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Splunk Engineer
About the role
We are looking for a Splunk Engineer to join our team. You will deploy and administer Splunk.
Responsibilities
- Deploy and administer Splunk.
- Onboard data sources and forwarders.
- Write searches, dashboards and alerts.
- Tune indexing and performance.
- Support security or operations use cases.
Required
- Splunk Enterprise
- SPL queries
- Data onboarding and forwarders
- Dashboards and alerts
- Indexing and performance
Preferred
- Splunk ES
- Splunk certification
- Scripting
- Cloud logs
Tools and stack
Splunk Enterprise, SPL, Universal Forwarders, Dashboards, Splunk ES, Indexer clustering
Employment type: [Contract / W2 / C2C / Full-time]
Location: [City, ST / Remote]
Duration: [months]
Work authorization: [accepted types]Responsibilities explained
Each responsibility maps to something a candidate should be able to describe.
- Deploy and administer Splunk.
- Onboard data sources and forwarders.
- Write searches, dashboards and alerts.
- Tune indexing and performance.
- Support security or operations use cases.
Required skills
Treat these as the screen. If a candidate cannot speak to them, they are rarely a fit.
- Splunk Enterprise
- SPL queries
- Data onboarding and forwarders
- Dashboards and alerts
- Indexing and performance
Preferred skills
Use these to rank candidates who meet the required list.
- Splunk ES
- Splunk certification
- Scripting
- Cloud logs
Other titles this role appears under
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- Splunk Engineer
- Splunk Developer
- Splunk Administrator
- Observability Engineer
Seniority guide
Pick the level you need and state it plainly in the posting.
- Junior: builds searches and dashboards.
- Mid: onboards data and tunes.
- Senior: designs deployments and use cases.
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