Requisition Number: 9514 Position Title: External Description: We recognize the importance of flexibility in where and how our people work. As a result, we are working remotely unless our clients request our presence in their office. We will be conducting candidate interviews by video. In order to strengthen interpersonal relationships, this position may be required to be in the office occasionally or attend in-person events. Splunk Professional who is experienced with Search Processing Language (SPL) and design of security-specific alerts. The resource will work within the current information security team and perform as a lead technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) that will also liaise to the appropriate business units (BU) to support security strategy and ensure accuracy of related data. Resource will evaluate specific logging, monitoring, and alerting events for efficiency and provide industry best practice recommendation for continuous improvement as application portfolio is moved into Splunk Logging and Alerting. Additionally, the resource will follow established delivery cadence for either agile (methods for sprint planning, sprint refinements, sprint standup, and retrospectives) or traditional waterfall where appropriate. Provide professional services deeply rooted in Splunk with a focus on Search Processing Language (SPL). The resource will collaborate with technical and business teams as needed to determine any deficiencies and ensure continuous improvement as well as take part in any related agile or traditional development engagements which ultimately integrate with the team’s application portfolio. Here’s what you’ll do in this role: Evaluate specific application’s capability for logging, monitoring, and alerting information in the environment either on-prem, cloud, or hybrid Serve as a critical Quality Assurance (QA) point within a four-stage process used to integrate application portfolio to Splunk Logging and Alerting Evaluate the completeness and accuracy of the information provided and verify that the log entries meet criteria provided for monitoring and alerting Validate the submitted information through use of Splunk SPL Identify deficiencies and revert the workflow as needed to collect additional information when encountering inaccurate or incomplete information Interact with the appropriate Business Unit (BU) contact and/or technical contact to gain clarity on difficult to obtain, incomplete, or inaccurate information Development and analysis functions to validate existing logs are sufficient to implement monitoring and alerting. - Use Splunk to collect and index log data, develop queries, log integration support and reporting - Ingest new data sources to Implement Use cases, dashboards, and automated reports (via file monitors, DB Connect, scripted inputs, etc.) - Perform Quality Assurance review of new use cases prior to deployment into application portfolio - Ensure standards are maintained - Validate the submitted information through use of Splunk SPL - Troubleshoot existing use cases for root cause and provide issue resolution - Assist with identifying and escalating issues and risks developing plans for resolution - Assist with issue and risk prioritization Your qualifications: - Expert-level, hands-on Splunk engineer with experience in complex environments - Expert in Search Processing Language (SPL) - Experience working with Agile methods in Cloud and Hybrid environments - Strong knowledge of SQL, DB Connect to pull data from various sources - Demonstrated ability to understand and communicate technical details with varying levels of management $100,000 - $150,000. This base salary range is based on your actual work location and hours worked. Pay is based on several factors, including but not limited to role, education, work experience, certifications, etc. Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, as well as a deferred compensation plan. Employees will also accrue up to 2 weeks of vacation in a year and 8 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.