Splunk Platform Engineer
Core
Install, configure, and maintain Splunk Enterprise and Cloud infrastructure, including forwarders, indexer clusters, and search head clusters, while managing data ingestion, parsing, and platform health.
Role type
Senior Splunk Platform Engineer
Builds
Splunk Enterprise and Cloud environments, data pipelines, monitoring dashboards, and alerting systems
Domain
IT Operations / Observability / Log Management
Required skills
Splunk administration, Linux/Windows administration, Change management, Vulnerability remediation, Automation scripting, Data parsing (props/transforms), Capacity planning
Preferred skills
Splunk certifications, OpenTelemetry, Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Kubernetes, Python/Bash/PowerShell, ServiceNow
Technologies
Splunk, Ansible, Terraform, Git, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes, Docker, ServiceNow, AWS, Azure, GCP
Responsibilities
Install and maintain Splunk forwarders and onboard data sources; Administer Splunk Cloud upgrades and RBAC; Execute change management and vulnerability remediation; Monitor system health and troubleshoot indexing/search issues; Automate deployments and configuration management; Write runbooks and documentation; Partner with security and SRE teams; Participate in on-call rotation.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
