Description
Job Title: Splunk AdminInside IR35
Location: London,UK
Department/Practice:
Job Purpose and primary objectives:
. End to end delivery of data onboarding to Splunk right from sending onboarding request form till its deployment
Key responsibilities (please specify if the position is an individual one or part of a team):
. Ensuring best practices and standards including DB standards are adhered to with respect to data onboarding, build, packaging, deployment and complete delivery.
. Ensure end to end delivery of data onboarding to Splunk right from sending onboarding request form till its deployment.
. Coordinate with all stakeholders (interface partners, application owners (technical/business), to ensure the onboarding of applications to Splunk is seamless and continuous as per the plan.
. Onboarding of various heterogeneous data sources on Splunk.
. Should be able to take initiative to improve data quality of different Data Sources.
. Flexible to work in 24X7 shift environment.
. Planning & Preparation for Onboarding Plan and Communication management with App owners/Delegates to onboard the In-Scope Data Sources onto Splunk Platform.
. Ensure that before on-boarding data to PROD it is thoroughly tested on Splunk Test (UAT) Environment and all required signoffs are taken.
. Should be able to define and document the Onboarding Plan, Business Requirement, Interface Specifications, Deployment Guide, Work Package & UAT documentation.
. Ensure to provide Weekly and Monthly Status Updates to respective stakeholders and seek help where applicable on Exceptions.
. Ensure continuous monitoring, Break-Fix support, updates/upgrades for Splunk UAT & Production Env
Key Skills/Knowledge:
. Must have certification in Splunk Admin, Splunk User and Splunk Power user.
. Expert level knowledge in Splunk architecture, components (indexer, forwarder, SHC).
. Should have worked on installation of Splunk DB connect in Single and distributed environments
. Proficient in parsing, indexing, searching concepts.
. Proficient in installing Splunk, getting the data in Splunk, Forwarding Data, Distributed Search, Securing Splunk etc.
. Proficient in handling Hot, Warm, Cold and Frozen bucketing.
Experience required:
Minimum 3 years' of experience in Splunk Admin and/or Development.
Duration of the Assignment:
More than 6 months
Additional remarks (if any):
Splunk Admin Certified only
Person Specification:
ie Negotiating, client facing, communication, assertive, team leading/team member skills, supportive.
. Good written/spoken communication skills.
. Good interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
. Used to working to tight deadlines and flagging potential problems at an early stage