Splunk Administrator

Splunk Administrator- Onsite

This on-site position is open to any qualified applicant in the United States.

This position is on-site in Hartford, Connecticut, and a qualified candidate must be local to the area or open to relocation.

Practice - CIS - Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services

About Cloud Infrastructure & Security Services: Cognizant's Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services Practice (CIS), is all about embracing digital transformation by driving core modernization holistically across layers. We help customers transform infrastructure and workplace to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the digital era. Our holistic approach delivers key results for our customers by achieving cloud driven modernization and workplace and operational transformation to run the business in a secure environment.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Design, implement, and support Splunk solutions to address business problems and requirements across various industry verticals

Coordinate and own the Splunk environment, including indexers, forwarders, search heads, and other components

Build and maintain Splunk apps, dashboards, reports, alerts, and data visualizations based on user requirements

Implement data onboarding, field extractions, and search optimization for new and existing data sources

Supervise and take on the Splunk infrastructure, addressing performance issues, log feed problems, and capacity planning

Configure role-based access controls and security measures to restrict access to sensitive data and logs

Collaborate with internal teams and customers to understand their outstanding use cases and provide Splunk solutions

Assist users in designing and maintaining production-quality dashboards and reports

Provide documentation and knowledge transfer for Splunk operations and maintenance

Stay up to date with the latest Splunk features, standard methodologies, and industry trends

Position Qualifications:

At least 8 to 11 years of experience.

Required skills: Splunk

Proficiency in crafting alerts, reports, and dashboards using Splunks search Processing Language

Knowledge of setting up alert thresholds, notifications, and monitoring alerts

Proficiency in field extractions using regular expressions and configuring data inputs

Ability to work with Splunk forwarders UF, HFf or data collection and forwarding

An expert in cleaning data quality issues and ensuring data integrity

In-depth understanding of props.conf and transforms.conf for data preprocessing

Familiarity with Splunk Configuration files Server.conf, Serverclass.conf, transforms.conf, inputs.conf, and props.conf for tuning and maintenance

Dynatrace knowledge is added advantage

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between $79,240 - $133,500 depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and is subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.