Location: Columbus, OH / Jersey City, NJ (3 days onsite, 2 days remote)
Job Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Splunk Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in Splunk and related technologies, and experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or DevOps practices is highly desirable. This role is for a hands-on engineer who will manage, optimize, and support our Splunk platform, ensuring seamless operations. If you are passionate about monitoring, automation, and improving system reliability, we encourage you to apply.
Key Responsibilities
Design, configure, and maintain Splunk environments for data collection, reporting, and analysis.
Implement monitoring and alerting solutions using Splunk.
Collaborate with the SRE/DevOps teams to enhance system reliability, performance, and scalability.
Troubleshoot and resolve Splunk-related issues, ensuring uptime and reliability.
Automate tasks and integrate Splunk with other monitoring, logging, and ticketing systems (e.g., JIRA, JIRA Service Desk).
Create and maintain dashboards, reports, and data visualizations in Splunk to support business needs.
Support data ingestion pipelines, and ensure data quality and security.
Work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance platform performance and stability.
Conduct performance tuning and optimization of Splunk queries and configurations.
Participate in the development and maintenance of DevOps/SRE-related processes and tools.
Provide guidance and support for Splunk best practices and troubleshooting.
Must Have Skills
Splunk expertise (deployment, configuration, and maintenance).
Strong knowledge of AWS cloud services and infrastructure.
Experience with Python for automation and scripting.
Familiarity with JIRA and JIRA Service Desk.
Any Splunk certifications are required (e.g., Splunk Certified Admin, Splunk Certified Power User).
Solid understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or DevOps principles.
Experience in system monitoring, log aggregation, and alerting.
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a team environment.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with CloudWatch, Terraform, and Docker.
Familiarity with containerized environments and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).
Knowledge of system performance tuning and optimizations.
Familiarity with security best practices in cloud-based applications.
