Splunk Administrator

We're looking for a Platform Engineer with proven experience in Splunk administration to join our team. In this role, your primary focus will be on building, maintaining, and optimizing our observability and platform infrastructure. While not required, experience or interest in AI and automation technologies will be considered a plus, as we continue to explore how these tools can enhance our operations.

Splunk Administration & Observability

• Lead the administration, configuration, and optimization of our Splunk environment.
• Design, implement, and maintain Splunk indexes, data inputs, and forwarders.
• Develop and manage Splunk dashboards, alerts, and reports to support operational visibility and business needs.
• Onboard new data sources and ensure data integrity, normalization and security within Splunk.
• Troubleshoot Splunk performance issues, conduct root cause analysis, and implement solutions.
• Manage Splunk user roles, access controls, and ensure compliance with security policies.
• Monitor Splunk infrastructure health, perform upgrades, and apply patches as needed.
• Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to improve logging standards and practices.
• Document Splunk configurations, processes, and best practices for internal knowledge sharing.

Platform Engineering & Automation

• Security and data protection is job zero.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated deployment workflows for software delivery.
• Implement, and support CI/CD pipelines to streamline application and infrastructure changes.
• Manage and optimize version control systems to facilitate efficient development collaboration.
• Work with compute and container platforms to ensure scalable and resilient deployments.
• Utilize cloud services to enhance infrastructure automation and optimize cost efficiency.
• Enhance observability, monitoring, and logging for deployment workflows.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to troubleshoot and improve platform performance.
• Maintain security best practices across deployment processes and infrastructure.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to contribute to platform initiatives and provide technical support across multiple projects, ensuring alignment with broader team goals.
• Provide maintenance and support for SaaS services (e.g., ServiceNow, GitHub, Harness) ensuring system health, troubleshooting issues, and optimizing performance.
• Perform Platform Engineering efforts, assignments, and/or projects in a timely manner as directed by Manager.
• Attend Agile meetings and report status while keeping good documentation on progress within the chosen task tracking system such as JIRA.
• Write clear and concise Standard Operation Procedures or Team Documentation on the chosen documentation system such as Confluence.
• Courageous about reporting and communicating success as well as shortcomings.
• Other duties as assigned.

AI & Innovation

• (Optional) Contribute to exploratory projects that leverage AI/ML for enhanced monitoring, predictive analytics, or automation.
• Stay current with emerging technologies in platform engineering, AI and observability, continuously exploring new tools, frameworks, and best practices to enhance platform performance and scalability.

• Experience with Splunk Administration in Enterprise Environments.
• Experience with Splunk Cluster Administration and Distributed Deployments.
• Experience with version control platforms (e.g., GitHub, Bitbucket).
• Knowledge of compute platforms (e.g., VMware, OpenShift, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., Python, Go, Bash, Terraform, Ansible).
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and deployment automation.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.

• Proficient in the following computer infrastructure related areas: Unix/Linux Operating systems, Windows Operating Systems, Storage (NAS/SAN) concepts, VMware and Virtualization concepts, and Networking fundamentals.

• Understanding of application lifecycle management.
• Skills in writing, modifying, and debugging code.

• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.

• Courageous about reporting and communicating success as well as short comings.

• Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills.
• Proven track record of innovation and forward thinking.
• Extreme sense of ownership.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.


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