Splunk Engineer

WWT; Chester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology integrator is seeking a Splunk Engineer for a 6-month contract role based in the UK. The successful candidate will design monitoring pipelines, automate deployments, and manage configurations using advanced tools like Splunk and Terraform. This hybrid role offers an opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to observability best practices.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Terraform for automating infrastructure deployment.
• Proficiency in Jenkins and version control tools like Bitbucket.
• Experience with Ansible for automated deployments.
• Knowledge of Artifactory for package management.
• Experience configuring and managing Splunk, Dynatrace, and OpenTelemetry.
• Proficiency in Python and bash shell for automation.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement monitoring pipelines using Splunk, Dynatrace, and OpenTelemetry.
• Automate the deployment of monitoring tools using Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins.
• Develop and maintain alerting, logging, and tracing solutions.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

CI/CD Pipelines

Configuration Management

Artifact Management

Monitoring & Observability

Scripting & Automation

Problem-Solving

Job description

World Wide Technology (WWT), a global technology integrator and IT solutions provider. World Wide Technology, established in 1990 in St. Louis, Missouri, collaborates with OEMs like Cisco and Dell EMC to offer infrastructure security and custom app development services to Fortune 500 companies in various sectors. With over 10,000 employees globally, we generate $20 billion in annual revenue and operate in regions including the US, UK, Canada, Europe, Costa Rica, APAC, and Middle East. We're proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer by Fortune and Glassdoor for over 13 years.

World Wide Technology Holding Co, LLC (WWT) has an opportunity for a Splunk Engineer. Below is the JD for the role. Please help me with the information needed to process your application, and I will contact you to discuss the role.

This is a contract Role & Inside IR35

Splunk Engineer

Contract Duration:6 months!

Location: Bromley/ Camberly / Chester,United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement monitoring pipelines using Splunk, Dynatrace, and OpenTelemetry (OTel).

• Automate the deployment of monitoring tools using Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins.

• Manage configuration and version control with Bitbucket and Artifactory.

• Ensure seamless integration of monitoring solutions into CI/CD pipelines.

• Develop and maintain alerting, logging, and tracing solutions to support observability best practices.

• Optimize monitoring configurations for performance, cost, and scalability.

• Troubleshoot monitoring issues and provide root cause analysis for system incidents.

• Document monitoring architectures, automation scripts, and best practices.

• Stay updated on new monitoring technologies and advocate for improvements.

Required Skills & Experience:

•Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Hands-on experience with Terraform for automating infrastructure deployment.

• CI/CD Pipelines: Proficiency in Jenkins and version control tools like Bitbucket.

•Configuration Management: Experience with Ansible for automated deployments.

•Artifact Management: Knowledge of Artifactory for package management.

•Monitoring & Observability: Experience configuring and managing Splunk, Dynatrace, and OpenTelemetry (OTel).

• Scripting & Automation: Proficiency in Python, and bash shell for automation.

•Problem-Solving: Strong troubleshooting skills for diagnosing monitoring and performance issues.

Additional Skills:

• Knowledge of Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).

• Experience with Kafka and Kubernetes.