Job Description (JD) – Splunk Architect

Job Title

Splunk Architect

Job Summary

The Splunk Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing Splunk Enterprise environments to support enterprise monitoring, security analytics, log management, and operational intelligence. The role involves architecture planning, scalability, performance tuning, integrations, and governance across complex IT infrastructures.

Key Responsibilities
- Design and architect scalable Splunk Enterprise infrastructure and deployment models
- Lead implementation of Splunk solutions for monitoring, security, and analytics
- Configure indexers, search heads, forwarders, clustering, and deployment servers
- Develop data onboarding strategies and parsing configurations
- Optimize Splunk performance, storage, and search efficiency
- Create dashboards, alerts, reports, and advanced visualizations
- Integrate Splunk with cloud, SIEM, DevOps, and third-party tools
- Support security use cases including threat monitoring and incident analysis
- Ensure platform availability, scalability, backup,



and disaster recovery planning
- Define governance, RBAC, data retention, and compliance standards
- Mentor engineering teams and provide technical leadership
- Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and application teams

Required Skills
- Strong expertise in Splunk Enterprise architecture and administration
- Experience with Splunk clustering, indexing, and distributed deployments
- Knowledge of SIEM, log management, and observability concepts
- Hands-on experience with SPL (Search Processing Language)
- Understanding of Linux/Unix administration and scripting
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud
- Familiarity with DevOps and automation tools
- Solid troubleshooting and performance tuning skills
- Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and compliance standards

Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Informatio

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