Splunk Admin

About the role

Splunk administrator responsible for managing the Splunk system installed on a Linux cluster, overseeing daily operations, Linux administration, collaboration, R&D contributions, training, and technical support.

Responsibilities

• 30% – Management of daily Splunk operation systems
• 35% – Linux administration
• 10% – Collaborate and liaise with other units; 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; provide expert technical assistance
• Creation of new indexes and updating applications; adding new source types, servers, and logs to Splunk
• Daily verification of license counts
• Ability to create dashboards and teach others how to make dashboards
• Use of Splunk management console and applications
• Understand and implement application file permissions
• Frequently use version control (git, Bitbucket) and configuration management (SaltStack, Ansible) tools
• Configure and maintain Linux file systems (NFS)
• Help Windows and Linux admins install Splunk UF client and verify logs are flowing to Splunk clusters
• Provide general Linux and Windows knowledge to assist with log collection on the client side
• Train other admins in advanced log searching techniques
• Apply general Splunk troubleshooting techniques and knowledge of working with Splunk
• Given access to the cluster; identify and implement design improvements if deficiencies are found
• Perform Splunk upgrades: universal forwarders and Splunk Enterprise version upgrades

Requirements

• General understanding of Linux
• Ability to create dashboards and teach others
• Understand and implement application file permissions
• Experience with version control (git, Bitbucket) and configuration management (SaltStack, Ansible)
• Ability to configure and maintain Linux file systems (NFS)
• General Linux and Windows knowledge
• Ability to train other admins in advanced log searching techniques
• General Splunk troubleshooting techniques
• Knowledge of how to work with Splunk (the company)

Skills

• Management
• Cluster
• Windows
• Console
• Dashboards
• Linux
• Splunk