Description:

About the job

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Splunk Architect to design, implement, and manage enterprise-scale Splunk solutions across cloud and on-prem environments. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of Splunk architecture and be capable of leading deployment strategies, data onboarding, and integrations in a complex IT environment.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure Splunk Enterprise and Splunk ES/ITSI architectures.

- Lead Splunk infrastructure planning, upgrades, and clustering strategies.

- Onboard and normalize logs from systems including Windows, Linux, firewalls, cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP), and application logs.

- Develop dashboards, alerts, reports, and KPIs for IT operations, SOC teams, and business stakeholders.

- Integrate Splunk with third-party tools (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira, AWS CloudWatch, SOAR tools).

- Perform system tuning, data retention strategy planning, and storage management.

- Define and implement correlation rules, SPL queries, and CIM-compliant data models.

- Provide architectural consulting to internal teams and mentor junior engineers.

- Ensure best practices for security monitoring, compliance, and incident response workflows.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.

- 7+ years of IT experience, with 5+ years of hands-on Splunk experience.

Expertise in:

- Splunk deployment architecture (Indexer clusters, Search Head clusters, Heavy Forwarders, Deployment Servers)

- SPL (Search Processing Language)

- CIM and data onboarding

- Security and compliance use cases (e.g., SOC, NIST, GDPR, ISO 27001)

- Experience with cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP.

- Strong knowledge of regex, data parsing, Linux/Unix, and networking protocols.

- Automation/scripting experience with Python, Shell, or Ansible preferred.

Certifications (Preferred):

- Splunk Certified Architect

- Splunk Certified Admin

- Splunk Enterprise Security Certified

- Any relevant cloud certifications (AWS/Azure)