Network Splunk Developer

McGregor Boyall Associates Limited; Wrexham; Hybrid; GBP 88,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

McGregor Boyall Associates Limited is seeking a Network Splunk Developer for a 12-month contract in Chester with hybrid work 3 days per week. The role focuses on telemetry ingestion, monitoring, and observability across an enterprise network environment.

You will own development of Splunk dashboards, alerts and analytics to support Network Operations. Ideal candidates will bring extensive hands-on Splunk experience, strong understanding of enterprise networking (routing, switching, WLAN, SD-WAN)

Qualifications

• 46 years' experience in network operations, telemetry, monitoring or data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Collect, normalise and onboard network telemetry, metrics, logs and events into Splunk.
• Develop and maintain Splunk dashboards, searches, visualisations and alerts for Network Operations.
• Work closely with Network Engineering teams across routing, switching, wireless and SD-WAN environments.
• Develop alerting strategies to identify network degradation, anomalies and availability risks.
• Support incident triage, root-cause analysis and proactive network monitoring.
• Validate telemetry data quality, identify gaps and work with stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Support onboarding of new network platforms and device types.
• Document telemetry sources, dashboards, alert logic and operational processes.
• Provide support during major network rollouts and changes.

Skills

Splunk

Telemetry

Networking

Analytical skills

Tools

SNMP

Syslog

APIs

SPL

Job description

Network Splunk Developer

£550 per day | 12-month contract | Chester | Hybrid 3 days per week

We are looking for an experienced Network Splunk Developer to join a large enterprise network environment, supporting telemetry, monitoring and observability across a complex infrastructure estate.

Key Responsibilities

• Collect, normalise and onboard network device telemetry, metrics, logs and events into Splunk.
• Develop and maintain Splunk dashboards, searches, visualisations and alerts for Network Operations.
• Work closely with Network Engineering teams across routing, switching, wireless and SD-WAN environments.
• Develop alerting strategies to identify network degradation, anomalies and availability risks.
• Support incident triage, root-cause analysis and proactive network monitoring.
• Validate telemetry data quality, identify gaps and work with stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Support onboarding of new network platforms and device types.
• Document telemetry sources, dashboards, alert logic and operational processes.
• Provide support during major network rollouts and changes.

Essential Experience

• 46 years' experience in network operations, telemetry, monitoring or data analysis.
• Strong understanding of enterprise networking, including routing, switching, wireless and SD-WAN.
• Hands-on Splunk experience covering data ingestion, searches, dashboards and alerting.
• Experience with SNMP, syslog, telemetry streams, APIs and device metrics.
• Ability to translate network telemetry into actionable operational insights.
• Familiarity with incident, problem and change management.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Desirable

• Python, SPL or API scripting experience.
• Experience with SDN/controller-based networks.
• Exposure to automation, CI/CD and large-scale network environments.
• Understanding of network KPIs, availability and performance metrics.

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