Windows and/or Linux

* 2+ years experience with programming technologies (Python, Powershell, Ruby)

Desired Skills 

* Experience with an enterprise Splunk 6x+ in a distributed environment including design, implementation, and support of Index Clusters, Forwarders, Search-Head Clusters Setup, etc.  

* Experience with Linux and Windows agents for Splunk administration with a solid understanding of the Splunk system

* Experience in onboarding new data, inputting new information, creating new dashboards, extraction info through splunk 

* Excellent troubleshooting skills

* Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills; ability to effectively explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical staff including executives

* Strong attention to detail with excellent organization skills

* Good analytical skills and project management skills

* Experience upgrading a distributed Splunk environment

* Experience managing and maintaining a distributed Splunk environment using configuration and installation automation tools

* Hands on experience creating roles and playbooks in Ansible

* Familiarity with metric-based monitoring and integration with event-based monitoring

* Splunk Admin Certification 

* Familiarity with server-side scripting 

* Has a broad experience from either a development or operations perspective  

* Experience with documentation and change management 

* Experience working with geographically dispersed team members and customers.

* Understanding of various programming languages

* Good understanding of the ITIL frameworks along with the incident, problem and change management processes and procedures

* Willingness to take initiative and to overcome obstacles to achieve personal, organizational, and company goals

* Passion for pushing the limits of back-end technologies and their use in the workplace as a means to accomplish business objectives