Splunk Administrator

Alpharetta, GA, US • Posted 20 hours ago • Updated 20 hours ago
Contract Independent
Contract Corp To Corp
Contract W2
12 Months
On-site
Depends on Experience
Fitment

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Job Details

Skills

  • Access Control
  • Analytical Skill
  • Analytics
  • Apache Kafka
  • Authentication
  • Cloud Computing
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Data Collection
  • Data Management
  • HTTP
  • Management
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Multitasking
  • Normalization
  • Onboarding
  • Security Operations
  • Splunk
  • TAS
  • Technical Writing

Summary

Role Title: Splunk Administrator
Role Location: Alpharetta, GA; Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Conshohocken, PA; Denver, CO; Fargo, ND; Garden City, NY; Houston, TX; Lubbock, TX; Morristown, NJ; Mt Juliet, TN; New York, NY; Purchase, NY; Topeka, KS
Canada - Toronto, Ottawa, Mississauga

ROLE SUMMARY
  • The Splunk Administrator is responsible for supporting and maintaining Sompo s Splunk Cloud
  • environment and associated log ingestion components. This role ensures reliable data collection across
  • diverse sources, monitors platform health and capacity, and performs ongoing administration, updates,
  • and configuration to support security operations and analytics.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Monitor log ingestion volumes and platform health using custom searches and Splunkbase tools.
  • Ensure reliable log delivery and troubleshoot ingestion interruptions across supported sources.
  • Administer intermediate log collection components, including Logstash, syslog, Heavy Forwarders, and related services.
  • Manage Splunk application configurations on Universal Forwarders using the Splunk Deployment Server.
  • Perform Universal Forwarder upgrades and maintenance to address security, stability, and version requirements.
  • Manage and update Splunk applications within the Splunk Cloud environment.
  • Collaborate with security and infrastructure teams to support onboarding of new log sources.
  • Document configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps for operational use.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS
  • Handson experience administering:
  • 3 5 years of handson experience administering Splunk in an enterprise environment.
  • Splunk Cloud and onprem Splunk infrastructure, including Heavy Forwarders, Deployment Server, and Universal Forwarders.
  • HTTP Event Collector (HEC).
  • Common Splunk Technology Addons (TAs), including Azure, Okta, and other cloud services.
  • Splunk data models and data normalization practices.
  • Splunk features such as alert actions, SAMLbased authentication, KV store, and lookups.
  • Splunk role based access controls and permission models.
  • Data management features including DDAS and reindexing processes.
Familiarity with:
  • Azure Event Hubs, Kafka, Log Analytics Workspaces, and cloud based logging pipelines.
  • Windows Event Collection (WEC) and Windows Event Forwarding (WEF).
GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS
  • Ability to create clear, concise technical documentation for both technical and nontechnical
  • audiences.
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to work independently.
  • Effective time and priority management in a multitask operational environment.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent
professional experience.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 90943978
  • Position Id: 8987597
  • Posted 20 hours ago
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Vamsi Krishna

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