**** W2 Role ***
Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
Splunk administrator that manages the system utilizing linux cluster and management console, applications.
30% - Management of daily Splunk operation systems.
35% - Linux Administration
10% - Collaborate and liaise with other units and serve as a technical resource and subject matter expert.
15% - Contribute to research and development projects as required.
10% - Train and advise less skilled systems programmers and provide expert technical assistance for others.
Splunk Administration:
The splunk system is installed in a linux cluster. Admin will need a general understanding of linux, daily care of verifying splunk is running properly. Creation of new indexes and updating applications adding new source types, adding new servers and logs to splunk,
Daily verification of license counts, ability to create dashboards (and able to teach others how to make dashboards, use of splunk management console and applications.
Linux Administration:
Understand and implement application file permissions. Frequently use version control(git, bitbucket) and configuration management(saltstack, ansible) tools. Configuring/maintaining linux file systems(nfs)
Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):
- 5+ years of experience with Splunk Administration
- 5+ years of experience with Linux Administration
- 5+ year of experience with Bash Scripting
Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):
- Certification: Splunk Certification
- Experience working in a VDI environment