Splunk Admin (on-site)
Company: Cognizant Technology Solutions
Location: Hartford
Posted on: October 11, 2024
Job Description:
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: Applications will be accepted until 10/25/2024. The
annual salary for this position is between $52,000 - $136,000
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. #LI-AY1 #CB
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Keywords: Cognizant Technology Solutions, Greenwich , Splunk Admin (on-site), Administration, Clerical , Hartford, Connecticut
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