Splunk Administrator

Job Description

Duration: 6 months contract (With possible extension)

Candidate location:
No SC residency required. Candidate must reside in lower 48 states (Continental US) and comfortable working EST time zone hours.

Scope of the Project:
This will be a 6 month contract working for Information Technology Center on design and development of Splunk and Linux systems.

Daily duties are split across five key areas:

• 30% - Management of daily Splunk operation systems as a Splunk administrator managing the system utilizing Linux cluster and management console, applications.
• 35% - Linux administration.
• 10% - Collaborate and liaise with other units and serve as a technical resource and subject matter expert.
• 15% - Contribute to research and development projects as required.
• 10% - Train and advise less skilled systems programmers and provide expert technical assistance for others.

The Splunk system is installed in a Linux cluster. Responsibilities include maintaining daily operation, verifying Splunk is running properly, creating new indexes, updating applications, adding new source types, adding new servers and logs, verifying license counts, and creating dashboards. The administrator must also teach others how to make dashboards and use the Splunk management console and applications.

Understand and implement application file permissions, use version control (Git, Bitbucket), and configuration management (Salt Stack, Ansible) tools. Configure and maintain Linux file systems (NFS).

Act as a technical source for Windows and Linux admins to install the Splunk Universal Forwarder, verify logs are flowing to the Splunk clusters, and assist with log collection on the client side. Train other admins in advanced log searching techniques, provide general Splunk troubleshooting, and work with Splunk architecture to identify and implement improvements.

Manage upgrades of Universal Forwarders and Splunk Enterprise versions.

• 5+ years of experience with Splunk Administration
• 5+ years of experience with Linux Administration
• 5+ years of experience with Bash Scripting

• Self‑motivated and proactive, with the ability to prioritize and manage workload effectively.
• Skilled in business process analysis, modeling and documenting end‑to‑end business processes for quality assurance testing and scripts.
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills with keen attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to work effectively with cross‑functional teams.
• Ability to multi‑task and deliver results in a fast‑paced IT environment.

• Experience working in a VDI environment

Associate’s degree or equivalent work experience.

• Splunk Certification

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