Job Description :
What is the specific title of the position

Splunk Engineer

What Project/Projects will the candidate be working on while on assignment

Handle Splunk Platform Administration (multi site clustering) and configure Splunk for new data ingestion.

IDEAL BACKGROUND: IT Operations engineer with significant experience in Splunk Platform. It''s a hands-on position administering Splunk.


TOP REQUIREMENTS:
- Splunk Enterprise 6.x and/or 7.x Expertise
- Shell scripting/Regular expressions
- Automation using Chef/Ansible.

* What experience will set candidates apart from one another Hands on experience managing Splunk Multi Site Clusters.

Is this person a sole contributor or part of a team
If so, please describe the team (Name of team, size of team, etc

Part of a team of 8

What are the top 5-10 responsibilities for this position (Please be detailed as to what the candidate is expected to do or complete on a daily basis)

1. Splunk platform administration (maintaining clusters)
2. Onboarding new applications to Splunk
3. Configuring splunk to ingest new data
4. Creating Splunk knowledge objects such as alerts,dashboards and reports
5. Working with application teams to understand requirements
6. Automate Splunk configuration activities.


What software tools/skills are needed to perform these daily responsibilities

Expertise in Splunk Enterprise 6.x and/or 7.x
Unix Shell scripting/ Windows Powershell scripting
Automation tools such as Ansible, Chef.

What skills/attributes are a must have

Expertise in Splunk Enterprise 6.x and/or 7.x

What skills/attributes are nice to have
Unix Shell scripting/ Windows Powershell scripting
Automation tools such as Ansible, Chef
Middleware administration such as WebSphere, Weblogic and JBoss


Where is the work to be performed (Please list preferred Client facility, if other please specify i.e. remote work, rural, etc

MN-EDEN PRAIRIE-13625 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE MN-55344 (MN051)

What are the work hours (ex. 9am-5pm, day/night shifts, rotating shifts, etc)

9am - 5pm.


What type of interview process is preferred (Face to face, phone, Skype, or a combination of the three
Initially over phone followed by face-to-face.
             

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