Job Description

Primary responsibilities: 

• Assist in designing multi-site Splunk cluster that can handle Around 400 tera bytes per day ingestion volume across all clusters 
• Data pipeline integration with Kafka, Splunk and deployed on Kubernetes. 

• Work with Application teams (the users of Splunk) to resolve any usability issues reported 

• Develop monitoring for ensuring Splunk infrastructure health (Disk usage, CPU/Memory usage, Performance) 

• Ensure Splunk infrastructure is up and running and performing with maximum efficiency 24X7 

• Develop reports on Splunk usage share with team and upper management 

• Install and maintain Splunk Universal forwarder on Application/Web/DB servers 

• Perform upgrades and patch installs of Splunk infrastructure 

• Identify opportunities for Application teams to add Splunk Knowledge Objects 

• Work with Splunk Support to resolve any issues on time 

• Thoroughly document any procedures to support Splunk Infrastructure 

• Write Python scripts and develop AWS Lambda-based automation to streamline Splunk administration, integrations, and operational support activities 

• Provide explanation and information to others on difficult issues 

• Identify/quantify scope and impact of business changes on systems 

• Maintain awareness of current technology assets, and the applicability and capability of each  

Required Qualifications:  
 

• 2 years’ hands-on experience in administering Splunk platform  

• 2 years’ hands-on experience with automation tools preferably Kafka, Cribl, syslog. 

• 2 years’ experience in using configuration management solutions such as Chef, Puppet or Ansible 

• 4 years’ experience in a software development or software support role 

• Minimum 2 years Administering Unix/Linux, Windows and/or Network 

• Strong Python programming and shell scripting skills with the ability to build automation, integrations, and operational tooling 

• Experience with Agile methodology 

• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously 

• Support experience in a large enterprise environment  

• Hands-on experience with AWS core services such as EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, and EKS 

• Hands-on experience developing AWS Lambda functions in Python and using Boto3 and REST APIs to automate AWS operations, support platform integrations, and streamline telemetry onboarding 

• Experience deploying and supporting observability or logging platforms in AWS using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation 

• Working knowledge of AWS security, networking, and operational best practices for scalable cloud environments 

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1.    Provide tool design, development and deployment support for the project delivery 
a.    Interact with the internal project or client to understand the project requirement from a tool perspective 
b.    Design the solution keeping in mind the tool requirements, current tools available as well as details on licenses required etc.
c.    Provide budget and timeline estimates for the tool development/ deployment as required
d.    For any new tool development, identify sources for development (internal or 3rd party) and work with the project managers on the development of the tool keeping in mind the production rollout timelines
e.    Conduct commercial discussions with the 3rd party vendors for licenses or tool development 
f.    Conduct appropriate testing to ensure error free deployment of the tool on the project
g.    Ensure deployment of tool on time and within the estimated budget
 

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