Position Summary The Splunk Administrator / Log Management Engineer maintains, supports, and optimizes the enterprise Splunk platform (forwarders, indexers, and search heads). This role focuses on ensuring platform reliability, building efficient data ingestion pipelines, and supporting internal teams with dashboard creation, query optimization, and compliance reporting.
Required Technical Skills
- Splunk Administration: Hands-on experience maintaining distributed Splunk architectures.
- Data Ingestion & Log Management: Proven ability to onboard, parse, and normalize data from systems, applications, and infrastructure.
- SPL Optimization: High proficiency in writing and tuning Search Processing Language (SPL) queries.
- System Monitoring: Experience tracking large-scale platform health, errors, and live data flows.
- Certifications & Compliance:
Splunk Certified Admin preferred; familiarity with HIPAA and SOX data compliance requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Platform Maintenance: Administer core Splunk infrastructure components and execute runbook-driven updates and maintenance.
- Pipeline Management: Configure data onboarding workflows, resolve ingestion bottlenecks, and ensure data quality standards.
- Analytics & Visibility: Develop custom dashboards, reports, and proactive alerts based on defined requirements.
- Compliance & Support: Assist with audit log collection for HIPAA/SOX requests and provide data support for incident investigations.
- Documentation: Maintain clear documentation for system configurations, operational procedures, and change logs.
Looking for someone who can join in one week.
Interested candidates can also reach out to my LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/sai-ram-thudimilla-59150119b