GeoSpatial Sr.Analyst MAP

Cognizant; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Hyderabad seeks a GeoSpatial Senior Analyst to design and optimize Splunk-based monitoring and analytics for geospatial data platforms in a hybrid work model. The role focuses on high availability, performance, and observability of mission-critical systems to drive data-driven insights for safer, smarter infrastructure globally.

You will configure Splunk deployments, build complex queries and dashboards, ensure accurate data ingestion and metadata standards, and collaborate with

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in Splunk administration, deployment, configuration management and app lifecycle operations.
• Design and optimize Splunk dashboards, searches, and alerts for geospatial data.
• Solid understanding of monitoring, logging and observability concepts in hybrid environments.
• Performance tuning, indexing, and capacity planning for Splunk to sustain reliable operations.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Splunk configurations to support large-scale geospatial data ingestion and analytics.
• Configure Splunk components to achieve stable performance in a hybrid environment.
• Develop complex Splunk queries, dashboards, and alerts for geospatial data patterns.
• Implement robust data onboarding with timestamping and metadata standards for accuracy.
• Monitor platform health, capacity, and resource utilization to meet SLAs for day shifts.
• Collaborate with application owners and data engineering teams to translate monitoring requirements into Splunk use cases.
• Establish Splunk RBAC and secure configurations for analytics teams.
• Create and maintain Runbooks, baselines, and operational procedures for Splunk maintenance.
• Coordinate Splunk upgrade activities and change management in line with enterprise standards.
• Analyze logs and metrics to identify bottlenecks and optimization opportunities.
• Support incident and problem management using Splunk searches to isolate issues and propose fixes.
• Engage with internal clients to translate analytics needs into scalable Splunk visualizations and alerts.

Skills

Splunk administration

Dashboards

Query optimization

System monitoring

Tools

Splunk

Job description

Job Summary

GeoSpatial Senior Analyst MAP will design maintain and optimize Splunk based monitoring and analytics solutions to support complex geospatial data platforms in a hybrid work model. The role focuses on ensuring high availability performance and observability of mission critical systems while driving data driven insights that improve operational efficiency and contribute to safer smarter infrastructure for clients across global markets.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain robust Splunk administration configurations that support large scale geospatial data ingestion indexing and search to ensure reliable analytics for business stakeholders.
• Configure and optimize Splunk infrastructure components including deployment servers forwarder management and app configurations to achieve consistent performance and operational stability in a hybrid work environment.
• Develop complex Splunk queries dashboards and alerts tailored for geospatial data patterns to provide actionable insights that improve situational awareness and decision support across business functions.
• Implement rigorous data onboarding processes within Splunk for diverse geo referenced data sources ensuring accurate timestamping field extraction and metadata standards that enhance analytic quality.
• Monitor Splunk platform health capacity and resource utilization proactively tuning indexing and search strategies to maintain high availability and meet demanding service level expectations for day shifts.
• Collaborate with application owners and data engineering teams to translate monitoring requirements into Splunk use cases improving fault detection incident response and root cause analysis for geospatial solutions.
• Establish and refine Splunk role based access controls and configurations that uphold strong security compliance while enabling flexible analytics for operational and strategic teams.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive Splunk documentation including runbooks configuration baselines and operational procedures to support consistent maintenance and efficient onboarding of new team members.
• Coordinate Splunk upgrade activities app lifecycle management and change implementations to ensure smooth transitions minimal downtime and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Analyze log and metric data within Splunk to identify performance bottlenecks recurring errors and optimization opportunities that enhance the reliability of map based applications.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating new Splunk capabilities and administrative best practices and recommending enhancements that increase automation resilience and insight generation.
• Support incident and problem management activities during day shifts by using Splunk searches and dashboards to quickly isolate issues and propose corrective actions for geospatial platforms.
• Engage with internal clients to understand analytic requirements for map centric workflows and translate those needs into scalable Splunk visualizations and alerts that amplify operational impact.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate advanced proficiency in Splunk administration including deployment architecture configuration management and app lifecycle operations gained through six to ten years of hands on experience.
• Apply strong expertise in designing Splunk dashboards searches and alerts for complex technical environments with a focus on geo referenced and spatially dense data sets.
• Utilize solid understanding of enterprise monitoring logging and observability concepts to integrate Splunk with various data pipelines systems and applications in a hybrid operating model.
• Bring practical experience with performance tuning indexing best practices and capacity planning for Splunk to sustain reliable operations for mission critical mapping and analytics platforms.
• Exhibit working knowledge of general networking operating systems and application architectures to diagnose issues surfaced by Splunk and communicate findings effectively to cross functional teams.
• Present clear and structured communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders share insights from Splunk analytics and contribute to continuous service improvements without requiring business travel.