Splunk Lead Engineer

Salary: £? - ? per year

• We require proven experience building effective working relationships, providing challenge where appropriate.
• We require strong attention to detail and the ability to produce concise, informative user documentation.
• We require experience researching and developing solutions that expand, modernise, or improve service and technology portfolios, automate IT operations, reduce costs, or increase service levels.
• We require experience with Splunk Enterprise and Splunk ITSI implementations, with deep expertise in Splunk capabilities and future direction.
• We require administration experience of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk ITSI.
• We require Splunk certification and in-depth knowledge of Splunk, from sophisticated designs and use case development through to operational support.
• We require demonstrable experience configuring Splunk ITSI using REST API.
• We require previous automation experience with Splunk using Terraform and Git Hub.
• We require understanding and experience of different monitoring technologies and how they can be used to deliver insights and business value.
• We require demonstrable experience managing sophisticated Splunk platforms serving multiple business units and use cases, including Security, IT Operations, and transaction monitoring.
• We require experience integrating Splunk with data sources and other monitoring, automation, and ITSM tools.
• We require strong data analysis skills and experience correlating data from multiple data sources.
• We require the ability to articulate sophisticated designs, code, and applications for large-scale projects into modular components.
• We require demonstrable experience working across multiple work streams to deadlines while managing conflicting and changing demands.
• We require good judgement, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• We require the ability to balance and analyse a variety of internal and external sources of information.
• We require familiarity with Agile ways of working.
• We require strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to present information to senior management.
• We require a strong record of forming and maintaining positive relationships with business colleagues and an understanding of business processes.
• We require proven influencing skills to engage, influence, and challenge partners.

• We will lead the design and implementation of monitoring and observability patterns and standards within our Observability Team.
• We will act as a technical authority and ensure best practices are followed.
• We will take an automation-first approach.
• We will mentor the team to build sustainable capability.
• We will advocate monitoring and observability best practice across the wider technology domain.
• We will research and develop solutions that improve our service and technology portfolios.
• We will support the design, development, configuration, and operational support of Splunk platforms and use cases.
• We will configure Splunk ITSI using REST API.
• We will automate Splunk using Terraform and Git Hub.
• We will integrate Splunk with data sources and other monitoring, automation, and ITSM tools.
• We will analyse and correlate data from multiple sources to deliver insights and business value.
• We will manage multiple work streams and respond to changing priorities and deadlines.
• We will communicate sophisticated designs and information clearly to a range of stakeholders, including senior management.

• API
• Git Hub
• Support
• ITSM
• REST
• Security
• Splunk
• Terraform
• Dev Ops

We are a leading finance house offering an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic Observability Team in London, working on-site 2 to 3 days per week. This is an SC-cleared role where we are seeking a Lead Splunk Engineer to help shape our monitoring and observability standards, drive automation-first practices, and mentor our team to build sustainable capability.

last updated 26 week of 2026