Splunk Engineer - 12 + months - IL/Chicago/ Hybrid work- Must be authorized to work for any employer without any Visa sponsorships

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

Splunk

Job Details

Splunk Engineer - 12 + months - IL/Chicago/ Hybrid work- Must be authorized to work for any employer without any Visa sponsorships

Requisition Name: C&DE-BFS-Splunk Engineer

Start Date: 12/1/2025

Duration: 52 Weeks

Services Location: IL/Chicago/ Hybrid work weekly 3 days onsite

Max Rate: $ 47 phr on W2 or 54 $ phr on Corp- Corp all inc

Federal Project

Description Of Services:
"What You'll Do" - As a Splunk Developer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining Splunk dashboards, alerts, and reports that provide actionable insights across our systems and applications. Youll collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data is collected, parsed, and visualized effectively to support operational and security objectives. Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain Splunk dashboards, queries, and alerts to monitor system performance, application health, and security events. Work with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into effective Splunk visualizations and reports. Optimize and troubleshoot existing Splunk configurations to improve performance and usability. Integrate data sources into Splunk using forwarders, APIs, and custom scripts. Support incident response and root cause analysis by providing relevant Splunk data and insights. Collaborate with DevOps, Security, and Infrastructure teams to ensure comprehensive logging and monitoring coverage. Stay current with Splunk best practices, new features, and industry trends to continuously improve our observability capabilities. "Preferred Qualifications" - at least 45 years of hands-on experience with Splunk development, including dashboard creation, query optimization, and alerting. Strong proficiency in SPL (Search Processing Language) and familiarity with Splunk Enterprise Security or ITSI. Experience integrating data from various sources (e.g., syslog, APIs, cloud services) into Splunk. Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell for data manipulation and automation. Familiarity with log management and observability tools beyond Splunk (e.g., ELK stack, Grafana, Prometheus). Understanding of security and compliance requirements in logging and monitoring. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, agile environment. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail. Excellent communication skills to translate technical findings into business-relevant insights.

Deliverables:
-Process Flows -Mentor and Knowledge transfer to client project team members -Participate as primary, co and/or contributing author on any and all project deliverables associated with their assigned areas of responsibility -Participate in data conversion and data maintenance -Provide best practice and industry specific solutions -Advise on and provide alternative (out of the box) solutions -Provide thought leadership as well as hands on technical configuration/development as needed. -Participate as a team member of the functional team -Perform other duties as assigned.

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