Senior Splunk Developer

Global Technical Talent; Regina; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing firm is seeking a Senior Splunk Developer to maintain and enhance a complex Splunk environment. This role involves technical leadership, troubleshooting, and collaboration with various teams to ensure optimal system performance and data visualization. Ideal candidates will have over 6 years of experience with Splunk and relevant certifications. This position offers remote flexibility and the opportunity to work with a diverse team.

Qualifications

• 6+ years hands-on experience with Splunk, including Splunk ES and ITSI.
• Proven ability to manage and troubleshoot large Splunk deployments.
• Strong background in cybersecurity analytics and enterprise monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for Splunk operations and maintenance.
• Respond to incidents and troubleshoot issues within the Splunk environment.
• Design and manage data visualizations, dashboards, and reports using Splunk.

Skills

Splunk search processing language (SPL)

Data ingestion

Troubleshooting

Education

Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect

Tools

Splunk

Azure

Power BI

Job description

Primary Job Title: Senior Splunk Developer

Alternate/Related Job Titles:

• Splunk Engineer
• Senior Data Analytics Developer
• Cyber Analytics Engineer
• Enterprise Monitoring Engineer
• Splunk Architect

Location: Regina, SK

Onsite Flexibility: Remote

Contract Details:

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 3 months
• Start: As Soon As Possible

Job Summary

The Senior Splunk Developer supports, maintains, and enhances a complex Splunk environment used for enterprise analytics and cybersecurity monitoring. This position ensures system performance, implements improvements, and provides expert-level consultation on data visualization, solution architecture, and integration initiatives. The role plays a critical part in advancing Splunk’s capabilities to deliver business and operational insights across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for Splunk operations, maintenance, and optimization.
• Respond to incidents, troubleshoot issues, and deliver enhancements to improve system performance.
• Ensure environments are configured for high availability and meet enterprise security standards.

Data Visualization & Analytics

• Design, automate, and manage data visualizations, dashboards, and reports leveraging Splunk.
• Build dashboards and mobile reports, ensuring usability and adherence to visualization best practices.
• Integrate Splunk data with analytics platforms such as Azure and Power BI.

Collaboration & Architecture

• Work with business and technical partners to assess data needs and recommend effective Splunk solutions.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects to evolve data storage and transformation architecture.
• Mentor team members on best practices for development, analysis, and operations.

Solution Delivery & Development

• Contribute to agile development cycles, implementation design, and documentation.
• Identify gaps between project requirements and available data.
• Develop and test dashboards and reports, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and performance.
• Follow best practices in Splunk object creation, metadata management, and unit testing.

Required Experience

• Minimum 6+ years of hands‑on experience with Splunk, including Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) and Splunk ITSI.
• Proven ability to manage, configure, and troubleshoot large Splunk deployments.
• Strong background in cybersecurity analytics, enterprise monitoring, or IT operations.

Required Certifications

• Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect (mandatory).
• Other relevant Splunk certifications are an asset.

Preferred Experience

• 4+ years working specifically with Splunk Enterprise Security (ES).
• 2+ years developing dashboards, analytics, and mobile Splunk reports.
• 2+ years integrating Splunk data with analytics platforms such as Azure and Power BI.
• Experience mentoring technical staff and participating in enterprise Agile programs.

Required Skills

• Expertise in Splunk search processing language (SPL) and dashboard development.
• Strong understanding of data ingestion, normalization, and correlation within Splunk.
• Excellent problem‑solving, analysis, and troubleshooting abilities.

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and collaboration across business and technical teams.
• Proficiency in automation scripting (Python, PowerShell, or Bash).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Additional Skills

• Experience designing technical metadata and report documentation.
• Familiarity with operational testing and validation processes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex data sets and performance tuning.

About the Client

Leading power supplier, operating one of Canada’s largest grids, with a mission to deliver reliable, sustainable, and cost‑effective power. With the help of our client, you can submit a meter read, set outage alerts, compare your bills, download power use data, and more! Committed to increasing gender diversity in the skilled trades.

About GTT

GTT is a minority‑owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American‑owned company in Alaska. As a Native American‑owned, economically disadvantaged corporation, we highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, financial services, and technology companies, along with some of the nation’s largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies across the US and Canada. We look forward to helping you land your next great career opportunity!

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