Splunk Specialist

HCLTech; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation allowance

Term life insurance

Business travel insurance

Job summary

HCLTech in Manchester is seeking a Splunk Specialist in a hybrid role at a client site. You will maintain Splunk Enterprise and Cloud environments, optimise data ingestion and search performance, and ensure robust observability across critical apps.

You will work with DevOps and application teams, manage incidents and changes, perform root cause analyses, and drive automation while upholding security and compliance standards.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud at architect/consultant level.
• Experience with monitoring, logging and observability.
• Expert in data onboarding, parsing and transformation.
• Good understanding of Linux platforms and infrastructure.
• Experience in incident, problem and change management.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Experience in enterprise-scale environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Splunk platform (Cloud / ITSI) to meet business and operational requirements.
• Provide support for production issues, including incident, problem, and change management.
• Optimise platform performance, data ingestion, and search efficiency.
• Support platform upgrades, migrations, and onboarding activities.
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and application teams to onboard workloads and improve observability.
• Monitor and assess the performance of dashboards, reports, and use cases using tools and SPL.
• Drive automation and simplification of operational processes.
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and audit requirements.
• Contribute to service improvement initiatives, including reliability, resilience, and cost optimisation.
• Deliver optimisation for monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to support critical applications and services.
• Participate in on-call / 24x7 support rota where required.
• A supportive, diverse, and global team with a brilliant culture.
• Great opportunities to make the role your own, upskill yourself and get involved with exciting projects.

Skills

Splunk

Monitoring

Data onboarding

Linux

Incident management

Root cause analysis

Enterprise-scale

Job description

We are a $13+ billion global technology company, home to more than 224,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud, and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products.

HCLTech is a globally recognized leader in the Tech and IT industry, but we’ve never forgotten the startup mindset that got us here. We’ve always approached our work with an idea-first attitude because every one of our accomplishments —no matter how big or small —can be traced back to an idea’s single spark.

It’s that spark —that inner drive —that sets our people apart from our competitors. It enables us not just to pull off game-changing feat after game-changing feat but to better our world in the process. We want you to find your spark. Because that’s what drives you to be better, be more and ultimately, be more fulfilled.

To learn more about how we can supercharge progress for you, visit www.hcltech.com

Job Title

Splunk Specialist

Location

Manchester, Uk (Hybrid mode at client location)

Role Summary

• Strong hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise and/or Splunk Cloud and certified to architect or consultant level
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability solutions
• Strong experience with data onboarding, parsing, and transformation
• Good understanding of Linux platform and infrastructure
• Experience in incident, problem, and change management processes
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and perform root cause analysis
• Experience working in enterprise-scale environments

Scope of services

• Maintain Splunk platform (Cloud / ITSI) to meet business and operational requirements
• Provide support for production issues, including incident, problem, and change management
• Optimise platform performance, data ingestion, and search efficiency
• Support platform upgrades, migrations, and onboarding activities
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and application teams to onboard workloads and improve observability
• Monitor and assess the performance of dashboards, reports, and use cases using tools and SPL
• Drive automation and simplification of operational processes
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and audit requirements
• Contribute to service improvement initiatives, including reliability, resilience, and cost optimisation
• Deliver optimisation for monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to support critical applications and services
• Participate in on-call / 24x7 support rota where required
• A supportive, diverse, and global team with a brilliant culture.
• Competitive compensation and benefits that includes vacation per year, various insurances like Term life and Business Travel insurance. These are apart from the statutory benefits applicable in the country. Employee benefits are regulated by an internal policy that contains full details regarding the entitlement and conditions for the benefits as per the law of the land.
• Great opportunities to make the role your own, upskill yourself and get involved with exciting projects.
• Total Wellbeing is our focus. Alongside your professional excellence, you join the likeminded colleagues to create a larger impact within the company and society at large in your chosen area of passion - CSR Council, Diversity Council, Women Connect, Sparks – Engagement Champion to name a few.
• To know more about us visit – www.hcltech.com
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