Technology Consultant - Data

Tektora; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Tektora Limited is seeking SC-cleared Splunk consultants to join our data and security practice. You will lead engagements from requirements to delivery, advising on best practices and helping organisations maximise their data platforms.

You will design, build and optimize searches and correlation logic in SPL, deliver workshops, and travel to client sites as engagements require. The role requires Splunk depth, Cribl experience, and strong stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• SC clearance as a minimum.
• Hands-on Splunk Cloud and Enterprise experience, ideally in a consulting or client-facing role.
• Experience implementing and managing Splunk Enterprise Security (ES).
• Splunk Certified Core Consultant certification.
• Strong knowledge of Splunk architecture: indexers, search heads, forwarders, deployment servers and clustering.
• Confident SPL skills for searches, reports and correlation rules; CIM and data normalization familiarity.
• Experience translating client requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management; ability to present to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfortable leading workshops and design sessions; manage multiple engagements.
• Willingness to travel to client sites as required.
• Cribl certifications; building Cribl Stream pipelines; integrating Cribl with Splunk to reduce ingest costs.
• Experience with Cribl Edge and/or Cribl Lake and Search.
• Additional Splunk certifications such as Admin, Architect or Power User.
• Experience with Splunk SOAR.
• Scripting in Python, Bash or PowerShell.
• Cloud platform experience across AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Prior consultancy, MSP or professional services experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements from requirements gathering through to delivery.
• Advise clients on best practice and help them maximise data platforms.
• Implement and manage Splunk Enterprise Security (ES).
• Design and build searches, reports and correlation rules in SPL.
• Translate client requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Lead workshops and design sessions with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Manage multiple engagements concurrently.

Skills

Client-facing delivery

Splunk architecture

SPL scripting

Stakeholder mgmt

Workshop facilitation

Travel ready

Tools

Splunk Cloud

Splunk ES

Cribl Stream

Cribl Edge

Cribl Lake

Splunk SOAR

Job description

Working Pattern: Hybrid, with travel to client sites as engagements require

Type: Permanent

Clearance: SC minimum

Company: Tektora, supporting a data and security consultancy

Tektora are supporting a data and security consultancy who are looking to add a Technology Consultant - Data to their team, delivering high-impact data and security solutions across a range of client engagements.

You will lead engagements from requirements through to delivery, advising on best practice and helping organisations get the most from their data platforms.

This role would suit someone who enjoys owning a client engagement end to end, and who is as comfortable running a design workshop as they are building correlation rules in SPL.

The Role

You Will Be Involved In

• Leading client engagements from requirements gathering through to delivery.
• Advising clients on best practice and helping them get the most from their data platforms.
• Implementing and managing Splunk Enterprise Security (ES).
• Designing and building searches, reports and correlation rules in SPL.
• Translating client requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Leading workshops and design sessions with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Managing multiple engagements concurrently.
• Travelling to client sites as engagements require.

Key Experience Required

• SC clearance as a minimum.
• Proven hands-on experience with Splunk Cloud and Enterprise, ideally in a consulting or client-facing role.
• Practical experience implementing and managing Splunk Enterprise Security (ES).
• Splunk Certified Core Consultant certification.
• Strong knowledge of Splunk architecture, including indexers, search heads, forwarders, deployment servers and clustering.
• Confident SPL skills for searches, reports and correlation rules, plus familiarity with CIM and data normalisation.
• Experience translating client requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management, with the ability to present to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfortable leading workshops and design sessions, and managing multiple engagements concurrently.
• Willingness to travel to client sites as required.
• Cribl Certified Services Consultant level experience, including building Cribl Stream pipelines, configuring sources and destinations, routing, data reduction and transformation, and integrating Cribl with Splunk to reduce ingest costs.
• Experience with Cribl Edge and/or Cribl Lake and Search.
• Additional Splunk certifications such as Admin, Architect or Power User.
• Experience with Splunk SOAR.
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash or PowerShell.
• Cloud platform experience across AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Prior consultancy, MSP or professional services experience.

Interested?

Tektora are looking to speak with SC cleared Splunk consultants who combine genuine hands-on platform depth with client-facing delivery experience, and who want to own engagements rather than sit behind them.